Craig will be playing live on BBC Radio 3 In Tune this evening at 5pm and chatting with Petroc Trelawny about forthcoming London Tango Quintet concerts and the new album from Aquarelle Guitar Quartet on Chandos Records, due to be released on 24 October. Tune in from 5pm!
Torroba – Sonatina
Torroba – Madroños
Philip Houghton – Kinkaschoo I Love You
Marais – Les Voix Humaines
Nikita Koshkin – The Usher Waltz
Piazzolla – Invierno Porteño
Reinhardt arr. Roland Dyens – Nuages
George Shearing – Lullaby of Birdland
Poulenc – Sarabande
World renowned guitar virtuoso Craig Ogden performs an eclectic solo programme including works by Astor Piazzolla, jazz legends Django Reinhardt and George Shearing as well as music by Marais – a court musician at Versailles and Francis Poulenc’s meditative Sarabande written in 1969 and dedicated to the renowned classical guitarist Ida Presti.
Solo recital for this established music series in a beautiful part of Norfolk.
Craig will also be giving a concert to local primary school children earlier in the day.
An exciting classical guitar weekend by the sea on the stunning Rame Peninsula, with Craig Ogden, Eden Stell Guitar Duo (Mark Eden, Christopher Stell), Alison Smith & Gerald Garcia.
This is a weekend not to be missed with a superb line up of Classic FM chart topping Craig Ogden, one of the world’s finest guitarists (Head of Guitar at the Royal Northern College of Music), Mark Eden & Chris Stell (Eden Stell Duo) internationally renowned for their dynamism, innovation and breathtaking virtuosity( teaching positions at the Royal College of Music, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire) and Alison Smith, one of the UK’s most exciting and lyrical guitarists, who often leaves audiences spellbound by her sensitive playing ( teaching position University of Plymouth and previously Royal Conservatoire of Scotland) and the fantastic, highly popular international guitarist and teacher, Gerald Garcia.
This concert (open to the public) marks the beginning of Craig’s weekend guitar course at Hawkwood. Enjoy exquisite, virtuosic playing in an intimate chamber music setting.
An event unique to the Ryedale Festival, the Triple Concert features three contrasting concerts in different areas of the stunning country house Castle Howard. Each concert is presented three times, with the audiences rotating after each performance.
Taking place in Thaxted’s magnificently spacious Parish Church, Thaxted Festival offers a relaxed atmosphere, the highest standards of performance from renowned professional artists, the superb natural acoustics of Thaxted Church, and a warm welcome in beautiful historic surroundings.
Craig Ogden joins London Tango Quintet for a breathtaking evening of scintillating tango as this virtuoso quintet bring the sound of South America to Thaxted Festival.
Craig performs a solo recital in New Guesten Hall in the unique setting of Avoncroft Museum of Historic Buildings. The concert will be an opportunity to listen to Craig in an intimate setting, followed by lunch and is presented as part of Bromsgrove Festival.
