Guitar Alumni Concert
- 7pm
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About this event:
- Category:
- Classical Music
- Event type:
- Free | In-person
- Admission:
- Free No tickets required
- Location:
- Milton Court Concert Hall
Event information
Be transported by the extraordinary sounds of the guitar with an evening of unique arrangements of timeless classical works, performed by celebrated alumni from Guildhall School.
The programme has been carefully curated to highlight the instrument’s expressive range, offering a fresh perspective on these well-known works.
Experience the richness of Scarlatti’s Sonatas, the impressionistic textures of Debussy's Arabesques, exquisite music for theorbo and soprano, and the dramatic flair of two much-loved opera overtures reimagined for guitar quartet.
Free, no tickets required
Programme
Scarlatti Sonatas K.208 & K.209
Mertz Elegie
Works for theorbo and soprano by 16th & 17th century composers Pelham Humfrey,
Bellerofonte Castaldi and Tarquinio Merula
Saint-Saëns Bacchanale
Debussy Arabesques
Rachmaninov Italian Polka
Humperdinck Hänsel und Gretel Overture
Glinka Ruslan and Lyudmila Overture
Matilde Freiria guitar
Jens Franke theorbo
Isabelle Peters soprano
Mēla Guitar Quartet:
George Tarlton guitar
Matthew Robinson guitar
Michael Butten guitar
Zahrah Hutton guitar
Venue information
Milton Court, based across the road from our Silk Street building, provides the School with world-class performance and training spaces, including a state of the art concert hall, a lyric theatre, a studio theatre and several major rehearsal rooms.
- Milton Court, 1 Milton Street, London, EC2Y 9BH
