(A Christmas Stocking filler from Dave Hampton- Thanks Dave)
This is the link to Classical Guitar music and interviews.
http://www.guitaralive.org/home.html
Go to 'Play List' and you will have access to all this music. Also has Lute Music.
Most downloads are '58MB' worth of programme so can take 5-10 mins to buffer and download depending on Broadband Speed but should play after a 10-20 seconds.
Works best if you are on broadband..
Christmas Party !
Well it was a small but intrepid bunch that met up for the 2007 BGS Christmas Party. While the numbers were down, the enthusiasm was nevertheless high with some great solo performances followed by a rousing festive ensemble of Christmas carols prepared and led by our very own Christmas Cracker- Denis Stockton!
This was followed by a traditional British pastime (at least for this Aussie)- the famous Quiz! And like all great Christmas Crackers, Denis had a few surprises stored away. He prepared a brilliant quiz which challenged the brain cells (which weren't helped by a few tins of Kronenburg). Jenny Wormald took the honours at the end, although I must confess to not doing as badly as I thought. For those of you who missed out the quiz is partially reproduced below. Give it a try and see if you can do better! Fortunately for you you can call a friend!!
Pick the correct answer
- Andres Segovia was born in (Madrid, Linares, Granada, Jaen)
- John Williams was born n (Hampstead, Sydney, Belize, Melbourne)
- Julian Bream was born in (Swindon, Chippenham, Battersea, Reading)
- Paco Pena was born in (Seville, Granada,Cordoba,Cadiz)
- Xufei Yang was born in (Hong Kong, Shanghai, Beijing, Taiwan)
True of False
- JS Bach married twice and fathered twenty children.
- JS Bach and handel were both born in 1685, only 50 miles apart.
- JS Bach and Handel never met each other
- Handel's greatest patron was George the first of England
- The percussionist, Evelyn Glennie, is totally deaf.
- The composer, Joaquuin Rodrigo, was totally blind.
- Gary Ryan, at 27, was the youngest ever Guitar Professor at the RCM.
- Carulli was the most prolific of the 19th century guitar composers.
- Chopin, Villa-Lobos and Sor are all buried in Paris.
- Django Reinhardt was a great Jazz Guitarist.
- Stephane Grapelli played rhythm guitar in Django's jazz group.
- Domenico Scarlatti was the son of Allesandro Scarlatti.
- Both Scarlattis were born and died in their native Naples.
- The pianoforte was originally called the fortepiano.
Leave your entries in the blog response area. First prize is a packet of mince pies! Second Prize is two packets of mince pies!
On behalf of the BGS Steering Committee, I hope all members have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
Christmas Concert
(Passed on by Ray Butcher)
Visit http://www.pellegrina.co.uk for more details
The Ancient church of St Mary, Stoke D'Abernon, the oldest church in Surrey, will provide the idyllic setting for Pellegrina's Christmas Concert by Candlelight on Friday 14 December, starting at 7.45 pm.
Pellegrina (Kyoko Murai - Soprano; Maria Sanger - recorder; Amanda Seaborn - viola da gamba and Alison Bowler - harpsichord) will be joined by guests Peter Wells - recorder and Peter Wendland - viola da gamba and violone.
Featured will be Christmas music by Scarlatti, Charpentier and Campra as well as Corelli's Christmas Concerto and Sheep May Safely Graze by Bach.
Tickets (£10.00) will be available at the door, but for preferential seat reservations, please phone the Pellegrina Ticket Line on 07864 093 042, or the church office on 01932 86 99 22. Further information is on the website: www.pellegrina.co.uk
St Mary's Church has ample parking and the location of the church can be found by putting the postcode KT11 3PX into your preferred map website.
Visit http://www.pellegrina.co.uk for more details
The Ancient church of St Mary, Stoke D'Abernon, the oldest church in Surrey, will provide the idyllic setting for Pellegrina's Christmas Concert by Candlelight on Friday 14 December, starting at 7.45 pm.
Pellegrina (Kyoko Murai - Soprano; Maria Sanger - recorder; Amanda Seaborn - viola da gamba and Alison Bowler - harpsichord) will be joined by guests Peter Wells - recorder and Peter Wendland - viola da gamba and violone.
Featured will be Christmas music by Scarlatti, Charpentier and Campra as well as Corelli's Christmas Concerto and Sheep May Safely Graze by Bach.
Tickets (£10.00) will be available at the door, but for preferential seat reservations, please phone the Pellegrina Ticket Line on 07864 093 042, or the church office on 01932 86 99 22. Further information is on the website: www.pellegrina.co.uk
St Mary's Church has ample parking and the location of the church can be found by putting the postcode KT11 3PX into your preferred map website.
A Celebration of the Spanish Guitar: Barbican Hall, 20 February 2008
(Passed on by Ray Butcher)
Please contact Don Kellar for further details. Address is at the end of this message.
I am contacting you about A Celebration of the Spanish Guitar, a concert at the Barbican next February. The concert includes works by Rodrigo, Torroba and Bacarisse, as well as two Spanish-themed pieces - Rossini's Barber of Seville overture and excerpts from Bizet's Carmen. Guitar soloist Rolando Saad was born in Argentina, is now based in Spain, and has had a distinguished concert career, giving many acclaimed performances of the Rodrigo Concierto de Aranjuez (which is included in this programme) across Europe and South America. At the Barbican, he plays with the St Petersburg State Symphony Orchestra and the eminent Bolshoi conductor Fuat Mansurov.
Is it possible to send details of the concert to members of the Federation of Guitar Societies, preferably in the form of printed A5 leaflets or alternatively as an e-mail? I'm attaching a copy of the leaflet front for your information and would be grateful if you'd let me know whether you'd be able to help publicise the event; I'll hope to hear from you shortly.
Many thanks.
Best wishes
Don KellerConsultant
e-mail: info@dakam.org.uk www.arts-consultants.org.uk/donkeller
Please contact Don Kellar for further details. Address is at the end of this message.
I am contacting you about A Celebration of the Spanish Guitar, a concert at the Barbican next February. The concert includes works by Rodrigo, Torroba and Bacarisse, as well as two Spanish-themed pieces - Rossini's Barber of Seville overture and excerpts from Bizet's Carmen. Guitar soloist Rolando Saad was born in Argentina, is now based in Spain, and has had a distinguished concert career, giving many acclaimed performances of the Rodrigo Concierto de Aranjuez (which is included in this programme) across Europe and South America. At the Barbican, he plays with the St Petersburg State Symphony Orchestra and the eminent Bolshoi conductor Fuat Mansurov.
Is it possible to send details of the concert to members of the Federation of Guitar Societies, preferably in the form of printed A5 leaflets or alternatively as an e-mail? I'm attaching a copy of the leaflet front for your information and would be grateful if you'd let me know whether you'd be able to help publicise the event; I'll hope to hear from you shortly.
Many thanks.
Best wishes
Don KellerConsultant
e-mail: info@dakam.org.uk www.arts-consultants.org.uk/donkeller