The guitar in the previous century XI. A monthly series featuring guitar music from the previous century, with each episode including a guitar concert. Today’s focus is on several composers who experimented with new techniques for the guitar.
The Chinese composer Tan Dun was influenced by the technique of the pipa, a Chinese stringed instrument. The Argentine composer Alberto Ginastera used guitar techniques from the Argentine pampas. For Brian Ferneyhough, innovation lies mainly in rhythm.
Brian Ferneyhough (pictured). No time (at all).
Geoffrey Morris and Ken Murray, guitar.
Tan Dun. Concerto for guitar and orchestra ‘Yi2’.
Sharon Isbin, guitar. Orquestra Gulbenkian conducted by Muhai Tang.
Alberto Ginastera. Sonata for guitar.
Aniello Desiderio, guitar.
George Crumb. Mundus canis.
David Starobin, guitar. George Crumb, percussion.
