Keith Calmes in Concert

November 6th, 2014 by bob No comments »
Sunday, November 9, 3-4 p.m.
Classical guitarist Keith Calmes
$10 per person at the door, No reservations required
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Medford Arts Center
18 North Main Street
Medford, NJ 08055
www.medfordartscenter.org
Music by Joplin, Barrios, The Ventures, Jim Hall, Stepan Rak, Albeniz, Brouwer, and holiday selections from the new  CD.
www.keithcalmes.com
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For information about music at the Medford Arts Center contact Dr. Tony Femiano at jazzdoc733@aol.com.

Instruments of the People: Francisco Roldán, guitar and Danny Mallon, percussion

October 24th, 2014 by bob No comments »

Proud to be part of PAMAR’ s 9th Annual Latin American Cultural Week in NYC!

LACW presents:

Instruments of the People

Francisco Roldán, guitar and Danny Mallon, percussion

Saturday, November 1, 7:30 p.m.

Guitar Music of the Americas and Spain

Instruments of the People is a multicultural musical event featuring a variety of music including Bambuco, Blues, Danza, Joropo, Porro and Tango from Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Spain, the U.S.A. and Venezuela.

2nd Floor Gallery/Clemente Soto Velez Cultural & Educational Center, 107 Suffolk Street, Manhattan, 10002

Admission, $20*, $10 with Student ID

*RSVP to roldfran@hotmail.com by Oct. 25th for special advance $15 ticket price

Directions:  Take F, M or J to Delancey/Essex Station, get off on northwest corner, walk east on Delancey for 2 blocks, make left on Suffolk and walk up the block to Teatro La Tea

Program:

Instruments of the People

Francisco Roldán, guitar

Danny Mallon, percussion

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

Canarios                                                                     Gaspar Sanz (ca. 1640-1710)        

                                                                                     Spain

En los trigales                                                            Joaquín Rodrigo (1901-1999)                           

Recuerdos de la Alhambra                                      Francisco Tárrega (1852-1909)

Tango Op. 165, No. 2                                               Isaac Albéniz (1860-1909)

Madroños                                                                  Federico Moreno-Torroba (1891-1982)

Spain

Criolla en La                                                               Rafael Landestoy (b.1927)

Pueblerino                                                                 The Dominican Republic  

Prelude No. 2                                                                        

Sencillo           

Ritmo Brasilero          

Fantasía          

Intermission

 

Guabina Viajera                                                         Gentil Montaña (1942-2011)
Porro                                                                            Colombia
Bambuco                                                                                           

            

Shaken, Not Stirred                                                  Danny Mallon (b.1959)

                                                                                    U.S.A.

Three Blues                                                               Charlie Byrd (1925-1999)               

            Spanish Guitar Blues                                    U.S.A.

            Blues for Felix                                                            

            Swing ’59       

Pasaje Aragüeño                                                      Antonio Lauro (1917-1986)

Romanza                                                                   Venezuela    

Virgilio – Bambuco Tachirense                                            

Seis por derecho – Joropo al Estilo del Arpa Criolla

Interweaving: Gretchen Farrar, voice and Francisco Roldán, guitar

October 23rd, 2014 by bob No comments »

Proud to be part of PAMAR’ s 9th Annual Latin American Cultural Week in NYC!

LACW presents:

Interweaving Gretchen Farrar, voice and Francisco Roldán, guitar 

Monday, November 3, 7:30 p.m.Songs of the Americas and Spain
Songs from Colombia, Cuba, England, Puerto Rico, Spain and the U.S.A.
2nd Floor, Abrazo Interno Gallery/Clemente Soto Velez Cultural & Educational Center, 107 Suffolk Street, Manhattan, 10002

Admission, $20*, $10 with Student ID*RSVP to roldfran@hotmail.com by Oct. 25th for special advance $15 ticket price

Directions:  Take F, M or J to Delancey/Essex Station, get off on northwest corner, walk east on Delancey for 2 blocks, make left on Suffolk and walk up the block to Teatro La Tea

Program:

Interweaving

Gretchen Farrar, Soprano and Francisco Roldán,Guitar

Cantos de las Américas

Lend Your Ears To My Sorrow                                         John Dowland (1563-1626)

I Must Complain                                                              England

The Lowest Trees Have Tops

What Poor Astronomers Are They

Cesa de atormentarme                                                     Fernando Sor (1778-1839)

De amor en las prisiones                                                  Spain

Folk Songs                                                                    Federico Garcia Lorca (1898-1936)

Los cuatro muleros                                                          Spain

Las tres hojas

Las Morillas de Jaén      

Las reyes de la Baraja

A ti   Jaime León (b. 1929)

                                                                                    Colombia

I. Poema                                                                        Leo Brouwer (b. 1939)

II. Madrigalillo                                                                 Cuba

I will give my love an apple                                                         B. Britten (1913-1976)

Sailor Boy                                                                      England

The soldier and the sailor

Voz del Güiro                                                                 Ernesto Cordero (b. 1946)

Cállate silencio mio                                                         Puerto Rico

Zenobia                                                                        

Madrugada                                                                    

How the old mountains drip with sunset                              Ben Yarmolinsky (b. 1955)

The Gowanus Canal Song                                                           U.S.A.

