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Disc No: AV 2109 (DVD)
Price: Sek. 180 Julian Bream, considered by many as the greatest classic guitarist of the 20th century, tells the remarkable story of his life in music. Over three hours of material, illustrated with over one hour of complete musical performances, includes contributions from John Williams, Peter Pears, Igor Stravinsky, William Walton, George Malcolm, Richard Rodney Bennett and Ali Akbar Khan. Julian’s influence has resulted in a repertoire rich in contributions from Britten, Walton, Henze, Takemitsu, Tippett, Rawsthorne, Lennox Berkeley and countless others.
Name: My life in Music
 

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ComposerOpusMusicKey Performer
Britten, Benjamin   Nocturnal   Julian Bream, guitar
    Hardy’s England  
    Heigh Ho Holiday  
    I was born in Battersea  
    My musical father  
    Django and Eddie Lang  
    My first Spanish guitar and meeting Segovia  
    ‘BMG’ and the Philharmonic Society of Guitarists  
    The ‘PSG’ library  
    A day boy at Royal College of Music  
    Segovia 1947/Castelnuovo-Tedesco  
    Saraband for Dead Lovers  
    Royal College of Music – no fee!  
    BBC radio and television  
    Julian discovers Dowland  
    Wigmore debut/Bach suites  
    National Service  
    Aldeburgh – meeting Britten and Pears  
    George Malcolm  
    Improvising as a resource  
    The Julian Bream Consort  
    Meeting Ali Akbar Khan  
    Stravinsky – the quest for repertoire  
    ‘A life in the country’/cricket – a passion  
    Recording at Wardour Castle  
    The Renaissance and Baroque guitars  
    What is essentially Spanish?  
    New music for the guitar  
    Aldeburgh and the writing of ‘Nocturnal’  
de Falla, Manuel   Homenaje  
    Working with John Williams  
    ‘Come Heavy Sleep’ – ‘Passacaglia’  
Aguado, Dionisio   Rondo in A minor Op. 2  
Villa-Lobos, Heitor   Study No. 11  
Morley, Thomas   ‘Galliard to the Sacred End Pavan’ - Julian Bream Consort  
Walton, William   Bagatelle No. 5  
    Guitarist’s Relish (‘bonus chapters’)  
    The ‘Nocturnal’ manuscripts  
    ‘1984’ and bouncing back  
    My first recital and the Maccaferri guitar  
    Sneaking my guitar into the Royal College of Music  
    Julian’s nylons!  
    RCM tutor: “Fernando Sor! … .never heard of him”  
    Yuri Leschenko  
    Dr. Perott’s techniques  

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