{"id":6125,"date":"2017-02-14T13:00:11","date_gmt":"2017-02-14T21:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/classicalguitarmagazine.com\/?p=6125"},"modified":"2017-02-13T16:48:06","modified_gmt":"2017-02-14T00:48:06","slug":"recent-releases-tuesday-sheet-music-from-nick-fletcher-nicolas-guay-john-cage-and-luc-gueugneau","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/classicalguitarmagazine.com\/recent-releases-tuesday-sheet-music-from-nick-fletcher-nicolas-guay-john-cage-and-luc-gueugneau\/","title":{"rendered":"Recent Releases Tuesday: Sheet Music from Nick Fletcher, Nicolas Guay, John Cage, and Luc Gueugneau"},"content":{"rendered":"

We get so much sheet music sent to us by various publishers year \u2019round\u2014literally hundreds of pieces in every setting imaginable (solo guitar, multiple guitars, guitar-flute, guitar-harp, etc.)\u2014but we don\u2019t have the space to write about the great majority of them in our four quarterly issues each year.<\/p>\n

So, just as we are now listing new classical guitar CD releases every other Tuesday here, we now use the Tuesdays in between those to announce new print music releases. As with the CDs, these are not reviews per se (some\u00a0will<\/em>\u00a0be reviewed in the magazine, but frankly most will not), but we think it\u2019s important to at least get the word out about what\u2019s being offered to guitarists out there. Where possible, we\u2019ve linked the titles to the publisher\u2019s website or some other outlet where it can be purchased, and stated the degree of difficulty (if provided by the publisher or it\u2019s obvious).\u00a0\u00a0\u2014Blair Jackson<\/em><\/p>\n

Here is a link to our previous listings from\u00a0October 25<\/a>,\u00a0November 8<\/a>,\u00a0November 22<\/a>,\u00a0December 6<\/a>,\u00a0December 20<\/a>, January 3<\/a>, January 17<\/a>, January 31<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\nNick Fletcher<\/strong>
\nFlight of the Red Kite<\/a><\/strong><\/em> (solo guitar)
\nLes Productions D’Oz, 4 pp.<\/p>\n

Prolific British composer Fletcher has described this short work as “a companion piece to my composition Village Dance No. 2<\/a><\/em>… The essence of the work is rhythmically reminiscent of the\u00a0joropo<\/em> of South America, but with a few odd time measures incorporated to give it a more contemporary feel.” \u00a0The title comes from Fletcher observing numerous red-kite birds near his home: “Their movement in flight seemed to fit with this dance-like composition.” Intermediate.<\/p>\n

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\nNicolas Guay<\/strong>
\nCampanas de la Esperanza<\/strong> <\/em><\/a>(solo guitar)
\nEditions Soldano, 24 pp.<\/p>\n

This appealing solo guitar sonata appeared on a quite eclectic and, in places, highly unusual album <\/a>of the same name that came out several years ago by the French guitarist (much of it featuring Guay playing with a percussionist). This is an advanced piece with many different stylistic elements, including some very pretty tremolo passages in the second movement, “Plainte.”<\/p>\n

Below, Guay plays the first two movements of the piece. The third movement can be found by clicking here<\/a>.<\/em>
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