John E. Marlow Guitar Series 2016-2017 by Meagan Healy Studio

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Dear Friends, Welcome to another exciting season of the Marlow Guitar Series. Thank you for joining us in our 23rd year! As always the musical worlds of our performers reflect our international community. We begin and finish this season in the United States, with Grammy winner Jason Vieaux and a springtime jazz concert by Billy Novick and Guy Van Duser. In between we’ll hear Rene Izquierdo from Cuba and Antigoni Goni from Greece, both making their Marlow debuts with programs that celebrate the music of their respective countries. And back by popular demand are Zoran Dukić (Croatia) and Margarita Escarpa (Spain). In addition to these beautiful concerts, we have much to look forward to in our educational programs. All of our concert performers this season will teach a master class, sharing insight and musicianship with young players in the DC area. We hope you’ll attend these inspiring classes which will take place in the Spanish Embassy’s Cultural Centre, the Levine School and Washington College. A new initiative this year is Marlow Guitar in the Library, interactive performances by area guitarists in the public libraries of Montgomery County, supported generously by the Charles Delmar Foundation. We continue our proud tradition of encouraging, challenging and celebrating young guitarists in the Washington area through our 11th annual John and Susie Beatty Competition for Classical Guitar, which will take place in March 2017 at The Catholic University of America. Longtime friends of the Marlow Series will notice some changes this year. Tim and Susan Healy have begun to step back from their duties but we still enjoy their tremendous guidance and expertise. Pre-concert lecturer Larry Snitzler has retired to Chile, but we are fortunate to have an abundance of area scholars to continue these fun and informative sessions. We have also added a new venue this year, with Zoran Dukić’s January performance being held at the Cultural Arts Center of Montgomery College, Takoma Park Silver Spring. This season João Figueirôa and I begin our 3rd year as Marlow Directors, and with every concert enjoy meeting more of this wonderful community. I hope you’ll say hello! We look forward to sharing this beautiful music with you.

Danielle Cumming Artistic Director

João Figueirôa Education Outreach Director

Our Story

How the John E. Marlow Guitar Series Began At the unexpected passing of John Marlow in 1992, his friends organized a concert as a tribute to John and a college tuition fundraiser for his son Richard. The event was a huge success, and the magic felt by all in attendance on that beautiful Sunday afternoon of April 18, 1993 inspired Tim Healy and Regis Ferruzza to create a concert series in John’s name. John was a performer, composer, arranger and educator, teaching and serving as Head of the Guitar Department at American University. He inspired and assisted generations of guitarists with his talent, commitment to excellence and generous personality. John was an outstanding human being and our friend. We commemorate him with this annual living memorial.

The International Conservatory of Music (ICM), a 501(c)(3) organization, is the umbrella organization for: • The John E. Marlow Guitar Series • Beatty Music Scholarship Competition for Classical Guitar • Education and Outreach Programs • Embassy Concert Tours in USA ICM was incorporated in the District of Columbia in 1980 and then in Maryland in 2015. Our mission is to create community through music, by drawing people together for entertainment, education, and inspiration. International Conservatory of Music/The John E. Marlow Guitar Series is supported in part by funding from the Montgomery County government and the Arts and Humanities Council of Montgomery County.

Contents 6 - Jason Vieaux 12 - Rene Izqueirdo 18 - Zoran Dukic 22-23 Education & Outreach 24 - Antigoni Goni 28 - Margarita Escarpa 34 - Billy Novick and Guy Van Duser 42 - Thank You To Donors 45 - Concert Venue Maps

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2016-17 Schedule of Concerts and Master Classes Pre-Concert Talks: 7:00 – 7:45pm before every concert, in the lower level Church Reception Hall and the Art Gallery of the Cultural Arts Center. Meet the Artist Wine and Cheese Reception: Please join us after every concert in the Church Reception Hall to meet the artist. Master Classes are free and open to the public. For information about playing, please contact Joao Figueiroa at joao@marlowguitar.org Concert: Jason Vieaux, 8pm Westmoreland Congregational Church Master Class: Jason Vieaux, 1pm Montgomery College, Rockville Campus Music Recital Hall, 51 Manakee Street, Rockville, MD

October 22 October 23

November 18 November 19

Master Class: Rene Izquierdo, 5pm Montgomery College, Rockville Campus Music Recital Hall, 51 Manakee Street, Rockville,MD Concert: Rene Izquierdo, 8pm Westmoreland Congregational Church

January 28 January 29

Concert: Zoran Dukić, 8pm Cultural Arts Center Montgomery College, 7995 Georgia Ave, Silver Spring, MD 20910 Master Class: Zoran Dukić, 1pm Levine Music Silver Spring Campus Silver Spring Library, 900 Wayne Avenue Silver Spring, MD 20910

February 24 February 25

March 17 March 18

April 22

Master Class: Antigoni Goni, 6pm Levine Music Silver Spring Campus, Silver Spring Library, 900 Wayne Avenue Silver Spring, MD 20910 Concert: Antigoni Goni, 8pm Westmoreland Congregational Church Master Class: Margarita Escarpa, 6pm Former Residence of the Ambassadors of Spain, 2801 16th Street NW, Washington, DC 20009 Concert: Margarita Escarpa, 8pm Westmoreland Congregational Church Concert: Guy Van Duser and Billy Novick, 8pm Westmoreland Congregational Church

