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Work: 5 Preludes for guitar, W 419

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ComposerVilla-Lobos, Heitor (1887-1959)
PeriodEarly 20th century
Work typeInstrumental
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LondonClassical Guitar by Candlelight

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Tárrega, Brocá, Moreno Torroba, Villa-Lobos
Amanda Cook, Guitar
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John Williams at St George's Bristol

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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Review Wigmore Hall: John Williams

In a recent interview, BBC Radio 3 Controller Roger Wright was asked "What music would you want played at your funeral?" His reply: "Spanish guitar music, because I wouldn’t be there to hear it. If you ask my colleagues they’d say Spanish guitar music is one of my blind spots."Full marks to Wright for laying his cards on the table, perhaps.

Sainz-Villegas encanta y derrocha maestría en la noche de Úbeda

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Con un programa que reflejaba diversas culturas, el sonido pleno y delicado de la guitarra de Sainz-Villegas envolvió el Hospital de Santiago en Úbeda.
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