Early Slot 7.40 – 7.55 Solos First Session 8-9.00pm Ensemble (see email from Francisco about the new Prokofiev piece — please bring your part along!) Second Session 9.15-10.30pm AGM Members, please try to make it for the AGM – shape the future of your society!
Early Slot 7.30 – 7.55 Member’s Talk Cari Aplin: Luise Walker First Session 8-9.00pm Ensemble Second Session 9.15-10.00pm Solos
Early Slot 7.30 – 7.55 Solos (Optional) theme for the solos this month: Classical and Early Romantic Etude. Play an Etude by a composer like Sor, Carcassi, Carulli, Giuliani, Aguado, Diabelli, Regondi… if it says study, estudio or etude, play it! First Session 8-9.00pm Ensemble Second Session 9.15-10.00pm – Visiting Artist Short Recital […]
Better Call Duo have won more than 20 International Competitions, and given over 2000 concerts all over the world in prestigious festivals and halls. In addition to international TV and radio broadcasts, they’ve recorded for important recording label including Brilliant Classics, Bridge Records NY, Nuova Era, EdiPan, Rivo Alto, Sonic View, Niccolò, Guitart Collection, Da Vinci Classics.
April 2024 society meetup: Solos with theme: A piece by a British Composer, Ensemble, Guest Speaker Stephen Goss: “The delusion of urtext”: Are we taking music too literally?
BCGS CONCERT SERIES 2024 presents Giacomo Susani (Classical Guitar), with a programme of Sor, Handel, Goss, Ravel and Susani. Giacomo Susani’s work both in the field of performance and of composition places him into a
unique and versatile role in the world of music. His interest in exploring the creative possibilities of
his instrument allowed him to develop a personal approach to interpretation that is met with
enthusiasm internationally.
Early Slot 7.30 – 7.55 Solos (Optional) theme for the solos this month: Latin America First Session 8-9.00pm Ensemble Second Session 9.15-10.00pm Recital by rising star Luke Bartlett, IGF Young Artist 2024 and Julian Bream Trust scholar
Early Slot 7.30 – 7.55 pm – Member’s Talk Nick Regan: “The Moods of Key Signatures” First Session 8-9.00pm Ensemble Second Session 9.15-10.00pm Solos (Optional) theme for the solos this month: A modern etude (20th or 21st century). Think Villa-Lobos, Brouwer, Garcia, Nuttall…
Please come along to support our members! Get the pdf programme here. BCGS — Members’ Summer Concert Programme Carry Me Home by Simon Powis Cari, Peter Água e Vinho by Egberto Gismonti (b: 1947), arr. Assad Cari, Thorben Farewell to Stromness by Peter Maxwell Davies (1934—2016) arr. Raymond Burley Cari, Thorben, Peter Danza Del […]
Vince Smith: Thinking about Sight Reading, Ensemble, Solos: “The Rest of the World” Showcase: play something from Eastern Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia, Oceania, Polynesia, etc. — not Western Europe or Latin America)
We’re really excited that Berta Rojas, our society’s Patron, is coming to visit us on 25th August 2024 to meet our members and offer the opportunity for masterclasses on the day!
12th September Meetup
Solo theme: “21st century compositions”
Ensemble
Guest Speaker: Arthur Keegan on his Wessex Songs project
Early Slot 7.30 – 7.55pm Solos (Optional) theme for the solos this month: Music from Spain First Session 8-9.00pm Ensemble Second Session 9.15-10.00pm – Visiting Artist lecture Visiting Artist: Paul Gregory from Maestoso Music. Paul’s talk will be: So what do you really want from a guitar? A discourse on how instruments differ […]