Door Prizes and Guitar Raffle Door Prizes: Your concert ticket entitles you to complete the slip in your program to qualify for a door prize. Prizes are awarded at intermission and include CDs, tickets to upcoming performances and cultural items donated by embassies. If you wish to be added to our mailing list, please include your address on this slip. (We do not sell or give away this list.) If you do not wish to be added to the list, write only your name on the slip. Guitar Raffle: Win a guitar! Six local guitar dealers have donated a guitar to be raffled at each concert this season. Buy your raffle tickets in the foyer $5 each, or 5 tickets for $20 Guitar Raffle Rules: 1. You must be present to win. 2. You may only win one guitar per season. 3. Keep your ticket all season. If you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t win one night, you may win another. Thank you to our guitar donors. Please support these shops: The Guitar Shop Steve Spellman 301-807-7777 Cordoba and Jerry Lynn Guitar 301-318-2317 Brian Litz & Tony Pompa Victor Litz Music Gaithersburg, MD 301-948-7478 Kirkpatrick Guitar Studio 4607 Maple Avenue, Baltimore, MD 410-242-2744 Middle C Music 4530 Wisconsin Avenue NW, Washington, DC 202-244-7326 Guitar Gallery 3400 Connecticut Ave NW, Washington DC 202-244-4200

Jason Vieaux - October 22, 2016 - 8:00pm Yolanda Kondonassis. Vieaux recently recorded Ginastera’s Sonata for Guitar for a Ginastera Centennial album which will be released in fall 2016 on Oberlin Music. His album with bandoneonist Julien Labro will be released in fall 2016 on Azica.

Photo: Tyler Boye

Grammy-winner Jason Vieaux, “perhaps the most precise and soulful classical guitarist of his generation” (NPR), is the guitarist that goes beyond the classical. His latest solo album, Play, won the 2015 Grammy for Best Classical Instrumental Solo. Vieaux has earned a reputation for putting his expressiveness and virtuosity at the service of a remarkably wide range of music. Recent and future highlights include performances at the Caramoor Festival, Philadelphia Chamber Music Society, Ravinia Festival, New York’s 92Y, Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Bard Music Festival, Music@Menlo, Strings Music Festival, and many others. He has performed as soloist with nearly 100 orchestras and his passion for new music has fostered premieres by Dan Visconti, Vivian Fung, José Luis Merlin, and more. Vieaux continues to bring important repertoire alive in the recording studio as well, and has released thirteen albums, most recently Together with harpist

In 2012, the Jason Vieaux School of Classical Guitar was launched with ArtistWorks Inc., an unprecedented technological interface that provides one-on-one online study with Vieaux for guitar students around the world. In 2011, he co-founded the guitar department at The Curtis Institute of Music, and in 2015 was invited to inaugurate the guitar program at the Eastern Music Festival. Vieaux has taught at the Cleveland Institute of Music since 1997, heading the guitar department since 2001. In 1992 he was the youngest ever winner of the GFA International Guitar Competition. Vieaux was the first classical musician to be featured on NPR’s “Tiny Desk” series.

Pre-Concert Lecture - 7:00pm Candice Mowbray Appearing as a soloist, chamber musician and guest lecturer, Candice has been a featured artist for prestigious festivals and concerts series. Candice earned the Doctorate of Musical Arts in Classical Guitar Performance from Shenandoah Conservatory in Virginia. Full bio on www.MarlowGuitar.org

Jason Vieaux This concert is sponsored by Charlotte Kuenen and David Kirstein.

PR O G R AM Capricho Arabe Recuerdos de la Alhambra

Francisco Tárrega (1852-1909)

Rumores de la Caleta: Malagueña Isaac Albéniz Capricho Catalán (1860-1909) Torre Bermeja (arr. Vieaux) Cavatina Stanley Myers (1930-1993) Venezolano No. 3

Antonio Lauro (1917-1986)

Estudio Sin Luz

Andres Segovia (1893-1987)

Por Ti Mi Corazon

Manuel Ponce (1882-1948)

Misionera

Fernando Bustamante (1915-1979) (arr. Jorge Morel b. 1931)

I N T ER M I S S I O N Always and Forever / A Felicidade Drei Tentos Julia Florida Vals, Opus 8, No. 4 Danza Caracteristica In a Sentimental Mood

Pat Metheny (b. 1954) Antônio Carlos Jobím (1927-1994) Hans Werner Henze (1926-2012) Agustín Barrios (1885-1944) Leo Brouwer (b. 1939) Edward Kennedy “Duke” Ellington (1899-1974)

Jason Vieaux uses Augustine strings and plays a guitar made by Gernot Wagner, Frankfurt. Jason Vieaux is represented by Jonathan Wentworth Associates, Ltd.

Jason Vieaux Convinced the guitar was unsuitable for classical music, Francisco Tárrega studied piano and composition at the Madrid Conservatory. But his composition teacher Emilio Arrieta, on hearing Tárrega play a guitar recital, embraced him and exclaimed: “The guitar needs you, and you were born for her!” Capricho Arabe is a tribute to Moorish history, with echoes of the Arabic lute and guitar harmonies. Recuerdos de la Alhambra (or, “Memories of the Alhambra”) is arguably the most famous and popular work written for the solo classical guitar. The Alhambra is a sprawling palace-citadel that was built in the 13th and 14th centuries, and has served as inspiration for countless artists and composers. Isaac Albéniz is considered one of the greatest Spanish composers of all time. His works were heavily inspired by traditional Spanish music, particularly flamenco, the music from the southern region of Andalusia. Rumores de la Caleta is an example of the flamenco form called Malagueña, a form of fandango from Málaga, which alternates between fiery and melodic passages. Capricho Catalán refers to the composer’s native region of Catalonia in northeast Spain. Long melodic lines spun over a rocking accompaniment create a sense of timelessness and reverence for his home.

