The Two Classical Guitars of
Francisco Correa & David Massey
Francisco Correa
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David Massey
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Music on Thursdays at LMC
12.30 lunchtime
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Venue: Leatherhead Methodist Church |
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2017 Season Sponsor:
Patricia Morgan Optician Julie West Solicitor
Supported by:
Leatherhead Concert &
Arts Society
Patricia Morgan Optician Julie West Solicitor
Supported by:
Leatherhead Concert &
Arts Society
Programme
Isaac Albéniz (1860-1909)
from Cantos de España Op 232 4 Córdoba from Suite Española No 1 2 Cataluña David Solo: João Pernambuco, born João Teixeira Guimarães (1883-1947) Sons de Carrilhões Fernando Sor (1778-1839) L'Encouragement, Fantaisie pour 2 Guitares Op 34 Cantabile Theme & Variations Waltz Francisco Solo: Lucas Saboya (b1980) from Suite Ernestina (2011) 3 Canción de cuna para seis Manuel de Falla y Matheu (1876-1946) from Act II of the opera La Vida Breve (1913) Primera Danza Española from the ballet El Amor Brujo (1914-1915) Danza ritual del fuego (Ritual Fire Dance) |
Sons de Carrilhões, João Pernambuco
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Free Concert, with a retiring collection to cover costs. Tea and coffee will be available after the concert.
Francisco Correa
Classical guitarist Francisco Correa was born in Colombia, but moved to Europe to study in 2006. He graduated in 2015 from his Masters degree at the Royal Academy of Music in London, where he is now enjoying a busy and varied freelance career. He also holds a Masters degree from Barcelona, and a Bachelor of Music degree from Bogotá.
A prize winner in many classical guitar competitions in Colombia, he has also been awarded the "Médaille d’Or", as well as the "Prix de Perfectionnement" from the Conservatoire de Saint Germain en Laye, and d´Aulnay-sous-Bois both in France where Francisco studied with Judicael Perroy.
Francisco has performed many concertos with orchestra, both in England and Colombia, and has appeared on Colombian radio and television as a soloist performing the Aranjuez Concerto with the Bogota Philharmonic under the direction of Irwin Hofman. He is a regular recital soloist, and is often invited abroad to perform in festivals (most recently in Mexico, France, and Colombia).
As well as his solo career, Francisco is an enthusiastic chamber musician: he performs regularly with flautist Samantha Pearce as the Alba Duo (www.albaduo.com). He also has performed on an ad-hoc basis in England, France and Colombia with his wife, flautist Emily Andrews, and with multiple prize-winning sopranos Charlotte Schoetters and Lorena Paz.
Francisco also works regularly as a multi-instrumentalist in orchestras, including playing guitar and mandolin in various performances of Mahler 7, and Hawaiian guitar in Shostakovich's Jazz Suite, and guitar, banjo, mandolin and steel-stringed guitar in the musical "A Man of No Importance". Throughout the Autumn season 2015 he performed guitar on stage with Glyndebourne On Tour in their production of Don Pasquale. Francisco is looking forward to working with Glyndebourne On Tour again this upcoming Autumn 2016 performing the mandolin solo in their Don Giovanni production.
Francisco's passion for folk music inspired him to tour Colombia, Mexico, Peru, Venezuela, Czech Republic and Poland as a multi-instrumentalist with the folk ballet of Tundama, as well as Scotland with Colombian family folk group "Familia Correa".
As part of his upcoming projects Francisco is preparing to record and release his first CD, a collection of original guitar music from young Colombian composers.
Fluent in three languages, Francisco is an experienced guitar teacher having taught in schools in Bogota and Paris and currently he is guitar teacher at Woodside Academy in Walthamstow, and at Wycombe Abbey School in Buckinghamshire.
www.franciscocorreaguitar.com
A prize winner in many classical guitar competitions in Colombia, he has also been awarded the "Médaille d’Or", as well as the "Prix de Perfectionnement" from the Conservatoire de Saint Germain en Laye, and d´Aulnay-sous-Bois both in France where Francisco studied with Judicael Perroy.
Francisco has performed many concertos with orchestra, both in England and Colombia, and has appeared on Colombian radio and television as a soloist performing the Aranjuez Concerto with the Bogota Philharmonic under the direction of Irwin Hofman. He is a regular recital soloist, and is often invited abroad to perform in festivals (most recently in Mexico, France, and Colombia).
