David Russell

Hello

This player needs no introduction - generally regarded as the best player in the world at the moment....

David Russell video – http://www.youtube.com/davidrussellguitar

Venue site - http://www.kingsplace.co.uk/

Meeting Up – will email my number to those attending the day before

Below is a review of previous concert:-

Russell walked on stage with an easy smile and the confidence of a veteran performer and quietly announced http://photos3.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/6/4/1/6/event_154105622.jpegthat he was going to begin with a piece not on the program. The piece started off easily enough, but soon became complicated and contrapuntal. Looking back, it was a preview of what was to come: perfectly handled lines and voices the entire night.

The official program began with Regondi’s Reverie. The piece is one of the greatest romantic guitar works we have, and David’s interpretation was fantastic. Reverie includes two substantial tremolo sections, and Russell’s tremolo is literally perfect: fast, even, and well balanced within the texture.

Later on, for an encore, he also played Barrios’ El Ultimo Cancion, another tremolo piece. Russell appears to be one of few guitarists who understands that the melody is the tremolo and it has to project over the rest of the texture.

After Regondi came a Handel suite that Russell arranged. This piece was substantial: long and extremely well done. Both Regondi and Handel have a difficult left hand part in common, and it was striking how legato Russell is able to sound on the guitar. No easy feat. After intermission was a set of Bach Sinfonias, also arranged by Russell.

Programming a concert is no easy thing, and David Russell is clearly an expert at it. When intermission rolled around, the audience, I think, was a bit in awe.

See you there!

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