Stanley Myers was an English film composer who wrote scores for over 60 films during his lifetime. Cavatina, a beautiful song without words (lyrics were added in a later version for singer Cleo Laine) was a major hit after its inclusion in the 1978 Oscar-winning film The Deerhunter. Antonio Lauro was one of the most important composers in the history of Venezuelan Music. Like Béla Bartók for Hungary or Isaac Albéniz for Spain, he was a musical Nationalist, using rhythms of his country to produce guitar works of wonderful invention and character. I listened to the John Williams LP of this piece a lot when I was a young student, and sections of this piece still strike me like pure sunshine. I’ve always thought that Andrés Segovia would have been a great composer were his career not tied so closely to performing. There’s so much harmonic richness in this short etude, which he composed after having eye surgery. Temporarily blind he was inspired to write this short Study Without Light. My father loved Estudio Sin Luz and when I was a kid he would always ask me to play it for him. My recording of the piece on PLAY is dedicated to him. This is one of my favorite pieces to play in concert, a Mexican folk tune arranged by Manuel Ponce, one of Mexico’s greatest composers, who wrote extensively for Andrés Segovia. I dedicated my recording of this beautiful work to my wife, Erine.

Jason Vieaux This Argentine popular song refers to the Misiones region in the northeast of Argentina where it borders Paraguay and Brazil. I learned this arrangement in lessons with the great Argentine guitarist and composer Jorge Morel, when I was a teenager.

Venetian gondoliers, and Vals Op. 8 No. 4, which evokes the waltzes of Chopin.

Pat Metheny is one of the most popular and successful guitarists and composers in American jazz music. Accessible but always original he has stretched the boundaries of jazz. It is natural to pair him with Antônio Carlos Jobím, whose beautiful melodies brought Brazilian jazz to global renown.

Leo Brouwer is one of the most important composers for guitar, transforming what seemed possible on guitar and inspiring generations to follow. When I was about 11 or 12, my ears first perceived this piece as pretty dissonant when I first heard it on the Portrait of John Williams LP, and these dissonances may have distracted my young ears from hearing the Afro-Cuban rhythms that now make this piece for me the coolest two-minute work ever written for the guitar.

Hans Werner Henze was one of the most important German composers of the 20th century, whose works showed influences from Schoenberg to Stravinsky, from serial to lyrical. Drei Tentos is part of a larger work entitled Kammermusik (Chamber Music). These three movements evoke the Spanish “tiento”, a freeform Renaissance fantasy. Written in 20th century tonal language they are also melodic, even romantic.

When I played a little mediocre jazz guitar as a Cleveland-area sideman in the 90s, In a Sentimental Mood was a favorite in my repertoire because I could be bluesy in my solo, bending lots of notes! Years later I wrote this arrangement for a concert with the Charlotte Symphony, to segue from Rodrigo’s Concierto de Aranjuez to Bernstein and Ellington. In homage to my jazz days I kept a little of the note-bending.

The Paraguayan Agustín Barrios was a tremendously successful guitarist and composer. His international touring and recording career is comparable at this time only to Segovia’s, making Barrios the first guitarist from Latin America to achieve such stature. His compositions range from those with Latin American folk influences to European salon pieces, the latter being the style of Julia Florida, a gently rocking barcarole of the

Notes by Jason Vieaux.

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Rene Izquierdo - November 19, 2016 - 8:00pm such as Jorge Morel and Carlos R. Rivera have dedicated works to him.

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Cuban guitarist Rene Izquierdo graduated from the Conservatorio Guillermo Tomás, the Conservatorio Amadeo Roldán and the Superior Institute of Art in Havana. At the conclusion of his studies in Cuba, Izquierdo came to the United States where he earned a Master of Music degree and an Artist Diploma degree from Yale, where he studied with Benjamin Verdery. While at Yale, Izquierdo represented the university in an exchange program with the Conservatoire National de Musique et de Danse du Paris where worked with guitarists Olivier Chassain and Roland Dyens. Izquierdo has appeared as a soloist and in chamber music concerts throughout the United States, Cuba and Europe. He has shared the stage with prestigious guitarists including Eliot Fisk, Benjamin Verdery and Jorge Morel, as well as renowned flutist Ransom Wilson, soprano Lucy Shelton, David Jolley and Paquito d’Rivera. Renowned composers

Izquierdo is a recipient of numerous awards. He is a winner of the JoAnn Falletta International Guitar Competition, the Extremadura International Guitar Competition, the Schadt String Competition, the Stotsenberg International Guitar Competition, among others. He is currently a professor of classical guitar at the Wisconsin State University in Milwaukee and an active solo performer and chamber musician.

Pre-Concert Lecture - 7:00 pm Javier Farias

Javier Farias, recent recipient of a New Music USA award, and a Fromm Music Foundation Commission from Harvard University, has a catalogue that includes more than sixty compositions, emphasizing his numerous works for solo guitar, as well as duos, quartets and ensembles for guitar. Full bio on www.MarlowGuitar.org

Rene Izquierdo This concert is sponsored by Cheryl Dragoo and Gonzalo Palacios.

