Dopo oltre 6 mesi di stop a causa di concerti, registrazione CD, organizzazione del Concorso Barrios e molto altro, posso riprendere a lavorare serenamente sul Concerto dell’Argentarola di Ennio Porrino. Sono entrato in possesso del manoscritto di Porrino (credo non esista una copia a stampa) della parte per chitarra sola e…
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Tolkien Gesture by Alan Mearns
Yesterday I read for the first time ‘Tolkien gesture‘ by Alan Mearns, an Irish composer.The work, a suite consisting of independent movements with no thematic connection, is divided into: Mirkwood Forest (dark, mysterious) Queen Galadriel (luminous, harp like) Treebeard (slow, cumbersome) Wraiths (menacing, agitated) Gandalf escapes on the Great Eagle…
Francisco Herrera speaks about Narciso Yepes
In the guitarra.artelinkado.com spanish classical guitar forum an interesting interview of Santiago Porras to Francisco Herrera (the creator of Enciclopedia de La Guitarra) has been published. In the interview, Herrera speaks about the Spanish guitarist Narciso Yepes an important interpreter of the XIX century. A short Narciso Yepes bio: He…
Sonata No.2 by Mark Delpriora
I started reading the Sonata n.2 by Mark Delpriora. The first impression is a good and complete knowledge of the guitar and of his colors. Another evident detail is the structure and and the care of the developments of the themes especially the the Rondò. Good musical ideas and excellent results…
La penna di Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco nelle mie mani
Durante la mia ultima visita a Gilardino (in occasione del concerto tenuto a Vercelli e per l’ascolto della registrazione dell’ultimo CD degli Studi) ho avuto l’immenso onoro di leggere le lettere che i due compositori si sono scambiati tra il 1967 e il 1969. Forte l’emozione di tenere in mano…
“Concerto di Oliena” preview
Today Gilardino has sent me a PDF file that contains the preview of the Concerto di Oliena. The work is for Guitar and Orchestra (archi (4.4.3.2.1), timpani, fiati (Piccolo, 1 fl., 1 ob., 1 cn. ing., 1 cl.,1 fg.) and after a first listening in mp3 format I have been…
Gilardino began writing the “Concerto di Oliena”
Angelo Gilardino, for me master and friend, during the Festival Città di Nuoro – Omaggio ad Angelo Gilardino has lodged in a fabulous place in Sardinia (near to Nuoro, my town) calls Su Gologone. Su Gologone is a natural crevasse where water goes out from an mysterious underground source: nobody…
