WEEK 5 – GUITAR HERO

WEEK 5 – GUITAR HERO

WEEK FIVE - GUITAR HERO WEEK FIVEGUITAR HERO Special Guest: Pedro Joia, guitar It is said that 10% of the world’s population has, at one time or another, picked up and strummed a guitar. Since the 16th century, the guitar has played an important, if not the lead role,...
WEEK 3 – AN ENGLISH COUNTRY SOJOURN

WEEK 3 – AN ENGLISH COUNTRY SOJOURN

WEEK THREE - AN ENGLISH COUNTRY SOJOURN WEEK THREEAN ENGLISH COUNTRY SOJOURN The pastoral beauty of the English countryside has inspired centuries of poets, painters and musicians. While legendary British composers, Elgar, Vaughan-Williams, Britten and Delius, like...
WEEK 2 – BAROQUE MASTERS

WEEK 2 – BAROQUE MASTERS

WEEK TWO- BAROQUE MASTERS WEEK TWOBAROQUE MASTERS Baroque music enjoyed a resurgence of interest during the 1970s and has never looked back. The works of German, Italian and English masters like J. S. Bach, Vivaldi, Handel, Purcell, and Quantz have never been more...
WEEK 1 – SUMMER ROMANCE

WEEK 1 – SUMMER ROMANCE

WEEK ONE - SUMMER ROMANCE WEEK ONESUMMER ROMANCE Several of Mozart’s late works, like his dark and stormy Adagio and Fugue for strings, paved the way for the early Romanticism of Beethoven and his student, Ferdinand Ries, but also continued to influence composers well...