PR O G R AM Danza del Sur

Jorge Morel (1931)

Sonata K.14 K.1 K. 146

Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757)

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685- 1750)

Andante et Polonaise

Napoleon Coste (1805-1883)

Arabesque #1

Claude Debussy (1862-1918)

Chaconne

I N T ER M I S S I O N Zapateo Cubano

Trad. (arr. Leo Brouwer)

Ojos Brujos

Gonzalo Roig (1890-1970) (arr. Brouwer)

El Arrollo que Murmura

Jorge Ankerman (1877-1941) (arr. Brouwer)

Drume Negrita

Eliseo Grenet (1893-1950) (arr. Brouwer)

La Comparsa

Ernesto Lecuona (1896-1963) (arr. Barrueco)

Los Ojos de Pepa La Caridad El Velorio Adios a Cuba Los Tres Golpes Guajira a Mi Madre

Manuel Saumell (1818-1870) Ignacio Cervantes (1847-1905) JosĂŠ Antonio Rojas (1921-2008)

Rene Izquierdo uses Savarez strings and plays a guitar made by Vicente Carrillo. Presented in cooperation with the Embassy of Cuba.

Rene Izquierdo The popular and prolific ArgentineAmerican guitarist-composer Jorge Morel has performed in the most esteemed concert halls of the world, as well as in the most famous jazz venues and with such jazz legends as Stan Kenton and Herbie Mann. As a composer his musical language embraces many cultures, from the West Indies to Brazil and Argentina. Domenico Scarlatti began his compositional career following in the footsteps of his father Alessandro Scarlatti by writing operas and other vocal music, but he is most remembered for his 555 keyboard sonatas, written between approximately 1719 and 1757. Italian born, his court appointments took him to Spain and Portugal where he embraced Iberian music. These exquisite pieces lend themselves beautifully for guitar transcription. The chaconne is a Baroque dance form that uses a short harmonic progression as a kernel for variation before returning to the theme. Johann Sebastian Bach wrote this Chaconne for solo violin, part of the larger Partita No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1004. It is one of the longest and most challenging entirely solo pieces in the repertoire. Like all Bach’s string compositions, it was written during the composer’s time in Köthen during the early 1720s, a time of great freedom and creativity for Bach. Napoléon Coste was a French guitarist and composer. His mother, an accomplished player, first taught him the guitar, and

by his teens he was teaching and performing concerts. In 1829, at the age of 24, he moved to Paris to study with Fernando Sor and quickly established himself as a leading French virtuoso as well as composer. In addition to writing, his contributions to the repertoire include editing and republishing Sor’s Méthode complète pour la Guitare upon Sor’s death, and he is known as one of the first composers to transcribe guitar music of the 17th century into modern musical notation. The Arabesque, written by Debussy in the late 1880s shows many of the hallmarks of Debussy’s impressionistic style, including his love of parallel chords in the arpeggiation in the opening passages, and even more so when the same figuration recurs at much greater length toward the end of the piece. The work however also looks back at Romanticism with a complex harmonic structure and frequent key changes. In essence though the piece does not seek to evoke strong emotions, but rather capture the beauty of intertwined flowing lines of Moorish decoration. The repertoire on the second half of this concert is a celebration of Cuba and Cuban composers. We begin with Zapateo, a Cuban couples dance of Spanish origin involving tapping of the feet, mostly by the male partner, and accompanied by tiple, guitar and guiro. In this arrangement, Brouwer enriches this folk dance with modern sonorities.

Rene Izquierdo As a composer and director Gonzalo Roig shaped the history of the symphony in Cuba, founding and directing such orchestras as the Symphony Orchestra in Havana and the Orchestra of Ignacio Cervantes, which performed throughout the USA. Ojos Brujos was one of his most popular compositions and it is a standard still sung today. Jorge Anckermann was a pianist, composer and bandleader. He was for many years the musical director of leading theatres, composing for zarzuelas, reviews and comedies. El Arroyo que Murmura is among his most famous works. Pianist Eliseo Grenet Sánchez wrote and played for silent films and stage shows. Drume Negrita is a famous Afro-Cuban lullaby.

he studied at the Conservatoire de Paris where he was awarded first prizes in composition. He was forced to leave Cuba prior to the Ten Years War Cuban for supporting the rebels through concert performance fundraisers. José Antonio (Ñico) Rojas Beoto was a civil engineer, guitarist and composer, and one of the proponents of the ‘Feeling’ trend in Cuban music which revived Cuban popular song in the 1940s. His works combine the sonority of the guitar with the complex rhythmic and melodic elements of Cuban traditional music and the sense of improvisation.

Ernesto Lecuona was a child prodigy, composing by the age of 11 and graduating from the National Conservatory of Havana with a Gold Medal for interpretation at 16. He was a prolific composer of songs and music for stage and film. La Comparsa is one of Lecuona’s earliest compositions and reveals the genius of the young musician. Manuel Saumell Robredo was known for his inventive and genuinely creolized forms of music. For this reason he is credited for being the first to cultivate Cuban musical nationalism. Ignacio Cervantes Kawanagh was also influential in the creolization of Cuban music. A child prodigy,

Zoran Dukić - January 28, 2017 - 8:00pm the first prize, but the special prize for the best interpretation of Spanish music, making him the first nonSpaniard to receive this honor.

