Guitarist John Williams gets a standing ovation at St George's Bristol

Von Alexandra Hamilton-Ayres, 14 Oktober 2013

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Rezensierte Veranstaltung: St George's Bristol, Bristol, am 11 Oktober 2013

Programm beinhaltet:

Werke von Praetorius

Werke von Bach

Barrios Mangoré, Other

Williams, Other

Williams, Hello Francis

Yocoh, Sakura Theme and Variations

Figueredo, Other

John Williams, Gitarre

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It is quite a daunting task to assess the performance of someone like John Williams. Certainly one of the finest and most famous living classical guitarists in the world, he seems something of a colossus of the instrument. Yet the manner he exuded as he entered the stage of St. George’s was of understated familiarity.

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Alexandra Hamilton-Ayres

Alexandra Hamilton-Ayres is a Bristol-based film composer and classical electronic artist. Alexandra's passion in scoring and as a performer lie in the duality between the classical and electronica worlds, moving picture and her love for the piano. Her music has been described by The White Room Magazine as “majestic, at times monumental…the force and vastness of nature”.