BGFest 2020 Concert: GFest Faculty & Ben Verdery
GFest Online 2020: An online music festival devoted to the classical guitar and its heritage, past, present and future. TONIGHT'S PROGRAM:
PART 1: BGFEST FACULTY
I. Adam Levin
Prelude in E Major, BWV 1006a/BWV 29 Sinfonia, J.S Bach (arr. Levin)
II. William Riley
1. El Amor Brujo, Manuel de Farra
Scene
Cancion del Fuego Fatuo
2. Cavatine, Sébastien Vachez
III. Zaira Meneses
1. Espigas (poem), Federico García Lorca
2. En los Trigales, Joaquin Rodrigo
3. Recuerdos de la Alhambra, Francisco Tarrega
IV. Jim Davidson
1. Danse Rhythmique, Ida Presti
2. Three Divertimentos by Sergio Assad
Abaeté
Arpoador
Parati
V. Devin Ulibarri
Graig's Song, Devin Ulibarri
VI. Jérôme Mouffe
1. Capriccio op. 1 no. 1, Niccolò Paganini (Arr. Fisk)
2. Nocturne op. 9 no. 2, Frédéric Chopin (Arr. Mouffe/Tárrega)
PART II: BEN VERDERY
1. Freedom, Jimi Hendrix (Arr. Verdery)
Video: From Live Concert at the Monkey [NYC], July 5, 1012
Guitar: Greg Smallman | Strings: D'Addario
2. the rain falls equally on all things, a fantasy, Benjamin Verdery
rain clouds approach
in rain
separate drops fall together
heavy water
as the wind sings to the rain
after a rain (the smell, the mist)
the wind's forgotten melody
partial recall of a storm
gentle rain underwater
liquid sunshine
rain returns
a downpour's secret
the calming of the water
a child's first rainbow
discovering the rain falls equally on all things
Video: Recorded 6/19/20
Guitar: Gary Lee | Strings: D'Addario
3. Amazing Grace, Anonymous (Arr. Verdery)
Video: Recorded 6/22/20
Baritone Guitar: Otto Vowinkel | Strings: D'Addario
4. Sonata for Guitar and String Quartet (originally for Clarinet and Piano), Leonard Bernstein (Arr. Verdery)
Grazioso
Andantino
Vivace e Leggiero
Benjamin Verdery, guitar
Statera Quartet: Kate Arndt, violin; Gregory Lewis, violin; Marta Lambert, viola; Guilherme Monegatto, cello
Video: Recorded 9/21/2019 Yale School of Music
Matt LeFevre Recording engineer, Aaron Peirano Garrison Videographer
Guitar: Gary Lee | Strings: D'Addario
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In response to the Covid-19 Pandemic, the 2020 Boston Guitar Fest (June 28 - July 1) transformed itself into GFEST ONLINE, an entirely virtual event that re-imagines the festival in light of the realities forced on all of us by the virus. The online structure of the events enables international participation from around the globe in real time in an unprecedented and exciting new way.
The Festival honors the many courageous members of our community working on the front lines to keep the rest of us safe during the pandemic.