Photo: Mario Majcan

Zoran Dukić is one of the most distinguished classical guitarists of our time. His concert performances, both as a soloist or with orchestra, leave long-lasting impressions on both audiences and critics. Dukić graduated from the Music Academy of Zagreb, studying with Darko Petrinjak, then completed his studies with Hubert Käppel at the Hochschule für Musik in Cologne. In his “tour de force” competition years (1990-1997) Zoran Dukić won an astonishing number of competitions, and remains the only guitarist to have won both “Andrés Segovia” competitions, in Granada and in Palma de Mallorca, and demonstrated astounding mastery of musical periods and styles by winning competitions dedicated to such diverse composers as “Fernando Sor”, “Manuel Ponce”, “Manuel de Falla”, and “Francisco Tárrega” among others. At the most prestigious Spanish guitar competition, patronized by the Royal Family, Dukić was awarded not only

Though he considers the music by J. S. Bach the focal point of his musical life, Dukić is a great admirer of contemporary music, and his programs include works by the greatest names in modern writing, including Takemitsu, Henze, Reily, Carter and Gubaidulina, and this has inspired numerous composers to dedicate their works to him. Dukić also enjoys a special affinity for Spanish and South American musical idiom, the core repertoire of classical guitar. Currently, his carefully balanced programs present a range of music from Bach to Britten, from Sor to Albaniz, from Tarrega to Villa-Lobos and Brouwer. He is truly a master of the guitar.

Pre-Concert Lecture - 7:00 pm Miroslav Lončar Dr. Lončar started his music education in his native Croatia and went on to study in Austria, where he received his master’s degree, and later in the United States, where he earned his doctorate. Full bio on www.MarlowGuitar.org

Zoran Dukić Cultural Arts Center Montgomery College - Silver Spring January 28, 2017 PR O G R AM Adagio Op. 44 (hommage a J.S. Bach)

Gerard Drozd (1956)

Fantasy Malcolm Arnold -prelude (1921-2006) -scherzo -arietta -fughetta -arietta -march -postlude Four Catalan Folk Songs -el testament d’Amelia -Canco del Lladre -El Noy de la Mare -Le nit de Nadal

Ciaccona BWV 1004

Miguel Llobet (1878-1938)

J.S. Bach (1685-1750)

I N T ER M I S S I O N The performer will play the following works as a suite. Please hold your applause until the end. Siciliana BWV 1001

J.S. Bach

Invierno Porteño

Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992)

Andante BWV 1003

J.S. Bach

Adios Noniño Largo BWV 1005

Astor Piazzolla

Muerte de Angel

Astor Piazzolla

Sarabanda BWV 1004

J.S. Bach

Zoran Dukić uses D’Addario strings and plays a guitar made by French luthier Daniel Friedrich. Presented in cooperation with the Embassy of the Republic of Croatia.

Zoran Dukić Gerard Drozd composed Adagio Op. 44 (hommage à J.S. Bach) for his daughter in the early 1990s. Very much inspired by Bach, it is a simple piece of great beauty, a beauty that stems from the simplicity. As soon as I heard it I decided to include it in my repertoire. It is the most often performed piece by Drozd and it has already been arranged for many instruments and ensembles. The original guitar version is primarily in just two voices, with a regular eighth note movement in the bass line and neo-Baroque melody gently carrying us through the typical form of a Baroque second movement (AABB) but with added repetition of the “A” part at the end of the piece. Sir Malcolm Arnold, one of the most important British composers, acquired even wider fame by winning an Oscar for his music in the movie “The Bridge over the River Kwai”. His Fantasy for guitar was written for Julian Bream in 1971. It is an immensely original piece, full of lovely British humor and composed in a variety of styles (one can hear dodecaphony, Ravel, Bach, Stravinsky and plenty of brass instrument imitations such as in an opening and closing fanfare-like chords, Arnold himself being an accomplished brass player) and it is structured in a mirror fashion. It has 7 movements, the fughetta being the central point around which the surrounding movements reflect each other. Miguel Llobet could not have imagined that his arrangements of Catalan popular tunes would

become his most successful creation for guitar. They are played worldwide, have been recorded countless times and belong to the core of the classical guitar repertoire. By enriching the tunes with gorgeous impressionistic harmonies Llobet also opened new horizons for 20th century arranging for guitar by showing the full possibilities of the instrument. The four songs presented tonight are Amelia’s Will, The Song of the Thief, Mother’s Son and Christmas Night. These songs are very much alive in Catalonian culture and one can still hear them when strolling through the streets of Barcelona. Bach’s Ciaccona stands out in so many ways from the rest of his vast opus. It is the longest single movement he ever composed. Its magnificent architecture attracted the attention of so many artists and its dramaturgy keeps defying all theoretical intentions to squeeze it into the narrow constraints of the Baroque style or any other style for that matter. It reaches far beyond those limits. It has been arranged countless times, and for dozens of instruments, by Mendelssohn, Brahms, Schumann and others. It is no wonder that the latest musicological research seems to confirm that it was composed just after Bach’s first wife Maria Barbara passed away, proving it to be a sort of a tombeau, an elegy, a lament for his beloved, a deep cry for the loss of love, for the cruelty of life, yet bringing forth new hope.

Zoran DukiÄ&#x2021; The repertoire after intermission is an emotional rollercoaster, interchanging placid tranquility with visceral passion, and is designed to be performed with no applause between the pieces. The path of its loops and spins is not immutable but will adapt to each seat. What amazes me is how the same basic harmony and the same

flow of bass line can galvanize such different emotions. Bach-Piazzolla; worlds apart yet intertwined on so many levels.

Notes by Zoran DukiÄ&#x2021;.

