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Classical 101Mauro Giuliani was one of the great guitar virtuosos of the early 19th century who also wrote outstanding music for the instrument, including three guitar…
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Classical 101Film music can be uninspiring, unimaginative, or simply forgettable. Classical music which is in the public domain turns up often, which saves time and…
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Classical 101To encourage the holiday mood on the next Fretworks, I'll have, an arrangement of selections from Peter Tchaikovsky's ballet The Nutcracker with…
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Classical 101Spanish composer Enrique Granados wrote his set of 8 Poetic Waltzes for the piano, but they sound wonderful performed on the guitar, too. Now just add an…
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Classical 101It's quite evident that Columbus Symphony conductor Rossen Milanov is passionate about classic film scores from Hollywood's Golden Age. You can see it on…
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Classical 101Russian guitarist Dimitri Illarionov has won awards at more than 20 international guitar competitions, including the prestigious Guitar Foundation of…
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Classical 101This Friday, July 24th, Maestro Gustavo Dudamel will lead the LA Philharmonic in a John Williams Tribute Concert, but you don't have to be in California…
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Classical 101The next Fretworks program on Classical 101 will include Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg's popular Peer Gynt Suite No. 1 arranged for 3 guitars and…
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Classical 101This week on Fretworks, I'll start the hour with a British group, the Pro Arte Guitar Trio in a recording from the early 1990s. They'll play Le Grand…
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Classical 101Since the recent court decision that Blurred Lines by Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams too closely resembled Marvin Gaye’s 1977 song Got to Give It Up,…