The Romantic Guitar Duo - Classical Guitar Duo
This classical guitar duo consists of two prize-winning graduates of the Royal College of Music who have played at the Houses of Parliament, the Oval, Kew Gardens, the Victoria and Albert Museum, Blackheath Halls and the National Gallery amongst other venues.
Their repertoire spans the Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Romantic and twentieth/ twenty-first-century periods and includes an extensive collection of South American and Spanish music.
Daniel was born in 1978 in Bangor, North Wales and began playing the guitar at the age of 10. In 2000 he graduated with first Class Honours from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music where he studied with Allan Neave. In 2004 he completed an MMus at the Royal College of Music, London studying guitar with Gary Ryan and lute with Jakob Lindberg. Since college, he has been busy performing a wide range of music on guitar, lute and electric guitar. Performances include the Vivaldi double guitar concerto with Slava Grigoryan and the Orchestra of St John Smith's Square in Edinburgh; the Concierto de Aranjuez at the Ulster Hall, Belfast; a featured concert at the Dundee Guitar Festival and 2nd prize at the International Guitar Competition there, as well as recent concerts in Germany and San Francisco.
Becka was born in 1978 in London and began playing the guitar when she was 6, taught by her parents. She studied at the Purcell School of Music where she was a scholar under the Music and Ballet Schools Scheme and at the Royal College of Music where she was a Foundation Scholar. Her career has taken her to concert halls and festivals all over the world, including the Wigmore Hall, Buckingham Palace, London's South Bank Centre, St George's Bristol, festivals in New York, Italy, France, Germany, Denmark and Hungary, and she has appeared on BBC 1, BBC 3, BBC Radio 3, and Classic FM. She is a member of the Appassionata trio with Hayley Savage and Amanda Cook and has recorded two CDs with the trio: Let Go (BGS 111) and Watersmeet (Cadenza Music CACD 0603)
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The Romantic Guitar Duo - Classical Guitar Duo Repertoire
Renaissance
- The Queen’s Goodnight Thomas Robinson
- Greensleeves Anon
- Flat Pavin and Galliard John Johnson
- Cancion Del Emerador Luys de Narvaez
- Three Dances from Terpsichore:
- Ballet, La Volta, La Bourree Praetorius
- A Toye for Two Lutes Thomas Robinson
Baroque
- Sonatas K13 and K162 Scarlatti
- Concerto in D for Lute RV93 Vivaldi
- Concerto in G for 2 Mandolins Vivaldi
- Arrangements from the Four Seasons Vivaldi
- Dido’s Lament H. Purcell
- Rondeau from the Fairie Queen H. Purcell
- Sheep May Safely Graze J.S. Bach
- Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring J.S. Bach
- Air on the G String J.S. Bach
- Adagio Marcello
- The Harmonious Blacksmith Handel
Classical/Romantic
- L’Encouragement Fernando Sor
- 6 Duets op. 34 Carrulli
- Prelude and Fugue in E Major Tedesco
- Sonata in D C. G. Scheidler
- Moment Musical Schubert
- Fur Elise Beethoven
- Rondo Alla Turca Mozart
- Aria from Don Giovanni Mozart
- Clair de Lune Claude Debussy
- Beau Soir Claude Debussy
- La Fille aux Cheveux de Lin Claude Debussy
- Dolly Suite Faure
Latin American
- Over 40 traditional song arrangements from Peru, Brazil, Bolivia, Mexico, Argentina,
- Columbia and Chile.
- Pasatempo Vianna
- Libe
