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Celebration and Prelude

By Alan Coady, 14 May 2011
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Reviewed at Royal Over-Seas League, Edinburgh on 11 May 2011
Programme
Regondi, Etude no. 10
Aguado, Rondo no. 2 in A Minor
Regondi, Fete Villageois
Arnold, Fantasy
Rodrigo, Invocación y danza
Ginastera, Sonata for solo guitar, Op.47
Performers
Sean Shibe, Guitar
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Alan Coady
Alan Coady
Alan has taught classical guitar in East Lothian schools since 1982. A graduate in Music of the then Huddersfield Polytechnic, he has a soft spot for the contemporary. He also writes a Musical Blog, where the special interest is the intersection of music/language/science.