Francisco Roldán, Guitar: Music of Rafael “Bullumba” Landestoy

February 22nd, 2019 by bob No comments »

Francisco Roldán in concert, playing the most beautiful music of the late Dominican composer Rafael “Bullumba” Landestoy.

Traditional Annual Concert Celebrating the Domicano Independence.

Monday, February 25,

Reception: 5:00 pm – Concert 6:00 pm,

Earl Hall, Columbia University

2980 Broadway at 117th Street

New York, NY

RSVP: 917 405 6167; 212 234 9577; cccdominicano@aol.com

 

March Meeting

February 19th, 2019 by bob No comments »

These pieces were played at the March 14 Meeting in Wayne:

Hopewell Guitar Ensemble (Jeff Griesemer, Parvathi Kumar, Rick Florio, Robert Ey, Valerie Nelson)

  • Courante from Terpsichore — Michael Praetorius
  • Tempo di Menuetto — Wenzel Matiegka
  • Ankylosaur Walking on the Hog Backs — Jim Bosse

Darren & Alexander O’Neill

Traditional Mexican folksongs

  • Las Mananitas — arr. Vladimir Bobry
  • Toma Esta Flor — arr.Francois Castet
  • Los Turbiones — “
  • Hay Unos Oyos — “
  • Las Tres Copitas —
  • La Llorona — arr. Vladimir Bobry

Ray Butler & Jeffrey Wilt

  • Pavane, Op 50 — Gabriel Faure
  • Autumn Moonlight Fantasy — Fernando Sor/Jose Luis Merlin/Asatuka Saro, arr. Ray Butler

Dan Gastalu

  • Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy, from “The Nutcracker” —   Tchaikovsky
  • Campanilleros — Trad., arr. Kai Narezo

Gad Berger

  • Air on a G String — J.S. Bach, arr. Per-Olov Kindren
  • Rey’s Theme — John Williams, arr. Nathan Mills

Carmine DeMarco

  • Pavane No. 1— Luis Milan
  • Pavanas — Gaspar Sanz

Parvathi Kumar

  • La Quena Rota (from Cinco Canciones de Amor) — Jose Luis Merlin

Ray Butler

  • Ashokan Farewell — Jay Ungar

Ming Chao

  • Etude in Am — Carulli
  • Etude in C — Matteo Carcassi
  • Sleepers Awake — J.S. Bach

“My First Guitar” Performances

Dan Gastalu (Regal Parlor Guitar, circa 1940)

  • Spanish Fandango — Henry Worrall

Gad Berger (1997 Yamaha CG 101)

  • Solitude — Frederick Noad

Valerie Nelson (1964 Goya)

  • Gavotte — J.S. Bach, arr. Sophocles Pappas

Robert Ey (1966 Vox “Student Prince” Guitar & Amp)

  • Steppin’ Stone — Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart

Ben Larkey

  • Lullaby — Ben Larkey (1965 Marcelino Lopez)
  • Sugar High — “” (1990 Sigma 12-string)

Gary Lee

  • Allemande from Sonata No. 37 — L. Weiss (1972 Ariana)
  • Third Movement from 3rd solo violin sonata — J.S Bach (2002 Garrett Lee)

Jeff Griesemer

  • 500 Miles — Trad. (1967 Guild Mk I)
  • Slieve Russell/Port Skean — Trad., arr. Jeff Grisesemer (1974 Michael Menkovich)

Jeffrey Wilt (1961 Regal)

  • Honky Tonk (Bill Doughett)

 

April Meeting (“My First Guitar” and Ensemble Project Updates)
February Meeting Recap
Upcoming Events

February Meeting

January 15th, 2019 by bob No comments »

These pieces were played at the February 17 meeting in Short Hills:

David Starbuck

  • 5 Studies — Dionisio Aguado

Jeffrey Wilt

  • Evocacion (Suite del Recuerdo) — Jose Luis Merlin
  • If You Were Here — Per Olof Kindgren
  • Adios a Ocumare  — Angel Marie Landaeta (arr Antonio Lauro)

Ray Butler

  • Canco del Lladre — Llobet
  • Waltz, Opus 8, No. 3 — Augustin Barrios Mangore
  • Maria — Tarrega

