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Introduced by Stuart W. Button. Edited by Matanya Ophee.
Reconstruction of the string quartet by Jonas Tamulionis, edited by Oleg Pavlov.
String bowings by Leonid Polonsky.
score and parts - P+St - guitar and string quartet
Ernest Shand (1868-1924) is a central figure in the history of the
guitar in England. His exemplary playing remained unsurpassed until the
emergence of Julian Bream in the late 1940’s. As a composer, Shand was
able, at a time when interest in the instrument had declined, to sustain
its growth against the burgeoning popularity of large
fretted-instrument orchestras, by writing music that brought guitar
composition to the threshold of a more modern approach. Primarily a
miniaturist, Shand produced a pot-pourri of music, salon pieces, dances,
variations, fantasias, sonatas, a guitar concerto, duets, music for
voice and guitar, voice and piano, piano pieces, transcriptions and
pedagogical works. All of these compositions are filled with unbridled
individualism; lyrical pieces that are peppered with the suggestion of
song.
The First Concerto Op. 48 by Ernest Shand represents the first
composition in this genre by a British composer. It is a traditional
work that exhibits resource and originality and reflects Shand's
evolving style. Unity of form was less important to him than colour and
melody, and he preferred to introduce new themes rather than develop
existing ideas. The scoring is diaphanous, imaginatively conceived to
enhance the guitar's tonal qualities. It is this harmonious balance
between the guitar and the accompaniment that contributes to the
Concerto's success.
Shand’s First Concerto, a pioneering work that made its first appearance
more than a hundred years ago, is now ready to take its place in the
repertoire. This edition of the Shand concerto will be performed for the
first time on October 17th, 1999, by Kazuhito Yamashita and members of
the Taiwan String Orchestra at the National Concert Hall, Taipei. The
guitar and piano version will be given its premier performance at the
opening concert of the Guitar Foundation of America Festival on October
25th 1999 in Charleston, South Carolina, by Duo Firenze, Robert Trent
and Pamela Swenson.
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EO 95
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