Prgoramme Two - Spain
Sunday 10 April 2005 15:30-16:00 (Radio 3)
2/4. The guitar is synonymous with Spain, and during the 20th century was equally identified with the great virtuoso Andres Segovia. John Williams looks at the background to his playing, and the works of Tarrega and Llobet, as well as the playing of Segovia's contemporary Regino Sainz de la Maza.
He explores the traditional Spanish music that was adapted for the guitar, and explains why it was for de la Maza, not Segovia, that Rodrigo composed his celebrated Concierto de Aranjuez, the best-known guitar concerto of the 20th century.
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