#3991: Small Ensemble Works for Guitar(s) & Harp
Hear works from the 1970s to today that feature the combination of two guitars, guitar and keyboard, or guitar and harp. There’s music by harpist Mary Lattimore, guitarist James Blackshaw, & dueling guitarists Steve Gunn & Mike Cooper. Plus, listen to students of guitar artist Sharon Ibsin, Alberta Khoury of Australia and Tengyue Zhang of China play a duo work by Cuban composer Ariannys Marino, live from the 2017 New York Guitar Festival in The Greene Space.
Listen to a recent collaboration between Silk Road Ensemble harpist Maeve Gilchrist and storied bassist Viktor Krauss (brother of bluegrass musician Alison Krauss), where Krauss wields bass and High Strung Guitar to Maeve’s Celtic harp & celeste. Also, there's music from Anthony Phillips, the original guitarist from Genesis, and some curious neither rock, nor classical works from the 1970’s.
Sample a collaboration inspired by Marfa, Texas and realized in New York between harpist Mary Lattimore and Jefre Cantu-Ledesma on piano & guitar, “Borrego Springs.” Listen also to deconstructed guitar music by neo-folkster Steve Gunn and folk-blues lap steel guitarist Mike Cooper from their Portugal meeting, called Cabtos de Lisboa – “Songs of Lisbon.” Also, listen to a tune from talented British guitarist James Blackshaw who has perhaps learned from the so-called “Takoma” school of playing, like John Fahey and Robbie Basho. Plus, South African master guitarist Guy Buttery covers harpist Joanna Newsom and more. -Caryn Havlik
PROGRAM #3991, small ensemble works for harp and/or guitar (First Aired: 6/07/2017)
ARTIST: Al Di Meola
WORK: Fantasia Suite for 2 Guitars, excerpt [1:00]
RECORDING: Casino
SOURCE: Legacy / Columbia/Sony CK-47482
INFO: Available at Amazon.com, iTunes, Spotify
ARTIST: Maeve Gilchrist & Viktor Krauss
WORK: Waimea Rising [4:24]
RECORDING: Vignette
SOURCE: Adventure Music 1107
INFO: Available at Amazon.com
ARTIST: Anthony Phillips
WORK: Beauty and the Beast [4:04]
RECORDING: Private Parts & Pieces, Vol. 1
SOURCE: Resurgence / Resurgent Music
INFO: BP 202CD, Reissued on Blueprint Records. Out of print.
ARTIST: Anthony Phillips
WORK: Tregenna Afternoons [7:46]
RECORDING: Private Parts & Pieces, Vol. 1
SOURCE: Resurgence / Resurgent Music
INFO: BP 202CD, Reissued on Blueprint Records. Out of print.
ARTIST: Al Di Meola
WORK: Fantasia Suite for 2 Guitars [5:11]
RECORDING: Casino
SOURCE: Legacy / Columbia/Sony CK-47482
INFO: Available at Amazon.com, iTunes, Spotify
ARTIST: Steve Gunn & Mike Cooper
WORK: Saramago [3:18]
RECORDING: FRKWYS Vol. 11: Steve Gunn & Mike Cooper - Cantos de Lisboa
SOURCE: RVNG Int'l
INFO: rvng.bandcamp.com
ARTIST: Alberta Khoury/Tengyue Zhang
WORK: Ariannys Marino: Parantesis, from 5 Duos [3:26]
RECORDING: NS Live/New York Guitar Festival (5/18/2017)
SOURCE: This performance not commercially available.
INFO: Watch it again here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEE3ArYn3fI
ARTIST: Mary Lattimore ft. Jefre Cantu-Ledesma
WORK: Borrego Springs [6:20]
RECORDING: Returned To Earth
SOURCE: Soap Library
INFO: soaplibrary.bandcamp.com
ARTIST: James Blackshaw
WORK: Running to the Ghost [6:15]
RECORDING: Cloud of Unknowing
SOURCE: Tompkins Square #1967
INFO: tompkinssquare.com
ARTIST: Guy Buttery
WORK: Joanna Newsom: The Book of Right On [4:40]
RECORDING: Live in Kwazulu
SOURCE: SLCD 276
INFO: guybuttery.bandcamp.com
