Informationen zu "Richard Storry A Guitarist's Miscellany Book 3 Guitar Solo"
Verlag: Recital Music
Verlagsnummer: RM1058
EAN: 9990093814398
Beschreibung
1. Brazil One of my guitar-playing friends once asked me if I could write
something for him with a Latin-American flavour, and which would include
percussive effects. In the score, I have indicated approximate ?pitches? for
these effects, but it is deliberately left to the player to decide exactly
where on the body of the instrument these effects are produced. 2.
Christmas Fantasia This piece is unashamedly virtuose. Whilst it places great
technical demands on the player, I hope that the sheer excitement, sparkle
and vitality of the festive season which it evokes will more than compensate
for whatever physical difficulties are encountered in pursuing the execution
of this effervescent piece. 3. A Guitarist?s Prayer Of all the pieces I have
composed for the instrument, this is probably my favourite. The guitar does
lend itself so beautifully to the shimmering, tremolo effect, and it
facilitates a degree of expressive phrase shaping which is rarely equalled
when employing other playing techniques. I do hope you will enjoy playing it
as much as I enjoyed writing it. 4. Soliloquy Usually, anything I write
occurs because someone simply asks for it. It rarely happens that I will
compose something for no reason other than the simple enjoyment of doing it.
Yet, this is one of those rare pieces, I had a free day and it was pouring
with rain. With a nice pot of hot tea within easy reach, I placed a pencil
and some blank manuscript on my desk, picked up my guitar, and began?
[Programme notes by Richard Storry] Since leaving the Royal Academy of
Music (London) with high honours and a recital diploma, in 1989, Richard
Storry has pursued a busy and successful career. Recent notable credits
include the music for Anton Chekhov's Three Sisters, starring Kristin Scott
Thomas, which was performed in London's West End and subsequently broadcast
by the BBC. Richard's music for Rumplestiltskin received over 300
performances in its first year alone and the musical, Kennedy, was nominated
three times for the RUTAC Drama Awards. In addition to being in demand as a
teacher and adjudicator, Richard Storry's work as a composer is recognised
both nationally and internationally, including two commissions for the Hong
Kong Chinese Orchestra. His musical play The Brothers Lionheart was voted
best children's show in the 2009 Edinburgh Festival, and his first novel The
Cryptic Lines has been adapted for the stage. Richard Storry travels
worldwide as an examiner for the ABRSM (Associated Board of the Royal Schools
of Music) and was recently elected Associate of the Royal Academy of Music
(ARAM).
