Spanish guitar in the 1860’s: solos and canciones

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Music at Colby series, Music in the Museum, Spanish guitar, Timothy Burris

Tuesday, September 24th, 2019, at noon

Music in the Museum Series – Colby College

Spanish guitar in the 1860’s: solos and canciones

Colby Museum of Art

The Paul J. Schupf Wing for the Works of Alex Katz

 Waterville, me

Timothy Burris, guitar, with special guest Joëlle Morris, mezzo-soprano.

This program is something of an experiment, bringing the performance-practice methodologies of early music to bear on a relatively recent body of music. The earliest piece on the program was published in 1860, or 159 years in the past. In fairness, had early music pioneer Arnold Dolmetsch (1858 – 1940) included music of early- to mid-period Haydn on one of his programs, the gap in time would have been about the same.

This program consists of the music of one decade(the 1860’s) in one country (Spain) composed for one instrument (the guitar). This decade was selected because the guitar used in the concert is a copy of an instrument built in 1864 by Antonio de Torres Jurado (and numbered FE17, or ‘First Epoch 17’). Guitar solos include works by Julián Arcas, Jaume Bosch (born in Barcelona, his German last name notwithstanding), Antonio Cano, and José Viñas; songs by Tomas Damas round out the program.

https://www.colby.edu/museum/2019/07/02/music-in-the-museum-tim-burris-and-joelle-morris/

Spanish guitar in the 1860’s: solos and canciones

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canciones, Spanish guitar, St. Luke's Cathedral, Timothy Burris, Tomas Damas

Saturday, March 23rd, 2019, at 7pm

Spanish guitar in the 1860’s: solos and canciones

St Luke’s Cathedral Chapel

143 State Street, Portland, ME

Timothy Burris, guitar, with special guest Joëlle Morris, mezzo-soprano.

This program is something of an experiment, bringing the performance-practice methodologies of early music to bear on a relatively recent body of music. The earliest piece on the program was published in 1860, or 159 years in the past. In fairness, had early music pioneer Arnold Dolmetsch (1858 – 1940) included music of early- to mid-period Haydn on one of his programs, the gap in time would have been about the same.

This program consists of the music of one decade(the 1860’s) in one country (Spain) composed for one instrument (the guitar). This decade was selected because the guitar used in the concert is a copy of an instrument built in 1864 by Antonio de Torres Jurado (and numbered FE17, or ‘First Epoch 17’). Guitar solos include works by Julián Arcas, Jaume Bosch (born in Barcelona, his German last name notwithstanding), Antonio Cano, and José Viñas; songs by Tomas Damas round out the program.

https://www.baroquelute.com/performances/timothy-burris/

Folk Song to the Guitar: Colby College

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Benjamin Britten, Colby College, Colby College Museum of Art, Daniel Fortea, Folksong Arrangements, Four French Folk Songs, Manuel de Falla, Matyas Seiber, Miguel Llobet, Siete Canciones populares espanolas, Timothy Burris

Wednesday, April 18th,  2018 at 12pm

Folk Songs to the Guitar

Music in the Museum Concert Series 
Colby College Museum of Art

5600 Mayflower Hill, Waterville, Maine 

For centuries, the guitar has been an instrument intimately associated with the human voice.   Though the ‘folk song’ is usually seen as a popular genre, it occasionally has been raised to the level of art song, and three such sets are featured in this concert.  Mezzo-soprano Joëlle Morris and guitarist Timothy Burris will perform selections of Manuel da Falla’s “Siete Canciones populares españolas” (1914); Matyas Seiber’s “Four French Folk Songs” (1959); and Benjamin Britten’s “Folksong Arrangements” (1961).  Guitar solos by Miguel Llobet and Daniel Fortea fill out the program.

Free to the public

https://www.colby.edu/museum/events/

Folk Songs to the Guitar UUCC

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Folk Songs to the Guitar, Timothy Burris, UUCC

Sunday, April 8th,  2018 at 4 pm

Folk Songs to the Guitar

Concerts at the UUCC Series

Unitarian Universalist Community Church,

69 Winthrop St, Augusta, Maine

For centuries, the guitar has been an instrument intimately associated with the human voice.   Though the ‘folk song’ is usually seen as a popular genre, it occasionally has been raised to the level of art song, and three such sets are featured in this concert.  Mezzo-soprano Joëlle Morris and guitarist Timothy Burris will perform selections of Manuel da Falla’s “Siete Canciones populares españolas” (1914); Matyas Seiber’s “Four French Folk Songs” (1959); and Benjamin Britten’s “Folksong Arrangements” (1961).  Guitar solos by Miguel Llobet and Daniel Fortea fill out the program.

Tickets: $10 followed by a reception.  FacebookEvent: https://www.facebook.com/events/701060630284464/

http://www.augustauu.org/

Folk Songs to the Guitar: Portland Conservatory

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Folk Songs to the Guitar, Noonday Concert Series, Portland Conservatory of Music, Timothy Burris

Thursday, April 5, 2018 at 12pm

Folk Songs to the Guitar

Portland Conservatory of Music Noonday Concert Series

First Parish Church,

425 Congress St, Portland, Maine

For centuries, the guitar has been an instrument intimately associated with the human voice.   Though the ‘folk song’ is usually seen as a popular genre, it occasionally has been raised to the level of art song, and three such sets are featured in this concert.  Mezzo-soprano Joëlle Morris and guitarist Timothy Burris will perform selections of Manuel da Falla’s “Siete Canciones populares españolas” (1914); Matyas Seiber’s “Four French Folk Songs” (1959); and Benjamin Britten’s “Folksong Arrangements” (1961).  Guitar solos by Miguel Llobet and Daniel Fortea fill out the program.

Free to the public

http://portlandconservatoryofmusic.org/noonday/

Airs de Cour

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Airs de cour, early music, Joelle Morris, lute, Saint Luke Cathedral, Timothy Burris, Timothy Neill Johnson

Saturday February 7th 2015 at 7pm

Airs de Cour – Music of Louis XIII

St Luke’s Cathedral Chapel, 143 State Street, Portland, ME

With Timothy Neill Johnson, tenor and Timothy Burris, lute and theorbo

This rich repertoire, by composers such as Pierre Guédron, Gabriel Bataille, and Adrien LeRoy, transports the audience into the court of Versailles of 17th-century France.  We will take the listener into a world full of passionate expression, the emotions of love’s innocence, and the bawdy drinking song!       

 

http://www.portlandearlymusic.com/chapel-series/