Jim Tosone

  • Boulevard of Broken Dreams — Green Day
  • 21 Guns — “”

Jeff Griesemer

  • Spanish Harlem — Ben E. King, arr. John Duarte
  • If I Fell — Beatles, arr. Richard Drueding
  • Cancion de Cuna —Leo Brouwer

Chris Freitag

  • An die entfernte— Johann Casper Mertz
  • Julia FloridaAugustin Barrios Mangore
  • Yesterday  — Beatles

Robert Ey

  • Bouree from Lute Suite in Em — J.S. Bach
  • Tarleton’s Resurrection — John Dowland

Raul Huaman

  • Alfonsina y la Mar — Ariel Ramirez
  • Days of Wine and Roses — Henry Mancini
Upcoming Meetings
Report on Guitar Society Summit and Mission Statement Proposal
Book Corner
Upcoming Events
January Meeting Recap

January Meeting

December 17th, 2018 by bob No comments »

These pieces were played at the January 13 meeting in Hopewell:

Darren O’Neill and David Graessle

  • L’Encouragement — Fernando Sor, Napoléon Coste arrangement.

Mark Johnstone

  • Minuets from Cello Suite No. 2 —S. Bach

Gad Berger

  • Brasilerinho — Joao Pernambuco
  • Rey’s Theme — John Williams arr by Nathan Mills (Beyond The Guitar)

Jeff Griesemer

  • Crazy — Willie Nelson, arr: Richard Dreuding/Jeff Griesemer
  • (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons — William Best and Deek Watson, arr: Jeff Griesemer

Robert Ey

  • Mrs Winter’s Jump — John Dowland
  • The Round Battle Galliard — “”
  • Guardarme Las Vacas — Luys de Narvaez

Jim Tosone

  • Canarios — Gaspar Sanz –
  • Rondo — Rogier van Otterloo- (arr., Tosone

Jeffrey Wilt

  • Saudade Eterna (I’ll Miss you Always) — Per-Olov Kindgren
  • Before Silence — “”

Gary Lee

  • Italian Coffee — Simone Iannarelli
  1. Tarde de Lluvia con Caffe
  2. L’Ultimo Caffe Insieme
January Meeting
Giving the Upbeat for the NJCGS Ensemble Project
The State of Guitar Societies in North America (A Report on the 6th Guitar Society Summit)
December Meeting Recap
Upcoming Events

Stanley Alexandrowicz Performs at Lawrenceville Library

December 12th, 2018 by bob No comments »
Thursday 20 December @ 7:00 PM
Lawrence Headquarters Branch
2751 Brunswick Pike
Lawrenceville, NJ 08648
GPS: 40.266154, -74.718522
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After his recent triumphant duo recital at the Vatican with “Soprano Extraordinaire” Dominika Zamara, Internationally Acclaimed Guitar Virtuoso Stanley Alexandrowicz will perform in Recital on 20 December at the MCL in Lawrenceville New Jersey! 
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Latin American Guitar Masterpieces—an evening of virtuoso guitar works centered around showpieces by the guitar’s greatest composers from Argentina, Cuba, and Mexico! Compositions by Astor Piazzolla, Hector Angulo, Manuel Ponce, Robert De Visee, Napoleon Coste, Ivan Padovec, and Maestro Robert W. Butts!
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CONTACT:
 Lawrence Programs
 609.883.8294

Francisco Roldán Concert in Mineola

December 7th, 2018 by bob No comments »
Francisco Roldán will be playing a solo recital this Sunday, December 9, at 2 p.m. at the Lutheran Church of Our Saviour, 132 Jefferson Avenue, Mineola, Long Island.  Music from Spain (Rodrigo), Germany (Bach), Paraguay (Barrios) and Italy (Giuliani). “Absolutely poetic and mesmerizing playing.  A truly wonderful evening.” Claudia Dumschat, Organist and Choirmaster, Church of the Transfiguration, NYC
 
Francisco Roldán
Guitar Recital Program
 

Guárdame las vacas                                                 Luys Narváez (ca. 1500-1560)