As well as his solo career, Francisco is an enthusiastic chamber musician: he performs regularly with flautist Samantha Pearce as the Alba Duo (www.albaduo.com). He also has performed on an ad-hoc basis in England, France and Colombia with his wife, flautist Emily Andrews, and with multiple prize-winning sopranos Charlotte Schoetters and Lorena Paz.
Francisco also works regularly as a multi-instrumentalist in orchestras, including playing guitar and mandolin in various performances of Mahler 7, and Hawaiian guitar in Shostakovich's Jazz Suite, and guitar, banjo, mandolin and steel-stringed guitar in the musical "A Man of No Importance". Throughout the Autumn season 2015 he performed guitar on stage with Glyndebourne On Tour in their production of Don Pasquale. Francisco is looking forward to working with Glyndebourne On Tour again this upcoming Autumn 2016 performing the mandolin solo in their Don Giovanni production.
Francisco's passion for folk music inspired him to tour Colombia, Mexico, Peru, Venezuela, Czech Republic and Poland as a multi-instrumentalist with the folk ballet of Tundama, as well as Scotland with Colombian family folk group "Familia Correa".
As part of his upcoming projects Francisco is preparing to record and release his first CD, a collection of original guitar music from young Colombian composers.
Fluent in three languages, Francisco is an experienced guitar teacher having taught in schools in Bogota and Paris and currently he is guitar teacher at Woodside Academy in Walthamstow, and at Wycombe Abbey School in Buckinghamshire.
www.franciscocorreaguitar.com
David Massey
David began studies with David Burden at his local music centre in Hertfordshire. In 2006 he was the strings finalist in the BBC Young Musician competition, performing Rodrigo’s Fantasia para un gentilhombre live on BBC Two from the Sage Gateshead.
He went on to study at the Royal Academy of Music with Michael Lewin, where he graduated wtih distinction in 2010 and furthered his studies with a MMus in 2012. During this time he continued to perform guitar recitals at venues such as Wigmore Hall, Purcell Room, Sage Gateshead, King’s Place, St Martin in the Fields, and expanded his musical experience in chamber music and orchestral playing, taking up instruments such as mandolin and banjo in orchestral, music theatre and operatic music from Mozart and Respighi to John Adams and Peter Maxwell Davies.
His solo performances have been described as ìintense and intimateî, marked by a ìremarkable energy and range of tone and dynamicsî. On hearing his playing, Julian Bream praised his sound and communication of musical structure. He has received tuition and masterclasses from David Russell, Fabio Zanon, John Mills and Timothy Walker, combining a love for both the traditional guitar repertoire as well as contemporary and new works, of which he has premiered several. From performances in multi-storey carparks to art galleries, he is a musician willing to take risks and try new approaches.
In 2009 he met flautist Emily Andrews at and founded the Andrews Massey Duo (www.andrewsmasseyduo.com), with whom he has released three acclaimed self-produced CDs and toured extensively. Their video of David’s arrangement of Schubert’s “Standchen” has over 60,000 views on YouTube (making it one of the most watched flute and guitar videos), and the sheet music has been downloaded and played by other guitar and flute duos all around the world.
Since graduating he has also developed a strong teaching portfolio, ranging from private one-on-one tuition to small group guitar lessons in comprehensive primary schools, passionately advocating classical guitar to a new generation.
www.davidmasseymusic.com
He went on to study at the Royal Academy of Music with Michael Lewin, where he graduated wtih distinction in 2010 and furthered his studies with a MMus in 2012. During this time he continued to perform guitar recitals at venues such as Wigmore Hall, Purcell Room, Sage Gateshead, King’s Place, St Martin in the Fields, and expanded his musical experience in chamber music and orchestral playing, taking up instruments such as mandolin and banjo in orchestral, music theatre and operatic music from Mozart and Respighi to John Adams and Peter Maxwell Davies.
His solo performances have been described as ìintense and intimateî, marked by a ìremarkable energy and range of tone and dynamicsî. On hearing his playing, Julian Bream praised his sound and communication of musical structure. He has received tuition and masterclasses from David Russell, Fabio Zanon, John Mills and Timothy Walker, combining a love for both the traditional guitar repertoire as well as contemporary and new works, of which he has premiered several. From performances in multi-storey carparks to art galleries, he is a musician willing to take risks and try new approaches.
