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North Carolina since 1988

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TGS Benefit Concert - In person!
October 15, 2022  7:00 PM - for your live and in person experience

           

Live and on stage at The Church of The Good Shepherd, 3741 Garret Rd, Durham NC
Featuring Randy Reed, Dennis Aberle and Andre Tempera
In respect for the health of all our members and guests masking is recommended
Donate what you feel is appropriate & join/renew your 2022-23 membership on line with a credit card or at the event 

     
  Triangle Guitar Society’s 2022 Benefit Concert Oct 15  
  PROGRAM  
  Tristorosa   Heitor Villa-Lobos  
  Transcription by André Tempera   (1887 - 1959)  
         
         
  Hika – In memoriam Toru Takemitsu   Leo Brouwer  
   (b.1939)  
     
  Cavalcade  

Mathias Duplessy

 
   

 

(b.1972)  
   André Tempera  
         
  Capricho Árabe  

Francisco Tárrega

 
      (1852 - 1909)  
 

 

     
  Rondeñas   Ramón Montoya  
  Arrangement by Mario Escudero   (1880 - 1949)  
         
  Seguiriyas   Traditional  
  Soleá  
  Arrangements by Dennis Aberle      
         
  Tangos de Moraito   Moraito Chico  
  Arrangement by Dennis Aberle   (1956 - 2011)  
  Dennis Aberle  
         
  ***INTERMISSION***  
         
  Three Studies: No. 18 (Op. 31) and Nos. 22, 20 (Op. 60)   Fernando Sor  
      (1778 - 1839)  
         
  Three Airs of Court  

Guido Santórsola

 
      (1904 - 1995)  
  Tarantella, Op.87a  

Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco

 
  Revised by Andres Segovia  (1895 - 1969)  
         
  Intermezzo from the Opera Goyescas (*)  

Enrique Granados

 
  Arranged by Richard Pick   (1867 -1917)  
         
  Suite No. 1 for Two Guitars (*)

Giovanni Batista Marella

 
 

I. Andante, II. Minuetto, III. Rondo, IV. Gigue

    (1745 - 1778)  
  Randy Reed, Julian Burbano*  
     


In the TGS Sep/Oct Newsletter 2022:

  • Prez Sez
  • 35th Season to open with in-person show
  • Clear Sayleing - Nails…or…not nails? Jon Sayles
  • Tech Workshop Know your positions André Tempera
  • Music Editor - Take Me Out to the Ball Game

Duo Sonidos - Adam Levin Guitar & William Knuth Violin
Saturday June 18, 2022 at 8:00 PM EDT

Adam & William 20th & 21th Century Music of the Americas: Morale-Caso, Luiz, C. Assad, Piazzolla, Foss, Ponce Program

 
 

In the TGS Summer Newsletter 2022:
  • A review of the brilliant June 18 online concert by Duo Sonidos -  guitarist Adam Levin and violinist William Knuth
  • Prez Sez
  • An article on the 1922 Cante Jondo competition that put flamenco music on the cultural map, along with two guitar-related poems by the competition's cofounder, Federico Garcia Lorca
  • A personal take by Jon Sayles on honing pieces to performance level, including dealing with performance anxiety
  • Music Editor: Sheet music to a golden-age exemplar of sonata-allegro form by Anton Diabelli, plus a slur study by Fernando Sor
  • Our regular column of recent and upcoming guitar happenings of interest locally and online

In the TGS Feb/Mar Newsletter 2022:

In the TGS Jan/Feb Newsletter 2022:

In the TGS Nov/Dec Newsletter 2021:
  • Prez Sez
  • A preview of the superb concert series and programs
  • 500th anniversary of the death of Renaissance composer Josquin des Prez and how guitarists can explore the many intabulations

In the TGS Sept/Oct Newsletter 2021:
  • Prez Sez
  • A preview of the superb concert series and programs
  • 500th anniversary of the death of Renaissance composer Josquin des Prez and how guitarists can explore the many intabulations
  • A summation of the guitar's modern golden age by Jon Sayles
  • Tech Workshop, essential technique for baroque music, the cross-string trill
  • Listing of upcoming online (and a couple of local live) concerts
  • Music Editor: Variations on a theme from The Magic Flute,  The Wizard of Oz's If I Only Had a Brain
  • Join or renew your membership!

