Category: Society Events
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Members’ Summer Concert – 10 July 2025
On 10 July 2025, the Bristol Classical Guitar Society held its Summer Concert with solos, duets, and ensemble performances on a warm summer evening.
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Eden–Stell Guitar Duo (14/06/2025)
The Eden–Stell Guitar Duo delivered a masterful recital at St Paul’s Church, blending Mozart’s lyricism with Castelnuovo-Tedesco’s contrapuntal brilliance and Jolivet’s modern intensity. Their seamless interplay, expressive depth, and refined tone confirmed their standing among the world’s leading guitar duos — a concert of dialogue, virtuosity, and profound musical unity.
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Pavel Ralev (15/03/2025)
Pavel Ralev’s recital showcased his rare blend of poetry and precision — from Villa-Lobos’ Cinq Préludes and Dowland’s fantasias to Bach’s Chaconne and Reich’s Electric Counterpoint. His performance revealed a musician of deep imagination and intellect, confirming John Williams’ description of Ralev as “a poet of the guitar.”
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The Wales Guitar Duo (13/03/2025)
It was a great privilege to welcome Cai Charles and Oliver Manning, two very talented and up-and-coming players, to give a performance through the IGF Young Artists’ Platform on 13 March 2025 for a programme of Stephen Goss, David John Roche, and Carlo Domeniconi.
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Luke Bartlett (09/05/2024)
At the May 2024 meetup, BCGS members were treated to a concert by rising star Like Bartlett, who pproaching his Finals Performance at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama in Cardiff, was selected as an IGF Young Artist 2024, is a Julian Bream Scholar and has recently won a prize for Voice and…
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Giacomo Susani (20/04/2024)
As part of its 2024 Concert Series, the Bristol Classical Guitar Society presented composer-guitarist Giacomo Susani on the 20th of April. This concert also represented a change in our usual venue, and was the first time we held a concert in the beautiful Saint Stephens church in central Bristol. Susani opened the programme with Sor’s…
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Better Call Duo (14/03/2024)
Chieko Hata and Stefano Palamidessi entertained us with a themed recital entitled Meaningful Pop. This programme of 20th century repertoire was performed on the Bristol leg of their tour of Italy, the UK and Japan which returned to Radio Vatican in May. It was hard to believe that they have only been performing together as…
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BCGS Winter Concert 2023
Thu 7 December 2023, 20h00 Anthony Mulholland Meditation from Thais – J Massenet (arr. B Mermikides) Steve Moran Suite Antigua – B. Cataluyud Robert Gough The Frog Galliard – John Dowland WAGO Hiking Boot Blues – Ivan Andrews Francisco Correa Pasillo Uno – Daniel Saboya Tony Lewis and Tim Rigley Après Un Reve – G.…