TO: All Stations

FR: Tony Morris

DT: April 24, 2023

RE: ***** CLASSICAL GUITAR ALIVE!   23-17 Rossini’s Elizabeth, Queen of England Overture, Schubert’s Ave Maria, Bach’s Chaconne, and music by Carulli and Hagen

Total length: 58:57

INTRODUCTION:

  Bizet:  Carmen Suite: Prelude             Los Romeros, guitar quartet

                                                              (Philips 412-609)

PROGRAM BEGINS:

  Rossini: Elizabeth, Queen of England: Overture        SoloDuo

             “Metamorphoses”                    (SoloDuo 2014) 7:41

 Hagen: Lute Concerto in A              Hopkinson Smith, lute,

                                              David Courvoisier, David Plantier, Chiara Banchini, strings

“Lautenkonzerte”     (Naiive Classic 2013) (13:38)

 Carulli: Grand Duo, op. 70         Sonja Prunnbauer, guitar, Robert Hill, fortepiano

                                   “Carulli: Works for Guitar and Fortepiano” (MDG Scene 1996) 14:59

Schubert: Ave Maria                                     Irina Kulikova, guitar, Feliks Volozhanin, cello

                                       “It’s About the Touch”   (Irina Kulikova 2020) 4:26

Bach: Chaconne in D Minor                   Beijing Guitar Duo

                                      “Bach to Tan Dun”            (Tonar Music 2011)  14:51

CLOSING THEME/FUNDING CREDITS

This week’s edition of Classical Guitar Alive! features Rossini’s “Elizabeth, Queen of England Overture,” arranged for guitar duo, a cello and guitar setting of Schubert’s “Ave Maria,” Bach’s Chaconne, performed by the Beijing Guitar Duo, Carulli’s Grand Duo, op. 70 for fortepiano and guitar, and Hagen’s Lute Concerto in A.

CLASSICAL GUITAR ALIVE! is a weekly one-hour music with interviews program that is sound-rich, energetic, and has a positive vibe. It is an audience bridge-builder program that attracts both core classical audience and fans of all kinds of acoustic music. Classical Guitar Alive! airs each week on over 200 stations, and is a winner at PRX's 13th Annual Zeitfunk Awards: #1 Most Licensed Producer, and #2 Most Licensed Series.

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