Metronome: Three Classical Guitarists In Concert

BenOla Duo and Przemek Hotlaś

Tim Smithies of ‘Metronome’ writes ; “Regrettably, Laura Lootens has been in touch to say that she is unwell and unable to perform in her concert at St Just in Roseland.
However I am delighted that Aleksandra Sapok, the Polish classical guitarist as soloist, the BenOla Duo (with Ben Salfield) and special guest, Przemek Hotlaś, also from Poland have offered to play for our afternoon concert.
The programme of classical guitar music is of huge variety, including many shared composers from Laura’s programme.”
We warmly thank the musicians and invite you to join us

BenOla Duo:
Aleksandra Sapok – classical guitarist from Poland
Ben Salfield – 10-string renaissance guitar (UK)

Aleksandra Sapok is the dynamic young Polish classical guitarist who has twice won her country’s Young Guitarist of the Year competition.
She studied at the Conservatorio Superior Musica Manuel Castillo in Spain, and the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw, from where she graduated. Honoured by the Polish Ministry of Culture, she has won numerous international awards and competitions, and performed across Europe.

Veteran performer Ben Salfield was first acclaimed in the international media as one of the world’s leading lutenists in the early 1990s. Admirers of his work have included the late Julian Bream.
He has performed in most of Europe’s capital cities, broadcast widely on radio and television, and had over a dozen music editions published. Until his recent retirement from solo performances, he toured in up to ten countries per year.

Part I: BenOla Duo
John Johnson (1543-1594): Trenchmoore; Wakefilde on a Green
John Dowland (1563-1626): Fortune
Anon (C16): Malt’s Come Down
Ellis Lawrey (fl.1595): The Marygolde
Richard Allison (c.1560-c.1610): Spanysh Measurs
William Lawes (1602-1645): Suite for Two Lutes
Cesar Franck (1822-1890): Prelude (Op.18)
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937): Pavane pour une Infante Défunte
Erik Satie (1866-1925): Gymnopedie no.1
Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924): Pavane (Op.50)

Interval…

Part II Przemek Hotlaś.
Mirosław Drożdżowski (b.1964): Winter Story
Agustín Barrios (1885-1944): Vals no.3
Francisco Tárrega (1852-1909) Capricho Arabe

Part III: Aleksandra Sapok
Isaac Albéniz (1860-1909): Cordóba
Joaquín Rodrigo (1901-1999): Invocación y danza
Paulo Bellinati (b.1950): Jongo
Leo Brouwer (b.1939): Un Dia de Noviembre
Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992): La Muerte del Ángel