Buxton Festival Fringe
Spring Bank Arts Centre
July 15th
Spring Bank Arts Centre
July 15th
Farewell to Stromness - Sir Peter Maxwell Davies (1934-2016)
In its original form Farewell to Stromness is the first of two piano interludes that feature in The Yellow Cake Revue – a fierce cabaret of songs and recitations first performed in 1980 at the St Magnus Festival on Orkney. It was written in response to the threat of uranium mining in the Orkneys. It has been arranged in many different forms from string orchestra, to bassoon quartet.
Serenade in A, op.96 - Ferdinando Carulli (1770-1841)
Ferdinando Carulli was an Italian composer and classical guitarist and the author of the influential Méthode complète pour guitare ou lyre, op. 27 (1810), which contains music still used by student guitarists today. He wrote a variety of works for classical guitar, including numerous solo and chamber works and several concertos. He was an extremely prolific writer, composing over 400 works for the instrument, with over 70 of those being for guitar duo. He wrote three Serenades, this one being in A Major, which display the brilliant bravura characteristic of virtuoso concert pieces. The work is composed in three movements: I: Largo maestoso-Allegro moderato, II: Larghetto sostenuto, III: FINALE Poco allegretto.
Lo Que Vendra - Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992)
Astor Piazzolla was an Argentine tango composer, bandoneon player and arranger. His works revolutionised the traditional tango into a new style termed nuevo tango, incorporating elements from jazz and classical music. Lo Que Vendra gives a variety of feelings and emotions, with faster outer sections and a beautifully, haunting middle section.
Tres piezas de otono - Maximo Diego Pujol (b. 1957)
Maximo Diego Pujol is an Argentine guitarist and composer, born in Buenos Aires in 1957. Pujol studied at the Buenos Aires Conservatory of Music, whilst also undertaking private lessons in harmony and composition with Leonidas Arnedo. Pujol strives to create an ever-closer fusion between traditional Argentine tango compositions and classical music, taking inspiration from composers such as Heitor Villa-Lobos, Leo Brouwer and Astor Piazzolla. He has written many compositions for the guitar as a solo instrument and in a chamber music setting.
Balkan Express - Vojislav Ivanovic
Ivanovic is a guitarist and composer, born in Sarajevo, who holds degrees in guitar from the Athens Conservatory and in composition from the University of Sarajevo. His diverse compositional output includes music for solo and accompanied instruments, choral, chamber and orchestral works. His guitar music is performed extensively throughout the world. Balkan Express was written in 2010, dedicated to the Levante Guitar Duo, and portrays a train journey from Sarajevo to Athens.
Sonatina Canonica - Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895-1968)
Sonatina Canonica was composed in 1961 for the legendary guitar duo formed by Ida Presti and Alexandre Lagoya. Conceived as a canon, the three movements in the Sonatina are a veiled homage to Domenico Scarlatti and his harpsichord music in the Spanish idiom. The first and third movements are full of excitement and energy which contrast the slow, melancholic middle movement. The musical figures are passed, back and forth, between the two instruments throughout the work.
Always Good to Me - Yvonne Bloor
Yvonne Bloor is a guitarist and composer from Leicester, who studied her Masters degree at the Royal Northern College of Music. Her compositions include both solo and duo repertoire, one of which was composed for the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations. Yvonne is a dear friend of ours and kindly wrote this piece as an engagement gift for us.
In its original form Farewell to Stromness is the first of two piano interludes that feature in The Yellow Cake Revue – a fierce cabaret of songs and recitations first performed in 1980 at the St Magnus Festival on Orkney. It was written in response to the threat of uranium mining in the Orkneys. It has been arranged in many different forms from string orchestra, to bassoon quartet.
Serenade in A, op.96 - Ferdinando Carulli (1770-1841)
Ferdinando Carulli was an Italian composer and classical guitarist and the author of the influential Méthode complète pour guitare ou lyre, op. 27 (1810), which contains music still used by student guitarists today. He wrote a variety of works for classical guitar, including numerous solo and chamber works and several concertos. He was an extremely prolific writer, composing over 400 works for the instrument, with over 70 of those being for guitar duo. He wrote three Serenades, this one being in A Major, which display the brilliant bravura characteristic of virtuoso concert pieces. The work is composed in three movements: I: Largo maestoso-Allegro moderato, II: Larghetto sostenuto, III: FINALE Poco allegretto.
Lo Que Vendra - Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992)
Astor Piazzolla was an Argentine tango composer, bandoneon player and arranger. His works revolutionised the traditional tango into a new style termed nuevo tango, incorporating elements from jazz and classical music. Lo Que Vendra gives a variety of feelings and emotions, with faster outer sections and a beautifully, haunting middle section.
Tres piezas de otono - Maximo Diego Pujol (b. 1957)
Maximo Diego Pujol is an Argentine guitarist and composer, born in Buenos Aires in 1957. Pujol studied at the Buenos Aires Conservatory of Music, whilst also undertaking private lessons in harmony and composition with Leonidas Arnedo. Pujol strives to create an ever-closer fusion between traditional Argentine tango compositions and classical music, taking inspiration from composers such as Heitor Villa-Lobos, Leo Brouwer and Astor Piazzolla. He has written many compositions for the guitar as a solo instrument and in a chamber music setting.
Balkan Express - Vojislav Ivanovic
Ivanovic is a guitarist and composer, born in Sarajevo, who holds degrees in guitar from the Athens Conservatory and in composition from the University of Sarajevo. His diverse compositional output includes music for solo and accompanied instruments, choral, chamber and orchestral works. His guitar music is performed extensively throughout the world. Balkan Express was written in 2010, dedicated to the Levante Guitar Duo, and portrays a train journey from Sarajevo to Athens.
Sonatina Canonica - Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895-1968)
Sonatina Canonica was composed in 1961 for the legendary guitar duo formed by Ida Presti and Alexandre Lagoya. Conceived as a canon, the three movements in the Sonatina are a veiled homage to Domenico Scarlatti and his harpsichord music in the Spanish idiom. The first and third movements are full of excitement and energy which contrast the slow, melancholic middle movement. The musical figures are passed, back and forth, between the two instruments throughout the work.
Always Good to Me - Yvonne Bloor
Yvonne Bloor is a guitarist and composer from Leicester, who studied her Masters degree at the Royal Northern College of Music. Her compositions include both solo and duo repertoire, one of which was composed for the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations. Yvonne is a dear friend of ours and kindly wrote this piece as an engagement gift for us.
