Preservation New Jersey is pleased to welcome internationally acclaimed classical guitarist Stanley Alexandrowicz back to the 1867 Sanctuary for his program, Latin American Guitar Masterpieces, an evening of virtuoso guitar works centered around showpieces by the guitar’s greatest composers from Argentina, Cuba, and Mexico!
Starting with the beloved Aria con Variazioni detta “la Frescobalda” by Italy’s greatest composer of the Early Baroque—Girolamo Frescobaldi—his program next features masterworks by the 19th Century’s greatest composer-guitarists: France’s Napoleon Coste: La Source du Lyson (Fantasie), op. 47, and Vienna’s Johann Dubez: Six Viennese Waltzes for the 10-string Guitar. Primavera Porteña (Spring from “The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires” ) by Argentina’s master of the “Nuevo Tango” Astor Piazzolla begins the second (Latin American) half of the recital. Cuban composer Hector Angulo is represented by his Cantos Yoruba de Cuba—strikingly beautiful evocations drawn from mystical chants of Nigeria’s Yoruba religion. With American composer Maestro Robert W. Butts’ powerful Tombeau—In Memoriam Václav Kučera we experience the poignant tribute of one great composer honoring the memory of another. Manuel Ponce’s impassioned and fiery Sonatina Meridional concludes the recital with a kaleidoscope of moods, in what is perhaps the Mexican composer’s greatest work for the guitar.
