This multiple Grammy-winning classical guitarist has for years been acknowledged as the pre-eminent guitarist of our times.
“She gets nuances out of the classical guitar few guitarists since Segovia have matched. “ Chicago Tribune
Her performances of Baroque and Classical guitar masterpieces set the standard worldwide. She also collaborates with contemporary composers and creators; a recent recording featured new works from Leo Brouwer and Tan Dun, and featured John Duarte’s “Joan Baez Suite.” Isbin was also featured on the soundtrack of Martin Scorsese’s The Departed.
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Sharon is the Director of guitar departments at the Aspen Music Festival and The Juilliard School (which she created in l989, becoming the first and only guitar instructor in the institution’s 100-year history). Her catalogue of over 25 recordings—from Baroque, Spanish/Latin and 20th Century to crossover and jazz-fusion—reflects remarkable versatility, and she has been acclaimed for expanding the guitar repertoire with some of the finest new works of the century. She has commissioned and premiered more concerti than any other guitarist, as well as numerous solo and chamber works.
DATE: Friday, June 29
TIME: 7pm
VENUE: Williston-Immanuel United Church
WEB: www.sharonisbin.com Facebook Twitter
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Program
Spanish Dance #5 ………………………………….Enrique Granados (1867-1916)
The Black Decameron (1981) ……………………..…..Leo Brouwer (b.1939)
(Written for Sharon Isbin)
- Lovers Fleeing through the Valley of the Echos
- The Harp of the Warrior
- The Maiden in Love
Capricho Arabe .…………..…………………………….Francisco Tárrega (1852-1909)
Recuerdos de la Alhambra
Mallorca.…….………………………………….…….…Isaac Albeniz (1860-1909)
Asturias
(transcribed by Andrés Segovia)
INTERMISSION
Joan Baez Suite, Opus 144 (2002)……………………. John Duarte (1919-2004)
(written for Sharon Isbin — commissioned by the Augustine Foundation)
- Fantasia: Once I had a sweetheart; Rambler gambler; Barbara Allen
- House of the rising sun
- The lily of the west
- The unquiet grave
- Silkie
- Where have all the flowers gone?
- Finale: Rake and rambling boy; Wildwood flower; The trees they do grow high
La Catedral ……………………………………………Agustin Barrios Mangoré (1885-1944)
Waltz Opus 8, #4
Classical Guitar.org just let us know about a new interview on Guitar TV–consummate teacher and performer that she is, Sharon does a straight-to-the-camera demonstration/lesson. At around 3:50, we discovered how exactly she makes those quick notes so clearly articulated… at around 10:00, we get the scoop on how her improvisation expands, beautifully and individually, Baroque compositions.
link to Sharon Isbin interview
Sharon contacted us at the Festival offices in late December to ask that we post this video; once we saw it, we understood why!