Dates
Recitals – Concertos – Masterclasses – Events
Music
St Mary’s Church, Yatton, Somerset with WAGO
St Mary's Church, Yatton Church Road, Yatton, Bristol, Somerset, United KingdomCraig is passionate about supporting classical guitarists and has worked with WAGO on a number of occasions. WAGO is the Wyvern Afinado Guitar Orchestra (WAGO) - a group of local amateur classical guitarists centred on Hewish & Puxton, North Somerset. The programme will include a solo set from Craig, together with duets, quartets, and full guitar orchestral pieces with Craig as a member and soloist. The programme will also include a world premiere of music written specifically for the group. The concert takes place in the beautiful St Mary's Church in the village of Yatton.
New Paths Music Festival, Beverley, Yorkshire
Toll Gavel United Church, Beverley 27 Toll Gavel, Beverley, Yorkshire, United KingdomCraig Ogden (guitar) | Ashley Riches (bass-baritone) | Fiona Colville (flute) | Libby Burgess (piano) Borne: Carmen Fantasy | Tárrega: Capricho árabe | Rodrigo: 3 Piezas Españolas | Shostakovich: Spanish Songs | Ravel: Don Quichotte à Dulcinée A Spanish feast launches this year’s festival! Renowned guitarist Craig Ogden conjures up Iberian scenes from fandango to pensive passacaglia in music by Rodrigo – best known for his Concierto de Aranjuez, but here in intimate mode. Meanwhile celebrated bass-baritone Ashley Riches paints Spain through the lens of two composers whose anniversaries fall this year: Shostakovich in folksong, and Ravel in irreverent settings of the Don Quixote tale, from romance to drinking song. Bizet’s much-loved Spanish melodies from the […]