In the TGS Summer Newsletter 2021:
  • A feast for varied tastes Matt Palmer dishes neo-Romantic fare in fourth appearance for TGS
  • Save the date: TGS general meeting and party - Cancelled due to rising Covid-19 infection
  • App State acquires Matanya Ophee’s collection
  • Tech Workshop Theme and variations (in practice)
  • Also of note.. New York Guitar Festival was devoted to “Remembering Julian Bream
    The Southern Guitar Festival and Competition
  • Music Editor - Four folk songs

 In the TGS May/Jun 2021 Newsletter emailed to Members:
  • An advance on Matt Palmer's exciting upcoming concert for us (May 22, 7 p.m., on Konnectclub -- sign up today! Don't forget to use the discount code for TGS members)
  • Matt Palmer Q&A
  • Guitar Ramblings, a new column by TGS Secretary Scott Merkle, on an engaging steel-string fingerstyle
  • Clear Sayling, by Jon Sayles, on micro-musicianship
  • Tech Workshop, by Andre Tempera, on how to record professional-sounding classical guitar music at home
  • A bouquet of nine miniatures from Julio Sagreras's cornerstone opus of guitar pedagogy, curated, edited, revised, refingered, and occasionally reimagined, by TGS  President and Music Editor Randy Reed
  • PLUS: A listing of all the online (and now a few in-person) guitar concerts, a listing of summer camps and festivals

In the TGS Mar/Apr 2021 Newsletter emailed to Members:
  • Steve CowanA review of TGS's fantastic Feb. 20 online concert by Canadian guitarist Steve Cowan
  • A new column by Dennis Aberle, Flamenco Corner, with news and features on flamenco music
  • A new column by Jon Sayles on classical guitar topics, with this installment focusing on guitar ensemble music
  • Insightful expert tips in the ongoing Tech Workshop column by Andre Tempera on playing harmonics
  • A new performance edition of a masterwork by Fernando Sor, the Grand Solo, Op. 14, edited and revised by Randy Reed
  • Calendar listings of guitar concerts from around the continent you can attend  virtually over the next two months
  • North Carolina guitar summer camps and festivals to come

From the Music Editor:

 

 

 

 

 

Duo Sonidos - Adam Levin Guitar & William Knuth Violin
Saturday June 18, 2022 at 8:00 PM EDT

Adam & William are playing 20th & 21th Century Music of the Americas: Morale-Caso, Luiz, C. Assad, Piazzolla, Foss, Ponce Program


This live streaming event via YouTube was presented from The Futura Productions Studio, Boston MA.
John Weston - Production director & audio engineer, Dan Schwartz - Director of photography & lighting
Reservation/payment - A url link to the event will be emailed to those who purchase a pass to the event

 

Rucco-James DUO  2022 March 19  7:00 PM EDT

Online Romantic Guitar Recital
Tickets available from KonnectClub ($12, TGS members $6 - please watch for the email to members with the discount code)

The Pasquale Rucco and Douglas James Duo specializes in the guitar literature of the early 19th century performed on authentic instruments of the period. The two first met and became friends at guitar festivals in northern Italy during the early 1990’s. They have now been performing together for over twenty five years, charming audiences worldwide with their interpretations of music from the first true “golden age” of the guitar.

Douglas James and Pasquale Rucco Duo interview with Paul Bonner

Program

Rucco-James Guitar Duo

Tariq Harb  2022 Feb 12, 2022  7:00 PM EST - An exciting live stream event
Tickets available from KonnectClub ($12, TGS members $6 - please watch for the email to members with the discount code)

Bach Toccata and Fugue, BWV 565
Program

Tariq performed works by Bach, Albéniz, Rodrigo, Debussy, Harb and others, Tariq at youtube, Tariq at iTunes

 

Dan Lippel - A Baroque, Renaissance & modern music interpreter
Saturday December 04, 2021 at 7:00 PM EST (US)
On line tickets available from KonnectClub (TGS members 50% discount - see Nov 15 email from Billy for discount code)

Dan Lippel

Dan Lippel
Dan Lippel
Program

 

Matt Palmer - Saturday 7:00 pm US-EDT May 22, 2021

Matt Palmer live event - participate in the online concert with tickets for May 22 obtained here with Konnectclub
TGS members $7.50 (TGS members look in your newsletter email for the discount code), public $15.00


 

Steven Cowan, Classical Guitarist, at the TGS on line recital Saturday Feb 20, 2021    
   
Steve Cowan  - J.S. Bach: Allemande from Suite No.1 for Lute, BWV 996  YouTube    
   
       
 
 

 



Membership renewals are due for the 2021-22 season.  The Triangle Guitar Society relies on its members for support.  Please renew online with a credit card or renew your membership with Donnie - Thank you!

The Triangle Guitar Society relies on member membership to fund the concerts, newsletters and other activities we all enjoy.  If you are not a member, please consider joining us.  If you are a member tell your friends, co-workers, and so on about what a joy listening to classical guitar is and how, by joining the Triangle Guitar Society, you can spread that joy around.

 

Last updated 2022-10-26


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