Guitar at Levine Music celebrates its partnership with the Marlow Guitar Series presenting master classes with: Zoran Dukic | Sunday, January 29, 1 PM Antigoni Goni | Friday, February 24, 6 PM MD Campus: Silver Spring | Free with RSVP For information on our complete guitar master class and concert season please visit www.levinemusic.org/guitar 21

Our Programs

MASTER CLASSES Come hear our world-renowned performers teach the talented youth in our Master Class series. Audience and students alike will leave these Master Classes with a broader understanding of the art of music, the art of guitar and sometimes, the art of life. The 2016-17 Master Class series is presented in partnership with The Levine School of Music, Montgomery College, the Embassy of Spain and Chevy Chase Village Hall. Please stay in tune and visit our website for more information. www.marlowguitar.org October 23, 2016 Jason Vieaux, 1pm Montgomery College, Rockville Campus, Music Recital Hall 51 Manakee Street, Rockville, MD November 18, 2016 Rene Izquierdo, 5pm Montgomery College, Rockville Campus, Music Recital Hall 51 Manakee Street, Rockville, MD

January 29, 2017 Zoran DukiÄ&#x2021;, 1pm Levine Music Silver Spring Campus Silver Spring Library 900 Wayne Ave Silver Spring, MD 20910 February 24, 2017 Antigoni Goni, 6pm Levine Music Silver Spring Campus, Silver Spring Library 900 Wayne Ave Silver Spring, MD 20910 March 17, 2017 Margarita Escarpa, 6pm Former Residence of the Ambassadors of Spain, 2801 16th Street NW, Washington, DC 20009

Our Programs

OUTREACH and EDUCATION Our Educational Programs include: School Visits: Guest performers, including youth guitar ensembles bring supplemental music to schools in the DC area, introducing the beauty of classical guitar to young people in our community. In the past year we have taken artists to perform at Fields Road Elementary School in Gaithersburg, Barbara Ingram School for the Arts in Hagerstown, and James Hubert Blake High School in Silver Spring. Interactive Performances: This program engages audiences through interaction; performances, participation and Q&A. Designed for all ages and musical familiarity, presenters offer an outstanding educational arts experience in the Montgomery County Libraries. The John and Susie Beatty Music Scholarship Competition This youth performance competition for guitarists ages 18 and under encourages young musicians in the Washington metropolitan

area to set and achieve their goals of developing their own musical talents. Underwritten by John and Susie Beatty, and organized by Amy Cutts, participation in the competition is free so to be accessible without barrier. Each year up to 35 children from DC, Maryland and Virginia compete in three rounds of competitions, earning prizes but above all, tremendous experience. Master Classes: Accomplished young classical guitar students from the DC area play for and learn from the internationally renowned artists presented on the John E. Marlow Guitar concert series. Please check the schedule for details. Pre-Concert Lectures: Before each concert our interesting speakers share information about the composers, repertoire and history of the music on the eveningâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s program. This gives the audience interesting insight to deepen the concert-going experience.

Antigoni Goni - February 25, 2017 - 8:00pm Goniâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s career blossomed in the mid-1990s after she won the Guitar Foundation of America (GFA) Competition which resulted in some 65 concerts in North America and a contract with Naxos Records for whom she has recorded three highly respected and successful CDs.

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Goniâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most recent CD, Hymn to the Muse, released in 2016 is a recording of works inspired by the Greek culture and heritage, composed and dedicated to her.

The Greek guitarist, Antigoni Goni enjoys a truly international career, having performed throughout the Europe, the US and Japan, from Carnegie Hall to the Bolshoi Theater, from Wigmore Hall to the Odeon of Herodes Atticus in Acropolis (Athens). Having studied with such great masters as Evangelos Assimakopoulos, John Mills, Julian Bream, Sharon Isbin and Oscar Ghiglia, Goni brings her internationally acclaimed expertise to universities around the world through seminars and master classes. She is Professor of Guitar at the Royal Conservatory in Brussels and Artist-in-Residence for San Francisco Performances. She is also Founder and Artistic Director of the Volterra Project Summer Guitar Institute, an annual international festival in Tuscany. Prior to this she was Founder and Chair of the Guitar Department at Julliard Pre-College Division in New York City.

Pre-Concert Lecture - 7:00 pm Mike Ward Since 2006, Ward has served as Director of Guitar at South County High School in Lorton, Virginia (Fairfax County Public Schools). There, he has built and maintained a celebrated Guitar program for hundreds of students that provides instruction for beginning, intermediate, and advanced levels. He also has hosted/chaired the Mid-Atlantic Guitar Festival for three years. Full bio on www.MarlowGuitar.org

Antigoni Goni PR O G R AM Endecha y Oremus Francisco Tárrega Rosita (1852-1909) Vidalita Agustín Barrios Mangoré Sarita (1885-1944) Hymn to the Muse* Dušan Bogdanović Hymn to the Muse (after Mesomedes) (b. 1955) First Delphic Hymn to Apollo (first fragment) First Delphic Hymn to Apollo (second fragment) Second Delphic Hymn to Apollo Hymn to Nemesis (after Mesomedes) Epitaph to Seikilos Epitafios Mikis Theodorakis Mera Magiou (A day in May) (b. 1925) Edises, asteri mou (You have set, my star)

I N T ER M I S S I O N Giokonda’s Smile Countess Esterhazy Returning in an evening 4 Greek miniatures * 1. Pleading Song 2. Joyous Love Song 3. Lament 4. Leaping Dance

Manos Hadjidakis (1925-1994) (arr. Tulio Peramo) Atanas Ourkouzounov (b. 1970)

Suite del Recuerdo Jose Luis Merlin Evocacion (b. 1952) Zamba Chacarera Carnavalito Evocacion * Dedicated to Antigoni Goni

Antigoni Goni performs on Galli Genius strings and on a guitar by Italian luthier Andrea Tacchi. Her solo albums are recorded on guitars by Spanish born luthier, Jose Romanillos and Olivier Fanton D’ Anton (France).

