DuoSF Featuring Classical Guitarists

Christopher Mallett

and Robert Miller

Saturday September 19, 7 p.m. St. Paul’s Episcopal Church

Walnut Creek, California

www.StPaulswc.org

Duo SF Featuring Classical Guitarists

Christopher Mallett and Robert Miller September 19, 2020 7pm

Lennon and McCartney Medley Arr. Leo Brouwer

Sonata K 466 Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757)

Four Songs Astor Piazzolla

Lo Que Vendra (arr. Aussel-Estrada) (1921—1992) Libertango (arr. Bensa-Cardinot) Whiskey (arr. Sergio Assad) Zita (arr. Sergio Assad)

Xaranga Do Vovo Celso Machado

(1953— ) La Vida Breve (arr. Emilio Pujol) Manuel De Falla

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Circus Music Carol Domeniconi

Jobiniana no. 1 Sergio Assad (1952— ) Suite Retratos Radames Gnattali II. Ernesto Nazareth (Valse) (1906—1988) III. Anacieto de Medieros (Schottisch )

Eucalypta Annette Krusbrink (1958— ) Jongo Paulo Bellinati (1950— )

Fool on the Hill She’s Leaving Home Eleanor Rigby Penny Lane

I. The Argentine knife thrower (1947 – ) II. Spanish riders on Greek horses III. The wax museum IV. The duck race V. Plik, the Andean flea VI. The Ural miracle voice and the Don Cossacks VII. The fire brigade "on ice" VIII. The yogi disappearing through the keyhole IX. The orchestra says goodbye

In the Spotlight………………..

DuoSF is quickly becoming recognized as one of America’s most promising young guitar ensembles. In a review of their debut CD, Classical Guitar Maga-zine wrote, “effortlessly played”, and “this interpreta-tion is one of the very best I have heard…an out-standing recording of some lovely music in superb performances beautifully captured. One to hunt for!” Recent concerts have taken their exciting and en-gaging programs on tours of Southeast Asia with ap-

pearances in Indonesia, Malayisa and Thailand to the Kravis Center's young artist's series, the Musikfest Festival in Allentown, Pennsylvania, and to many guitar and chamber music series throughout California. With a deep belief in the power of the arts and the need for artists to rise up as entre-preneurs and advocates for their craft, Robert and Christopher co-founded The Cali-fornia Conservatory of Music in 2011. The school currently enriches and empowers the lives of over 400 students and families in the San Francisco Bay Area. In 2012, DuoSF founded The Peninsula Guitar Series, a concert series that brings international talent to the Bay Area to present concerts and masterclasses. "The relaxed, natural sense of flow let the beauty of the music shine through. These works were in the artists' blood; listeners could tell from the precision of their playing and the close-knit voicing of the two instruments. Each composition was lovingly played, with fond appreciation for every lively tempo change and deliciously rich har-monic surprise. The performances were as delightful and uplifting as the music was heartfelt, colorful, and alive." -Sharon McDaniel, Programming Director of the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts "...they played as if from a single mind...Equally impressive was Radames Gnattal-i’s Suite Retratos, a series of portraits of Brazilian musical heroes: Ernesto Nazareth, Anacleto de Madeiros and Chiquinha Gonzaga (the Suite opens with a tribute to Pix-inguinha, which was omitted from this performance). The music is wildly complex rhythmically, with frequent shifts of meter, accent and tempo, but the duo performed flawlessly." -Palm Beach News "You [DuoSF] play this music flawless with understanding and excitement, and are able to create a moment of Beauty in Color and Strength. This is only possible as a duo with respect for each other and by mastering the instrument. Congratulations! I sincerely hope to hear much more from your Duo" -Raphaella Smits, Classical Guitarist