LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN CULTURAL SOCIETY SECOND PART OF 20th ANNIVERSARY PROGRAMME 21st INTERNATIONAL CONCERT SERIES Presented in association with the ITALIAN TRADE COMMISSION All works written by ANGELO GILARDINO (b. 1941) SANTE TURSI, Guitar WEDNESDAY, 25TH FEBRUARY, 2004 at 7.30pm PURCELL ROOM, RFH LONDON SE1 8XX PROGRAMME countries, invited by universities, academies, Angelo Gilardino conservatories and festivals. In 1989, the town Born at Vercelli, Italy, in 1941, he studied in of Lagonegro has awarded him with honorary SONATA No 2 “HIVERN FLORIT” citizenship as an acknowledgement of his the music schools of his native town (guitar, (Solo Guitar) cello and composition). His concert career, teaching activity for the International Guitar running from 1958 to 1981, has strongly Festival. In 1993, the University of Granada, I. Allegretto semplice Spain, invited him to give a course for the marked the evolution of the guitar as a II. Andante molto tranquillo, quasi adagio leading instrument of the 20th century celebration of the 100th anniversary of Andrés music: new compositions dedicated to him Segovia’s birth. In 1998, he was awarded the III. Allegro vivo e brillante by authors from all the world, and premiered Marengo Prize by the Conservatory of by him, number in hundreds. Since 1967, Alessandria. Edizioni Musicali Bèrben entrusted him with As a musicologist, he has given a powerful 3 STUDI DI VIRTUOSITA E DI the leadership of the 20th century guitar contribution to the guitar repertoire of the first TRASCENDENZA music series which became the most impor- half of the 20th century with his discoveries tant in the world, bearing Gilardino’s name. and publications of important works which STUDIO No 13 were either unknown or considered as lost, From 1981, he gave up with his concert Canción Triste: Omaggio a Pablo Neruda career in order to concentrate on his work as such as the Sonata para guitarra by Antonio a composer: teacher and musicologist. Since José, the Variazioni by Ottorino Respighi and a STUDIO No 35 then, he composed and published the large corpus of guitar works written for Andrés collection of sixty Studi di virtuosità e di Segovia by Spanish, French and British Omaggio a Manuel María Ponce composers during the Twenties and the trascendenza, acknowledged by John W. STUDIO No 40 Duarte as “milestones of the new guitar Thirties. Since 2002, he has been the general repertory”, two Sonatas, two sets of editor of The Andrés Segrovia Archive, the Omaggio a João Guimarães Rosa Variations (Variazioni sulla Follia, Variazioni series published by Edizioni Musicali Bèrben sulla Fortuna), a Suite (Musica per l’angelo and devoted to those works. He has also della Melancholia), other pieces such as reconstructed the Concerto for guitar and Colloquio con Andrés Segovia, Sonatine des Orchestra of the Russian composer Boris INTERVAL fleurs et des oiseaux, Tríptico de las visiones, Asafiev, published by Editions Orphee. As a Catskill Pond, La casa del Faro, etc.; four consequence of these rescues of his, a new multi-guitaristic Concertos (Concerto d’estate, powerful addition has been gifted to the Concierto de Córdoba, premiered at Córdoba historical repertoire of the guitar in the 20th SANTE TURSI, Guitar Festival in 1994, Poema d’inverno, Concerto century. d’autunno), and six Concertos with chamber In 1997, he was appointed as the artistic ROMILIO ORELLANA, Guitar orchestra: Concerto for guitar (Leçons de director of the “Andrés Segovia” Foundation Ténèbres, 1996), Concerto for mandolin and of Linares, Spain, the Segovia Museum. with members of the The Italian Guitar Congress has awarded guitar (Fiori di novembre, 1997), Concerto ENGLISH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA Italiano for four guitars (1998), Concerto for him the prize “Golden Guitar” three times flute and guitar (La casa delle ombre, 1999), (1997, 1998, 2000), respectively for his com- Liederkonzert for two guitars (2000), Con- positions, teaching and for his musical search. conducted by He has written two books dealing with the certo for Guitar and Accordion (En las ROBIN O’NEILL (b. 1961) tierras altas), plus chamber music with guitar, principles of guitar technique. He has including two Sonatina-Lied respectively for published a handbook devoted to those bassoon and guitar and violin and guitar. His composers who aim to write for guitar, but who works are regularly performed in concert, do not play this instrument. He has also LIEDERKONZERT recorded and featured as test pieces in published a handbook of guitar history and a competitions. relevant number of essays and articles. For Two Guitars and Chamber Orchestra The prizes received by his pupils in the As a teacher, he was appointed from 1965 World Premiere to 1981 at the Liceo Musicale “G.B. Viotti” international competitions, as well as his at Vercelli and, from 1982, he memberships in the juries, are countless. I. ABENDLIED - Andante calmo is a professor at the State Conservatory “Antonio Vival- II. ERLKONIG - Un poco agitato di” at Alessandria. From III. AN DIE ENTFERNTE - Adagio 1984, he has been called to IV. HARFENSPIELER - Allegro vivo e fluente lead the post-graduate courses at the Accademia Superiore Internazionale PLEASE VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT “Lorenzo Perosi” at Biella. He has given about 200 www.laccs.com courses, seminars and master- classes in various European Pablo Neruda Manual María Ponce João Guimarães Rosa Organised by JRM MANAGEMENT.