Antigoni Goni Tonight is a special celebration of the uniquely rich culture and heritage of Greece, the homeland of Antigoni Goni. The repertoire on this evening’s program is selected from Goni’s most recent CD, Hymn to the Muse, a captivating set of original works and arrangements dedicated to Goni, inspired by the vast legacy and enduring vitality of Greek culture, from the towering achievements of classical Greek culture in the arts and philosophy to the purity and earthiness of the Greek folk tradition. Hymn to the Muse, the composition of the same title by Dušan Bogdanović, takes from among its inspirations the Seikilos epitaph. During the first century AD, a stone with an inscription honoring the memory of a woman named Euterpe was placed at the site of her burial near the ancient Greek city of Ephesus. The inscription indicates that it was placed there by Seikilos, who was

either her husband or her son; there are damaged characters in the dedication that make it difficult to be certain of the relationship. Remarkable though is the rest of the inscription, which is still fully intact some 2,000 years after it was carved, of a song with both music and lyrics. This composition known as the Seikilos epitaph is the oldest complete musical composition ever discovered anywhere in the world. This 2,000-yearold melody is presented in its entirety in the last of Bogdanović’s six movements. In addition to Dušan Bogdanović, the composers represented tonight from Hymn to the Muse are Atanas Ourkouzounov, Manos Hadjidakis and Mikis Theodorakis, all of whom have created in strikingly different and yet interconnected ways, a fascinating homage to the depth and richness of Greek civilization, past and present. In Goni’s hands this new, fresh music evokes an ancient and vibrant past and, leading the listener to a great feeling of intimacy with the music and the culture of Greece.

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Margarita Escarpa - March 18, 2017 - 8:00pm She regularly participates in the most important festivals of Europe, Asia and America.

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“A first class artist”, expressed María Luisa Anido when she first heard Margarita Escarpa play in 1990. Ever since then, Margarita has continually reaped many successes and she is now considered one of the main contemporary classical guitarists.

Margarita Escarpa masters a broad solo and orchestral repertoire and her talent and character turns every performance into a unique musical experience: every note and every silent moment transforms into a magical perfection. Arturo Tello RuizPérez confirms that Escarpa rightly occupies the highest echelons of the guitar Parnassus. Escarpa is also known as a dedicated teacher and in addition to her frequent master classes she directs the Guitar Department of the Superior Music Conservatory of Vigo, where she attains a higher degree of perfection with the students who work with her.

Escarpa won the Extraordinary End of Studies Prize of the Royal Superior Music Conservatory of Madrid, and shortly after, she obtained her Bachelor’s degree in mathematics from the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. While still a student, she won eight international prizes in addition to various national ones. Her triumph in the international “20th Solo Guitar Competition” of the Guitar Foundation of America was a decisive moment in her career as a performer and ever since she has been at the top of the international guitar scene.

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Margarita Escarpa This concert is sponsored by Duane and Diane Morse. PR O G R AM

Le Fandango varié, Op. 16

Dionisio Aguado (1784 –1849)

Invocación y Danza (Homenaje a Manuel de Falla)

Joaquín Rodrigo (1901- 1999)

Prélude (Asturias) Rumores de la Caleta : Malagueña*

Variations Capricieuses d´après Paganini

Isaac Albéniz (1860-1909) Wolfgang Lendle (1948-2016)

I N T ER M I S S I O N Variations sur “Folia de España” et Fugue

Manuel María Ponce (1882- 1948)

Two Habaneras: Tango

Francisco Tárrega (1852-1909) Habanera Eduardo Sainz de la Maza (1903-1982) Two Tangos ** Adiós nonino La muerte del ángel

Astor Piazzolla (1921- 1992) A. Piazzolla / Leo Brouwer (b.1939)

* Transcribed by Margarita Escarpa ** Transcribed by Jan-Olof Eriksson

Margarita Escarpa uses strings by D’Addario and plays a Matthias Dammann guitar (Germany). Presented in cooperation with the Embassy of Spain.

Margarita Escarpa For centuries the guitar has been emblematic both of Spain and of Spanish music. The significance of the role of Spain in its evolution cannot be disputed. This evening’s program celebrates that heritage. The Spanish guitar virtuoso Dionisio Aguado wrote a number of compositions for guitar and an influential method and studies for his instrument that still are applicable and relevant today. Only two of his pieces are based in Spanish popular music, Le Menuet Afandangado Op. 15 and Le Fandango Varié Op.16. The fandango that inspired Aguado was one of the most beloved dances in Spain in his period. Casanova described it as the most seductive and the most voluptuous possible … it contains love from the sigh of desire to the ecstasy of possession. Aguado´s Le Fandango Varié starts with an introduction, followed by the proper dance. It also includes a typical singing section in major mode (Copla). The influence of Spanish popular music is evident in the next piece, where Joaquín Rodrigo skillfully uses thematic material from Manuel de Falla’s Homenaje a Debussy, Amor Brujo, Noches en los Jardines de España, and Andalusian Songs, that in turn evoke flamenco and the guitar. The dance to which the title Invocacion y Danza refers, is a polo,

