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Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

SUNDAY - September 29, 2024

Simms Center for the Performing Arts 

"...repertoire of astonishing breadth and variety...They expanded my sense of what classical guitar is or can be." -- Robert Faires, The Austin Chronicle

Concert Program

"FROM BACH TO BRAZIL"

 

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor  Danse Négre from African Suite op. 35 (1898)

(1875-1912).                                    (arr. W. Kanengiser)                

 

 

Phillip Houghton               Opals (1993, rev 2014)

 (1954-2017)                                    Black Opal

                                                        Water Opal

                                                        White Opal

 

Ludwig van Beethoven.    From “Moonlight” Sonata #14, Quasi una fantasia 

(1770-1827)                                     Adagio sostenuto (arr. W. Kanengiser)

 

Aaron Copland                  Two Mexican Pieces (1959)

(1900-1990)                                    Paisaje Mexicano (arr. W. Kanengiser)

                                                       Danza de Jalisco

 

INTERMISSION

 

J. S. Bach                                   Prelude, Fugue, and Allegro

(1685-1750)                                Prelude #1 in C Major from

                                                   “The Well-Tempered  Clavier” (arr. A. York)

                                                   “Little Fugue” in G minor, BWV 578 

                                                   (arr. A. York)

                                                   Allegro, mvt. III from Brandenburg Concerto                                                           No. 3, BWV 104  (arr. S. Tennant)

                                                                       

 

Douglas Lora                     Maracasalsa (2003)

(b. 1978)                                        Preludio

                                                      Fuga

 

 “Imagens do Brasil”

Paulo Bellinati  (b. 1950)               A Furiosa (1995)

Hermeto Pascoal (b. 1936)           De Sábado pra Dominguinhos (1987)

                                                        (arr. W. Kanengiser)

Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959).    A Lenda do Caboclo (1920)) (arr. S. Assad)

Jorge Ben (b. 1939)                       Mais Que Nada (1963) (arr. W. Kanengiser)

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Bill Kanengiser

John Dearman

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Douglas Lora

Matt Greif 

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Artists

The Grammy Award-winning LAGQ is one of the most multifaceted groups in any genre. The LAGQ is comprised of four uniquely accomplished musicians bringing a new energy to the concert stage with programs ranging from Bluegrass to Bach. They consistently play to sold-out houses world-wide. Their inventive, critically acclaimed transcriptions of concert masterworks provide a fresh look at the music of the past, while their interpretations of works from the contemporary and world-music realms continually break new ground. Programs including Latin, African, Far East, Irish, Folk and American Classics transport listeners around the world in a single concert experience. Their ‘Don Quixote’ collaboration with Firesign Theater veteran, actor Philip Proctor, continues to expand and delight audiences and the work 'SHIKI: Seasons of Japan' written for the LAGQ plus guitar orchestra by composer Shingo Fujii is connecting communities across the nation.

“Opalescent”, released in Spring 2022, shows off the LAGQ's rich palette of colors and sparkling sound. 2021 albums include the Grammy®-nominated collaboration with Conspirare, The Singing Guitar(Delos), featuring Nico Muhly's groundbreaking work "How Little You Are" and Pat Metheny's Road to the Sun (Modern Recordings/BMG), named for the title track written for LAGQ, which hit #1 on the Apple Music Classical chart. This monumental work features in their current American Guitar Masters program. In addition to solo programs, other touring highlights include collaborative works with choir, guitar orchestra, symphony orchestra and Latin Romance with vocalist and flamenco dancers; many of these works were written expressly for the LAGQ.

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