November Meeting

October 23rd, 2014 by bob No comments »

These pieces were performed at the November meeting in Warren:

David Starbuck

  • Heartland Air
  • O’Carolan’s Farewell
  • Sally Gardens
  • Neil Gow’s Lament for the Death of His Second Wife
  • The Raven
  • Maria Sol

Tito Cotos

  • Torado Andina – Tito Cotos
  • Pukllay “”

Ming Chao

  • Etude No. 8 – Fernando Sor
  • Etude No.9 “”

Robert Ey

  • The Return from Fingal (anon., arr. by G. Weiser)
  • The Royal Lament (John Garbh MacLean, arr. by G. Weiser)

October Meeting

September 29th, 2014 by bob No comments »

These pieces were performed at the October meeting in Wayne:

Rich Romano

  • JS Bach: Prelude to Cello Suite No.1
  • Agustin Barrios Mangore: Julia Florida

Richard Lingg

  • Fernando Sor: Studies 1 & 5
  • Leo Brouwer: Estudio Sencillo No. 6

Jim Tosone

  • Domenico Scarlatti: Sonata in A (K. 208)
  • Fernando Sor: Study No. 5

Chris Freitag

  • Johann Kaspar Mertz: Abendlied & An Malvina
  • Heitor Villa Lobos: Prelude No. 3

David Segarnick

  • Heitor Villa Lobos: Prelude No. 1
  •  JS Bach: Prelude (BWV 999)
  • Armando Neves: Choro No. 2
  •  Johann Pachelbel: Canon

Ming Chao

  • Fernando Sor: Etude Nos. 7 & 8

Jeff Griesemer

  • Leo Brouwer: Cancion de Cuna
  • Jeff Griesemer: Airwaves

Robert Ey

  • Anon: The Return from Fingal
  • John MacLean: The Royal Lament

Gary Lee

  • Silvius Leopold Weiss: Prelude, Allemande & Courante from Sonata No. 37

NYC Classical Guitar Society Presents Adam Holzman, October 17

September 25th, 2014 by bob No comments »

Adam Holzman will appear in concert on Friday, October 17, at 8:00 pm, at Engelman Recital Hall at Baruch Performing Arts Center. The concert is part of the 2013-2014 concert series presented by the New York City Classical Guitar Society.

Venue: Engelman Recital Hall at Baruch College Performing Arts Center. 55 Lexington Avenue (access on East 25th Street between Lexington Avenue and Third Avenue).

Subway: 6 to 23rd Street, R/W to 23rd Street, or 1 to 23rd Street.

Date and time: Friday, October 17 at 8:00 PM

Price: $27.50 ($22 for senior/student/NYCCGS members)

Telephone numbers for tickets: (866) 811-4111 or (646) 312-4085

Website: www.nyccgs.com

Artist: Adam Holzman

Presented by: New York City Classical Guitar Society

Music For a While: Songs for Voice and Lute

September 10th, 2014 by bob No comments »

Westminster Faculty Recital

Music For a While: Songs for Voice and Lute

Sean McCarther, baritone
Carlos Cuestas, lute, theorbo and Baroque guitar

Featuring songs from the 16th and 17th centuries, highlighting works by Purcell, Caccini, Bottrigari, Campion and various composers from the Airs de Cour.

Sunday, September 21 @ 3 p.m.

Bristol Chapel
Westminster Choir College
Princeton, NJ

Free admission

Nocturno Romantico – Duets for Guitar and Piano

September 9th, 2014 by bob No comments »

Music@CUMC presents Nocturno Romantico – Duets for Guitar and Piano. Please join us Friday, September 26, 2014 at 7:30pm at 601 Chestnut St., Roselle Park, NJ. The concert is free but the music is priceless! Loren C. Fortna https://www.facebook.com/events/795187267178575/

Vladislav Blaha, Guitar 25th Anniversary of the Czech Velvet Revolution

September 7th, 2014 by bob No comments »

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September Meeting

June 23rd, 2014 by bob No comments »

FlowersThanks to Richard Lingg for the Flowers.

These pieces were played at the September 28 meeting in Hopewell:

David Starbuck
  • Sarabande (Poulenc)
  • Five Studies (Aguado)
Ming Chao
  • Pavana (Sanz)
  • Sarabande from 1st Violin Partida  (Bach)
  • Six Variations on a Theme by Milan (Joaquín Nin-Culmell)
Gianni Donati
  • Guabina and Porro from Suite Columbiana #2 (Gentil Montana)
Robert Ey
  • The Return from Fingal (anon., arr. by G. Weiser)
  • The Royal Lament (John Garbh MacLean, arr. by G. Weiser)