Canarios                                                                     Gaspar Sanz (ca. 1640-1710)

                                                               Spain

 
Variations on a Theme by Handel, Op. 107         Mauro Giuliani (1781-1829)
                                                               Italy
 
Ciaccona from BWV 1004 for solo violin               J.S. Bach (1685-1750)
                                                                                    Germany
 
Elogio de la Guitarra                                      Joaquín Rodrigo (1901-1999)
    Allegro                                                                    Spain         
   Andantino
   Allegro-Più Allegro
 
Vals Op. 8, No. 3                                                     Agustín Barrios (1885-1944)
Danza Paraguaya                                                      Paraguay
Cueca
 

A CHRISTMAS PASTORALE: 600 YEARS OF CAROLS, CHORALES, PRELUDES, & PASTORALES, FEATURING THE NEWMAN & OLTMAN GUITAR DUO

December 2nd, 2018 by bob No comments »

Additional Performance:

Sunday, December 16, 2018 at 3:00 PM

At the historic Saint Andrews Episcopal Church

50 York Street (corner of York & Main Streets)

Lambertville, New Jersey 08530
This concert will benefit the restoration fund of the church.  www.StAndrewsLambertville.org

Saturday, December 8, 2018

6:30 PM doors open for wine tasting (and ordering optional food plates and wine)

7:00 PM music begins

Villa Milagro Vineyards

33 County Road 627

(aka Riegelsville – Warren Glen Road)

Finesville (Riegelsville), New Jersey 08865

Seating is limited. For tickets and more information visit: www.VillaMilagroVineyards.com/christmas-concert

Featuring music from the Renaissance, Baroque, and Classical eras, the program includes a wonderful variety of Christmas music, little-known gems, and wonderful variations on familiar themes, composed by Bach, Handel, Mendelssohn, Pachelbel, Brahms, Corelli, and Luther, among others. The program includes music from the Newman & Oltman Guitar Duo’s  critically-acclaimed CD, “A Christmas Pastorale – 600 Years of Carols, Chorales, Preludes & Pastorales for Two Guitars.”

Francisco Roldan in concert at the Teaneck Public Library

November 28th, 2018 by bob No comments »
Francisco Roldán, solo recital
Sunday, December 2, 2018, 2:00 p.m.
Teaneck Public Library
840 Teaneck Road
Teaneck, NJ 07666
Admission Free
“Absolutely poetic and mesmerizing playing.  A truly wonderful evening.” Claudia Dumschat, Organist and Choirmaster, Church of the Transfiguration, NYC
This Sunday, a solo offering with music from Spain, Germany, Puerto Rico, Paraguay and Italy.  Come hear a very beautiful recital including music from the sublime music of Bach, to great Spanish music first championed by Andrés Segovia, to the elegant Giuliani.

Guitar Recital Program:

Guárdame las Vacas   Luys Narváez (ca. 1500-1560)
Canarios                       Gaspar Sanz (ca. 1640-1710)
                                       Spain
Variations on a Theme by Handel, Op. 107     Mauro Giuliani (1781-1829)
                                                                                  Italy
Ciaccona from BWV 1004 for solo violin         J.S. Bach (1685-1750)
                                                                                  Germany
Seis Milonga              Ernesto Cordero (b. 1946)
                                     Puerto Rico
Intermission
Recuerdos de la Alhambra Francisco Tárrega (1852-1909)
Spain
Elogio de la Guitarra        Joaquín Rodrigo (1901-1999)
   Allegro                              Spain
   Andantino
   Allegro-Più Allegro
Vals Op. 8, No. 3              Agustín Barrios (1885-1944)
Danza Paraguaya             Paraguay
Cueca

December Meeting

November 13th, 2018 by bob No comments »

These pieces were played at our December 16 meeting in Wayne:

Kevin Lutke

  • Prelude and Variations 1 and 3 — Kevin Lutke
  • Suite in Em — “”

Gad Berger

  • Opus 60, No. 3 — Matteo Carcassi
  • Brasileirinho — João Pernambuco

Roberta Wallis

  • Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming — , arr. Rafael Scarfullery
  • Blott en Dag — Oscar Ahnfelt, arr. Jan-Olaf Eriksson

