Ana Vidovic, guitar

Date & Time

Fri, Nov 1, 2024, 19:30

Venue

It sounds delightfully Mediterranean, also a bit like a holiday: the »Aranjuez Concerto« by Joaquín Rodrigo – probably the most famous work of all for classical guitar. The acclaimed Croatian guitarist Ana Vidovic does not play it in its original version with orchestra however, but as a solo version, completely exposed and with no safety net from the large ensemble behind her. It proves advantageous to Vidovic that she plays on her instrument as masterly as only a few others... Read full text

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Musicians

Ana Vidovic

Guitar

Program

Johann Sebastian Bach	Partita in A minor, BWV 1013 / adaptation for guitar by Valter Dešpalj
Johann Sebastian Bach	Suite No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007 / adaptation for guitar by Valter Dešpalj
Joaquín Rodrigo	Guitar Concerto »Concierto de Aranjuez«
Federico Moreno Torroba	Sonatina
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco	Capriccio diabolico, Op. 85 »Omaggio a Paganini«
Mauro Giuliani	Gran Sonata eroica, Op. 150
Astor Piazzolla	Verano porteño aus: Cuatro estaciones porteñas / from: Cuatro estaciones porteñas (adaptation for solo guitar)
Astor Piazzolla	Milonga del ángel
Astor Piazzolla	La muerte del ángel
Francisco Tárrega	Recuerdos de la Alhambra for Solo Guitar
Agustín Barrios Mangoré	La catedral

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