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Week 3: Discovering Hidden Gems
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Welcome to the "Around the World in 80 Strings Challenge"! This month, we'll embark on a global musical journey, exploring classical guitar compositions from various countries. The only rule: Don’t play a composer from your home country. Let’s make this a truly international experience!
CHALLENGE TIMELINE
- Challenge Start: Kick-Off on May 15th
- Duration: May 15th - June 24th
- Watch Party: June 24th
ACTIVITIES
- Choose Your Piece: Select a new piece of music to work on. Share your choice in the thread below and inspire your fellow musicians!
- Video Submission: Submit a video of your practice this week. Highlight your favorite passage from the piece that showcases the origin of this piece!
GET INVOLVED
Let’s kick things off with enthusiasm! Share your progress, encourage others, and explore new musical horizons together. Can’t wait to see what everyone chooses!
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I enjoyed listening to some very fine pieces posted here.
As I’m on holiday now and don’t have best facilities for practicing let alone recording, Im a bit shy to participate.My Greek piece is not ready, anyway, I don’t think I will have it in shape before the end.
Now, here is a short piece from Italian Francesco Corbetta (1615-1681), who worked at the French court of Louis XIV, as Francisque Corbette. He was the teacher of Robert de Visée.
prelude of the Suite en La mineur.i may try some other parts, or wait till I’m back home.
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Alexandre Tansman, born in Poland, wrote this Suite in Modo Polonico, for Segovia. I had he score but never really got to work on it.
This challenge brought it back in my mind, and I decided to take it with me in my holiday collection for practice. The first Kolysanka seemed a nice piece to start with. It features some interesting harmonies. Slurs and secure timing present quite a challenge though….
I hope to continue work on it next week, but first prepare my ‘exam’ next Monday with two other pieces: Barrios (Aconquija) and Kruisbrink (Ahimsa).
so here is a first recording of Kolysanka No.1 Berceuse d’ Orient. Apologise for poor video and sound quality - background noise from garden (birds and traffic.