#2515: Guitar Marathon 2006

For this New Sounds program, there’s new music from the New York Guitar Festival Marathon 2006 at the 92nd Street Y, “450 Years of Spanish Guitar.” Listen to three newly commissioned world-premiere compositions — all inspired by Spanish themes: "Los Cambios Quedan Igual," by Gyan Riley for classical guitar; Variations on “La Follia” by Dominic Frasca, for guitar and laptop; and “Memorial” by Bryce Dessner, for guitar, viola, and percussion. There’s a Flamenco impression left by Riley’s work coupled with bluesy bends, while Dessner's piece is inspired by the traditions of ornamentation and improvisation in Spanish and Italian Renaissance lute music. And Frasca’s untitled piece, for 10-string guitar and computer, is a set of variations on La Follia, a well-known theme (based on a Spanish folk melody) that has been used in Western music since the Renaissance. These works and much more.

PROGRAM #2515, New works from the NY Guitar Festival Marathon (First aired on Thurs., 2/23/06)

ARTIST(S)	RECORDING	CUT(S)	SOURCE
Gyan Riley	New York Guitar Festival Marathon, 1/15/06 @ 92nd Street Y	Progression of the Ancestors [5:00] Dances of the Forgotten / The Majestic Temple [5:30]	Not yet available. Riley’s CD “Food for the Bearded” is on New Albion Records www.newalbion.com
Dominic Frasca		John’s Not Taken [7:00]	Not commercially available. Frasca’s CD, “Deviations” is on Cantaloupe Records, www.bangonacan.org
Bryce Dessner		Memorial [8:00]	Dessner’s music (as part of the band Clogs) is available at www.clogsmusic.com*
Gyan Riley		Los Cambios Queran Igual [13:00]	See above.