a dance in triple meter related to the soleá. Although the Spanish pianist and composer Isaac Albéniz never wrote for guitar, many of his pieces are full of effects imitating this instrument. This is the case of both Asturias and Rumores de la Caleta, which are very much influenced by flamenco and the flamenco guitar. The transcriptions that you will hear today try to highlight the most impressionist aspect of the original versions for the piano without forgetting its genuine Spanish touch. The Caprice n.24 composed by Niccolò Paganini is regarded one of the most difficult pieces ever written for the violin, and has inspired many subsequent composers including Wolfgang Lendle. These variations are full of effects and humorous touches and I consider them as a parody of the technical virtuosity. I have decided to play this composition to pay homage to Wolfgang, who passed away unexpectedly one year ago. Manuel Maria Ponce composed his variations after the request of Andrés Segovia, who asked him to write “brilliant variations for me on the theme of the Folias de España, … I ask you this on my knees . . .” Ponce was very skilful in imitating other periods and composer´s styles and in this variations he sometimes recalls Bach´s style, or Debussy, Chopin, Sor, Brahms, Wagner … Each variation derives

Margarita Escarpa from various combinations of the melodic, rhythmic or harmonic traits of the theme, referring frequently to dances such as corrente, fandango, siciliana, fox-trot … As a result, there is marked contrast between variations, and each individual one might be considered to be a skillful and attractive composition by its own.

life of Buenos Aires. About Astor Piazzolla‘s tangos, Borges said, “its passionate intensity, its baroque extravagance, its refinement, its violence, its longing. I adored his tangos the way I cherished my sister, the way I would have loved a brother.”

The habanera has its roots in European dances imported to the Americas, and in Cuba musicians transformed it into the contradanza habanera or simply habanera. The popular dance was transmuted into an art form and was re-exported to Europe in the 19th century. Bizet, Debussy, Ravel, Fauré, Albéniz… composed habaneras that sometimes were named tango. When, where and how did the Argentine tango originate? None of these questions can be answered with absolute precision. The tango´s genesis was not instantaneous, it occurred over a number of years, almost certainly between 1880 and the middle 1890s, and there probably was a parallel development having taken place both around Buenos Aires and Montevideo. According to writer Jorge Luis Borges, all the hustle and bustle of the city, all the emotions that move men — anger, fear, desire, sexual pleasure — become central motifs for the authors of tangos. I don’t think it is absurd to consider the tango as a vast expression of the incoherent comédie humaine of the

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Billy Novick and Guy Van Duser - April 22, 2017 - 8:00pm complement to Guy’s guitar. With his vast knowledge of the classic jazz era, his dazzling improvising skills, and his entertaining vocals, Novick is able to both add a melodic and dynamic spark to Guy’s guitar.

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Elegant, riveting and soulful - a few of the words that have been used to describe the unique swing-jazz music of acoustic guitarist Guy Van Duser and clarinetist Billy Novick. Together as a duo for more than thirty years, Guy and Billy have performed in concerts, clubs and festivals all over North America and Europe and have been frequent guests on Prairie Home Companion, NPR’s All Things Considered, and many film and television soundtracks. After 30 years, and like a good marriage, their music has wed together two perfectly suited musical personalities. Guy’s innovative finger-style guitar wizardry, and his uncanny ability to play bass lines, chords and melodies all at the same time displays daring imagination, breathtaking technique, and wonderful musicality. Novick’s ever-inventive and soulful clarinet playing provides the ideal

Their music sounds fresh and original, yet is also deeply rooted in the rich legacy of the classic jazz age. With any piece from their huge repertoire - an obscure Ellington tune, a Gershwin classic, a complex Jelly Roll Morton arrangement, or perhaps one of the their originals – the duo immediately make it sound their own. And, my, how they swing! Enjoy.

Pre-Concert Lecture - 7:00 pm Seth Kibel Seth is one of the Mid-Atlantic’s premier woodwind specialists, working with some of the best bands in jazz, swing, klezmer, and more. In addition to his performance career, he lectures on a variety of topics related to blues and jazz history throughout the Mid-Atlantic. Full bio on www.MarlowGuitar.org

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Guy Van Duser and Billy Novick performances feature music from America’s rich tradition of classic jazz- songs from the early 1920’s through the 1940’s.

Stride pianists James P. Johnson and Fats Waller heavily influenced Guy’s “stride-guitar” style of playing, and both Guy and Billy have been lifelong admirers of many of the swing-era greats, especially Duke Ellington and Benny Goodman. In addition, Guy and Billy are deeply committed to the decadeslong practice of performing their versions of songs written by the famous Tin Pan Alley and “Great American Songbook” composersGeorge Gershwin, Cole Porter and Harold Arlen, among others.

Chronologically, their repertoire starts with the rags of Scott Joplin, many of which were performed later on by New Orleans jazz musicians. They delve into early New Orleans jazz with music by “Jelly Roll” Morton (the pianist/ composer player who was the self-proclaimed “inventor” of jazz),

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For guitar students ages 18 and under. In 2017, we celebrate the music of Rafael Scarfullery (USA) and Napoleon Coste (France). Congratulations to the winners of the 10th Annual Beatty Competition, 2016 Marc Saura (Youth Division, Grand Prize and Composer Prize winner), Nicole Fetterman (Junior Division), and Nolan Bay (Senior Division)

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