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Strings and Guitar
Guitar and Cello Duo - ID223
Styles Strings and Guitar
Counties Berkshire • Derbyshire • Gloucestershire • Hereford & Worcestershire • Oxfordshire • Staffordshire • Warwickshire • West Midlands
Biography
This is an unusual and exciting duo consisting of cello and
classical guitarist. They are available for weddings and functions.
Simon and Nick, both graduates of the Birmingham Conservatoire, perform a wide variety of music including arrangements from the standard repertoire and also more challenging pieces written especially for the combination.
Both performers compose and arrange for the group and have a keen interest in presenting their music to a wide audience in a variety of situations.
The music is drawn from contemporary Brazilian and Spanish cultures as well as from the repertoire of the Renaissance through to Romantic periods. The modern pieces often explore the individual timbre?s of the instruments, which when combined, create a captivating and dynamic sound.
Since graduating from the Birmingham Conservatoire Nick has combined teaching, performing and composing. He works as a teacher for the Birmingham Music Service and performs regularly. He has played in the Birmingham Philharmonic Orchestra and had session recordings played on BBC television. Nick also runs his own publishing company, where he writes and publishes guitar tuition books, guitar composition and study material.
Simon plays with the London Virtuosi and the City of Canterbury Orchestra. His other chamber ensembles include The Helicon Ensemble and a cello and piano duo. He has studied at the Birmingham Conservatoire and the Scuola di Alto Perfezzionamento di Saluzzo. His teachers have included Elizabeth Wilson and Michal Kaznowski.
This Cello and Guitar Duo performs music from a repertoire including . . .
Early music
Four Recercadas - Diego Ortiz
Classical and Romantic
Romanza Andaluza Op.22 no.1 - Pablo de Sarasate
Minuett OP 13 no.5
Rondo OP 28 no.4 - Luigi Boccherini
Potpourri - J. J. F. Dotzaur
Spanish
Suite Populaire Espagnole - Josquin Nin
Cordoba - Isaac Albeniz
Siete Canciones Populaires Espanolas
1 El Pano Moruno 2 Asturiana 3 Jota 4 Nana 5 Cancion - Manuel De Falla
Spanish Dance No. 2 Oriental
Spanish Dance No. 5 Analusia - Enrique Granados
Danse Espagnole - Manuel De Falla
South American
Sonata for Cello and Guitar - Redames Gnattali
Pe de Moleque(Samba Choro)
Quebra Queixo (Choro)
Piazza Vittorio (Choro Maxixe) - Celso Machado
Aria (Bachianas Brasileiras no.5)- Villa-Lobos
Modern and ?World? Music
Hello Cello - Claude Gagnon
Brouilliards Bleus - Jaques Charron
Africana - Nick Chamberlain
Three Moons - David Leisner
Arrangements of Jazz
Three Jazz Pieces (arr. Simon)
Poor Buttermilk - Zez Conferey
Broadway Rose - Fats Waller
Jingles - James P. Johnson
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