November 2, 2016 "16-44 Roland Dyens Tribute"
TO: All Stations
FR: Tony Morris
DT: November 2, 2016
RE: ***** CLASSICAL GUITAR ALIVE! 16-44 Roland Dyens Tribute
Program ID# 16-44
Title: 16-44 Pepe Romero Interview
Feed date and time: Wednesday, November 2, 2016 at 1300 ET
In Cue: MUSIC IN "Hello and welcome to.."
Out Cue: MUSIC IN "...another edition of Classical Guitar Alive!"
Program Length: 58:57
INTRODUCTION:
Bizet: Prelude
Los Romeros (Philips 412-609)
PROGRAM BEGINS: Roland Dyens: Vals en Skai
Heike Matthiesen, guitar
Interview: Roland Dyens: "It's always very strange to me to hear all over the world these youngsters playing my music... ...it gives me confidence, really."
Roland Dyens: Tangos en Skai
Heike Matthiesen, guitar
Interview: Roland Dyens: "It's a pity, and I'm fighting against that, you’re perfectly right... ...it's impossible, because I need both."
Sor, arr. Dyens: 4 Etudes
Roland Dyens, guitar
Arthur LeBlanc Quartet
(2007 Atma Records "Sor & Giuliani" 2397)
Interview: Roland Dyens: "The most important thing for me is to be able to really touch deeply... ...it's no so easy to find a good balance."
Roland Dyens: Variations on G# Roland Dyens, guitar
(live concert, 1998 Stetson University Guitar Festival)
Roland Dyens: ConcerOmaggio Amadeus Duo
Kurpfalzisches Chamber Orchestra
Jiri Melat, conductor
(2000 Hanssler Classics "Hommage")
Interview: Roland Dyens: "I'm not calculating when I'm composing... ...I'm speaking my music, the way I am. If there is a connection; fantastic, I'm very happy, and there is, until now, so I’m very proud."
Roland Dyens: Libra Sonatine: Fuoco
Magdalena Kaltcheva, guitar
(2009 New Classical Adventure "Sonatas")
CLOSING THEME/FUNDING CREDITS
-----------------------------------------------------------This week's edition of Classical Guitar Alive! features a tribute to the internationally-renowned and beloved virtuoso French guitarist-composer Roland Dyens (1955- Oct. 29, 2016), and includes excerpts from a 1998 interview, in which he speaks about his compositions and present-day rarity of the performer-composer, and also features a live concert performance at Stetson University, as well as recordings of his original compositions and arrangements, both by himself and other performers.
Special thanks to Pepe & Carissa Romero, and my friends at KMFA radio and Austin Classical Guitar for their kind help with this week's interview.
------------------------------------------------------------Classical Guitar Alive! welcomes new stations: South Carolina Public Radio! Nationally-distributed since 1997, Classical Guitar Alive is now broadcast each week on over 250 stations across the US and internationally.
------------------------------------------------------------