Jeffrey Wilt

  • O Christmas Tree — Liona Boyd
  • Silent Night — Per Olaf Kindren

Ming Chao

  • Prelude No. 1 from Well Tempered Clavier —J .S. Bach
  • Arioso — S. Bach, arr. David Russell

Mike Topolski

  • Linus and Lucy — Vince Geraldi
  • Bagatelle No. 4 — William Walton

David Graessel

  • Capriccio in D — S.L. Weiss
  • Jingle Bells — arr., Thomas Poore

Jeff Griesemer

  • Here, There, and Everywhere— Beatles, Arr. Jeff Griesemer
  • Because — Dave Clark Five, Arr. Jeff Griesemer

Jim Tosone

  • Blind Mary — Turlough O’Carolan
  • Vincent — Don McLean

Parvathi Kumar

  • Evocacion (Suite del Recuerdo) — Jose Luis Merlin
  • Preludio (Serie Americana) — Hector Ayala

Gary Lee

  • Prelude — Tarrega
  • Etude — Regondi
  • O Come, O Come Emmanual — Arr. Doug Niet

Robert Ey

  • Bouree from Lute Suite in Em — S. Bach
  • Tarleton’s Resurrection — John Dowland
December Meeting
We Get Answers!
Become Involved with an NJCGS Ensemble
November Meeting Recap
Upcoming Concerts

Three Concerts on the First Weekend in November

November 1st, 2018 by bob No comments »

Early Music Duo “Bedlam”

1867 Sanctuary, 101 Scotch Rd

Ewing, New Jersey 08628

Friday, November 2, 2018, 8:00 p.m.

Admission: $5.00 – $20:00

Preservation New Jersey is pleased to welcome the early music duo BEDLAM (www.bedlamearlymusic.com) back to the 1867 Sanctuary. “The magical duo BEDLAM” (Colin Clarke, Fanfare Magazine) is Kayleen Sánchez, soprano, and Laudon Schuett, lute.

More information: http://1867sanctuary.org/event/bedlam-2/

 

Eduardo Fernández, guitar & David Leisner, guitar

92nd Street Y

1395 Lexington Avenue

New York, NY 10128

Saturday, Novermber 3, 2018, 8:00 p.m.

Admission: Tickets from $53:00

Compositions by both performers are featured on this inventive and wide-ranging program, which also includes several of Villa-Lobos’ groundbreaking Études for Guitar — pieces which set the technical standard for 20th century guitar performance. Fernández and Leisner perform Nagoya Guitars, a complex piece based on constantly-shifting musical patterns by minimalist master Steve Reich; Eduardo Fernández presents his own transcription of Bach’s immortal Chaconne from the D Minor violin sonata; and join together in two selections by two guitarist-composers of an earlier age: Antoine de Lhoyer and Fernando Sor.

More information: https://www.92y.org/event/leisner-and-fernandez

 

Philadelphia Classical Guitar Society presents Adam Levin

Settlement Music School, 416 Queen Street, Philadelphia, PA 19147

Sunday, November 4, 2018, 3:00 p.m.

Admission: $10.00 – $25:00

Praised for his “visceral and imaginative performances” by the Washington Post, top prize winning classical guitarist and recording artist Adam Levin has performed on four continents across the globe. Levin has performed extensively across the United States at renowned venues such as Chicago’s Pick Staiger, Nichols, and Mayne Stage concert halls as well as at the prestigious Art Institute of Chicago; Boston’s Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, the Museum of Fine Arts, and Jordan Hall; Spivey Hall in Atlanta; repeat appearances at Le Poisson Rouge in New York City; and the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC. In Europe, Levin has performed in some of the finest venues across Spain, and in Italy, Germany, and Switzerland. In the 2017-2018 season, Levin makes several debut solo, chamber, and orchestral appearances in China, Finland, and Ireland as well as return appearances in Brazil and Spain. Adam Levin’s live performances have been featured nationally numerous times on NPR’s Performance Today, the nationally syndicated Classical Guitar Alive, and studio performances on top radio stations including WFMT Chicago and WCRB Boston.

More information: http://www.phillyguitar.org/event-3051974