Author: Nick Regan
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Alexandra Whittingham (04/22)
Not only is the novelty of Alexandra’s masterful playing and engaging, genuine presence a loud and clear demonstration of the new wave of classical guitarists around us: young, extremely talented, many of them – finally – female, and making full and agile use of online platforms, no longer at the mercy of promotors and recording labels,…
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Mēla Guitar Quartet
Concert SeriesRed Maids’ Performing Arts CentreSaturday 13th November 2021 How on earth did they play those notes in Flight of the Bumblebee encore? Answer at the end. The Mēla Guitar Quartet takes its name from the Sanskrit word for ‘Festival’, and their programming and outstanding performance this evening meet that description entirely. It was a…
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Guest Artists – Bristol Mandolin & Guitar Ensemble
Thursday 14th October 2021Unitarian Chapel, Brunswick Square It was a great pleasure to welcome our sister ensemble, the Bristol Mandolin and Guitar Ensemble, to our October meeting for the second of our Visiting Artist recitals. We have had close links with the BMGE for many years, and several BCGS members are also members of that…
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Craig Ogden (03/15)
Concert SeriesRed Maids Performing Arts CentreSaturday 7 March 2015 Craig Ogden has the air of someone happily fulfilling his destiny. He is perfectly at ease doing what he was evidently put on the planet to do, with a playing style and presence that exudes calm and enjoyment. He writes off his between-piece talks as waffle;…
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Guest Artists – The Griffin-Turner Duo (11/17)
Thursday 9 November 2017 Unitarian Chapel, Brunswick Square What a great evening. First we had the pleasure of Amanda Johnson’s short talk on the Spanish pianist-composer Enrique Granados, to whom the classical guitar repertoire is so grateful for his Spanish Dances and Goyescas, and who was to meet a tragic end in the English Channel.…
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Guest Artist – Evangelos Nikolaidis (04/19)
Visiting Artists series Thursday 11 April 2019 Unitarian Chapel, Brunswick Square We were delighted to welcome back to the Society Evangelos Nikolaidis, graduate of the RWCMD and a performer and teacher with a busy national and international concert schedule, as well as being a leader of the South Wales Guitar Society. Evangelos presented an attractive…
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Guest Speaker – Brian Whitehouse (05/19)
Visiting Artists series Thursday 9 May 2019 Unitarian Chapel, Brunswick Square Brian Whitehouse is leading light of the UK guitar scene. Former Head of Guitar at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, examiner, publisher and currently Patron of the Consortium for Guitar Research at the University of Cambridge, he is the Director of the Classical Guitar Centre…
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Guest Artist – Harris Becker (06/19)
Visiting Artist series: Harris Becker recital & masterclass Thursday 6 June 2019 Unitarian Chapel, Brunswick Square Thanks to some skilful juggling of schedules on both sides, we were delighted to be able to welcome back to the Classical Guitar Society US teacher, festival director and concert artist Harris Becker after more than 10 years, to…
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Guest Artist- Luke Bartlett (10/19)
Thursday 10th October 2019 Unitarian Chapel, Brunswick Square Luke did two great things for us tonight. Firstly, he made himself available to perform for the Society at short notice, and secondly, and more importantly, he presented a wonderful programme of music in advance of his auditions for music college over the coming period. The programme…
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Copenhagen Guitar Duo 2019
Concert Series Red Maids’ Performing Arts Centre Saturday 23rd November 2019 It pays to get out and about. BCGS members Barry Corbett and Vince Smith saw the Copenhagen Guitar Duo play at the Dillington Guitar Festival last year, and agreed that they duo had to be invited to the Classical Guitar Society’s Concert Series. Martin…