A big thank you to Clive Titmuss for this excellent post. Make sure to check out his Scarlatti transcriptions on his site. Clive Titmuss is a luthier and player, all photos of guitars are by Mr. Titmuss of guitars he built himself. He mentioned: “I made two of these instruments for my colleague Alan Rinehart and [...]
Archive | January, 2012
End of the Week – News, Links, Events
The site broke 2500 fans on facebook, if you haven’t joined us over there please do. Check out the new page on the site: Popular Posts. The selection is based on statistics by google analytics as well as responses I’ve received from readers. Also, keep an eye on the site tomorrow as Clive Titmuss has written a nice [...]
Movie Night in Canada: Vincea McClelland plays Villa-Lobos
Vincea McClelland plays Villa-Lobos McClelland is a Canadian guitarist living in France. Sheet music: Collected Works For Solo Guitar (including the etudes) Excerpt of Mazurka (Villa-Lobos “Suite Populaire Brésilienne”) performed live on Canadian television by Vincea McClelland in 1993
End of the Week Review (January 22, 2012)
The weekly Canadian update. The “Girls Night Out” with Emma Rush, Tracy Anne Smith, and Eva Beneke is pretty cool, two concerts in one day! Nice one! To be included on these posts simply let me know about news, links, and concert in Canada by emailing: admin@classicalguitarcanada.ca Links: Northwest Guitar Festival 2012 – Cancelled Emma Rush has a [...]
Northwest Guitar Festival and Competition
Northwest Guitar Festival 2012 The Northwest Guitar Festival and Competition is an annual event for classical guitar held in a different location every year. One of the central founders and mainstays of the festival is James Reid. I will try to post updates about the festival on this post every year. Northwest Guitar Festival 2012 [...]
Concert Review – Janet Grohovac, Victoria
This is a guest post by: Alexander Dunn Concert review – Janet Grohovac St. Barnabas Church Sunday Concert Series January 8, 2012, Victoria, BC Guitarist Janet Grohovac performed a beautiful solo recital organized by the Victoria Guitar Society and the St. Barnabas Church series. Ms Grohovac is a ‘daughter’ of Victoria, having studied at the [...]
Review: Autumn Elegy by Charles Mokotoff
I do a limited number of reviews of non-Canadians but I’m very happy to have reviewed this new release from Charles Mokotoff. – Bradford Autumn Elegy by Charles Mokotoff Artist Website: www.charlesmokotoff.com Listen to sound samples or buy the album Repertoire The album has a nice mix of repertoire spanning from twentieth century classics to [...]
Etudes by Giulio Regondi (Free Sheet Music)
Regondi, Giulio (1822-1872) Etude No. 1 [FREE PDF] Etude No. 3 [FREE PDF] Etude No. 14 [FREE PDF] From Wiki: Giulio Regondi (1822 in either Geneva or Lyon – May 6, 1872 in London) was an Italian classical guitarist, concertinist and composer. Regondi was a child prodigy. Fernando Sor dedicated his Souvenir d’amitié, op. 46 to Regondi in 1831, [...]
Tarantelle by Johann Kaspar Mertz (Free Sheet Music)
Classical Guitar Canada is getting back into providing free sheet music for our readers. Let’s kick it off with this classic by Mertz. Mertz, Johann Kaspar (1806-1856) Tarantelle [FREE PDF] Mertz was born in Pozsony, Kingdom of Hungary, now Bratislava (Slovakia). He was active in Vienna (c.1840~1856), which had been home to various prominent figures of [...]
End of the Week Review (January 8, 2012)
Happy New Year to all Classical Guitar Canada readers! I had a wonderful holiday in Cuba! You can see some pictures here. In Havana we saw some pretty great music and guitarists… There is not too much to report from this week but there are some great concerts coming up. I’m looking forward to performing [...]
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