In 2009 he met flautist Emily Andrews at and founded the Andrews Massey Duo (www.andrewsmasseyduo.com), with whom he has released three acclaimed self-produced CDs and toured extensively. Their video of David’s arrangement of Schubert’s “Standchen” has over 60,000 views on YouTube (making it one of the most watched flute and guitar videos), and the sheet music has been downloaded and played by other guitar and flute duos all around the world.
Since graduating he has also developed a strong teaching portfolio, ranging from private one-on-one tuition to small group guitar lessons in comprehensive primary schools, passionately advocating classical guitar to a new generation.
www.davidmasseymusic.com
Concert at Home
If you cannot be with us at the lunchtime concert
you can enjoy a similar Concert at Home by clicking through the buttons below:
you can enjoy a similar Concert at Home by clicking through the buttons below:
We open with Cordoba from Albéniz's Cantos de España.
The duo here, in a performance some criticise as being too upbeat, are Sergio and Odair Assad.
See what you think:
The duo here, in a performance some criticise as being too upbeat, are Sergio and Odair Assad.
See what you think:
Catalunya comes from Albéniz's Suite Española No 1.
We will hear the Gruber & Maklar Guitar Duo.
The caption José Romanillos 1997 - and - Ignacio Fleta 1957 describes the guitar makers.
We will hear the Gruber & Maklar Guitar Duo.
The caption José Romanillos 1997 - and - Ignacio Fleta 1957 describes the guitar makers.
David has chosen for his solo item Sons de Carrilhões - Sounds of Carrillons (or chimes)
- by Brazilian composer João Pernambuco.
Judson Castro teaches guitar at the Centro Livre de Artes in Goiânia, Brazil.
He also plays violin, and is quite accomplished at his hobby - photography.
If your Portuguese can cope, Judson has an interesting website here.
Let's hear Pernambuco's Sons de Carrilhões:
- by Brazilian composer João Pernambuco.
Judson Castro teaches guitar at the Centro Livre de Artes in Goiânia, Brazil.
He also plays violin, and is quite accomplished at his hobby - photography.
If your Portuguese can cope, Judson has an interesting website here.
Let's hear Pernambuco's Sons de Carrilhões:
For the major work in today's concert we turn to Fernando Sor's L'Encouragement pour 2 guitares.
The recording on the left is by Julian Bream and John Williams.
If you prefer to see the musicians while you listen then on the right we have Duologue from Toronto, Ontario.
Nicholas Faller & Babak Taghinia formed Duologue in 2014.
Both have gained their BMus Performance from the University of Toronto.
The recording on the left is by Julian Bream and John Williams.
If you prefer to see the musicians while you listen then on the right we have Duologue from Toronto, Ontario.
Nicholas Faller & Babak Taghinia formed Duologue in 2014.
Both have gained their BMus Performance from the University of Toronto.
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For his solo item Francisco has chosen Lucas Saboya's Canción de cuna para seis, fromhis Suite Ernestina, named after his grandmother. Lucas has a twin brother, Daniel, who also plays and teaches guitar and the smaller tiple.
The only online recording I could find is this by Leonardo Sáenz:
The only online recording I could find is this by Leonardo Sáenz:
To round off our concert we hear the duo play two works by Manuel de Falla.
First comes his Primera Danza Española from the opera La Vida Breve.
The Japanese duo PinoBozzolo play an 1892 modern lute by Nicola & Raffaele Calace (Mayu Oshita),
and a 1968 Friedrich guitar (Akiko Matsue).
First comes his Primera Danza Española from the opera La Vida Breve.
The Japanese duo PinoBozzolo play an 1892 modern lute by Nicola & Raffaele Calace (Mayu Oshita),
and a 1968 Friedrich guitar (Akiko Matsue).
For an exciting finish to our concert the duo play de Falla's Ritual Fire Dance from the ballet El amor brujo.
The two guitar arrangement is by the Gruber & Maklar Duo who we heard earlier
Let's listen to the Kupinski Guitar Duo - Ewa Jablczynska & Dariusz Kupinski :
The two guitar arrangement is by the Gruber & Maklar Duo who we heard earlier
Let's listen to the Kupinski Guitar Duo - Ewa Jablczynska & Dariusz Kupinski :
We hope you have enjoyed your Concert at Home.
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Although they have known each other since their days as students at the Royal Academy of Music, David and Francisco first performed together in Leatherhead in Autumn 2016. Since then they have been able to enjoy several more concerts as a duo - and the preparations for those concerts.
If you would like to explore the music they performed here a year ago please click the button which will take you to the webpage for that concert: |
