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December 28 , 2011 “Best of 2011”
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Wednesday, December 28, 2011 at 1300 Eastern Time digital stereo channel: A68.1

Program ID# 11-D65-00052
Title: Best of 2011

In Cue: MUSIC IN “Hello and welcome to..”
Out Cue: MUSIC IN “...another edition of Classical Guitar Alive!”
Program Length: 58:57

INTRODUCTION:

Bizet: Carmen Suite: Prelude
Los Romeros (Philips 412-609)

PROGRAM BEGINS:  

Chopin: Val Brillante, op. 18
Eliot Fisk & Jerome Moufee, guitars
(live recording, Barrios in Brussels Festival)

Interview: Anibal Acosta:“Well, it was just … … we do it for recorder and guitar.”

Handel: Sonata in a minor
Stephen Walsh, recorder
Anibal Acosta, guitar
(TRM 7611)

Interview: Russell Sarre: “Let me start off … … just a beautiful combination.”

Russell Sarre: Lyric Suite
Steve Kostelnick, guitar
HABA String Quartet
(live recording)

Pat Coldrick: Serenade
Pat Coldrick, guitar
(Sonatina Records 001)

Interview: Jack Silver: “Well, poor Barrios, there was a lot of racism, and he had very Indian features. And Buenos Aires in those circles was very Euro-centric. And he was an outsider… … oh yes, he could play.”

Barrios: Romanza
Agustin Barrios Mangore, guitar
(Do Re Mi Records 7955)

Interview: Richard Stover: “Bicho Feo had been notorious for years as a piece that he continued to keep in his repertoire. And there’s a humorous story behind it… … and that in itself is a little wistful little thing.”

Barrios: Bicho Feo
Agustin Barrios Mangore, guitar
(Chanterelle Records 102)

Interview: Doulas Lora & Joao Luiz: “It’s very hard to be a musician in Brazil in the beginning of the career … … our families are always behind us, everything we do.”

Egberto Gismonti: 7 Rings
Brasil Guitar Duo
(live recording, Omni Foundation Concert Series)