Classical Guitar Alive! (Series)
Produced by Tony Morris
Most recent piece in this series:
24-24 Cimarosa, Mertz, Ponce “Sonata Romantica,” Morel’s Fantasia de la Danza”
From Tony Morris | Part of the Classical Guitar Alive! series | 58:58
TO: All Stations
FR: Tony Morris
DT: June 10, 2024
RE: ***CLASSICAL GUITAR ALIVE! 24-24 Cimarosa, Mertz, Ponce “Sonata Romantica,” Morel’s Fantasia de la Danza”
In Cue: MUSIC IN "Hello and welcome to..."
Out Cue: "...another edition of Classical Guitar Alive!"
Program Length: 58:57
INTRODUCTION:
Bizet: Carmen Suite: Prelude Los Romeros, guitar quartet
(Philips 412-609)
PROGRAM BEGINS:
Cimarosa: Sonata in G Minor Hannu Anala, guitar, Mari Mantyla, decacorde
“Musica Barocca a Due” (Alba 2023) (3:39)
Mertz: Duo Concertant uber ein Theme aus Elisir d’amore Brian Torosian, guitar,
David Schrader, piano
“Mertz: Guitar & Piano Duos” (Brian Torosian 2012) (9:13)
Ponce: Sonata Romantica “Homage a Schubert” Jason Vieaux, guitar
“Manuel Ponce: Guitar Sonatas” (Azica 2001) (22:31)
Morel: Fantasia de la Danza Krzysztof Pelech, guitar,
Capella Bydgostiensis, Michal Nesterowicz, conductor
(Luthier Music 2006) (20:05)
CLOSING THEME/FUNDING CREDITS
This week’s program features a keyboard sonata by Cimarosa arranged for guitar and decacorde (10-string guitar), Mertz’s Duo Concertant for guitar and piano on a theme from the Donizetti opera The Elixir of Love, Manuel Ponce’s Sonata Romantica in homage to Franz Schubert, and Argentine composer Jorge Morel’s “Fantasia de la Danza” for guitar and orchestra.
CLASSICAL GUITAR ALIVE! is a weekly one-hour music with interviews program that is sound-rich, energetic, and has a positive vibe. It is an audience bridge-builder program that attracts both core classical audience and fans of all kinds of acoustic music.
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