大象传媒

In this fourth episode Sean plays music for the guitar that grows out of composers鈥� creative imaginations in the shape of fantasies and variations. He鈥檒l be discovering technical complexity in music by Mauro Giuliani and clever dramatic effects by Malcolm Arnold, plus some intriguing examples of fantasy and variation from both Spanish and German baroque times. Plus there鈥檚 an inventive 21st century take on a 400-year-old song by John Dowland.

Sean Shibe is a young, award-winning musician who鈥檚 changing the way people listen to the guitar. In this six-part series he presents a personal choice of vibrant and varied pieces by composers from Spanish Renaissance masters to Steve Reich and Django Reinhardt, with performers including Julian Bream, Anthony Rooley, Andr茅s Segovia, John Williams, Dolores Costoyas and the Brasil Guitar Duo. Sean discovers the characters of the extended guitar family, from the oud, lute and vihuela to the Brahms guitar, decachord and electric guitar, and expresses straight-talking views on players of the past and present who have helped shape his own unique approach to the art of guitar playing. With his guitar on his knee he'll also be showing us what to listen for and what鈥檚 physically possible on the instrument.

Over the weeks we鈥檒l hear Sean鈥檚 philosophical, intellectual and above all emotional take on the music he knows so well. He opens a door into a world that鈥檚 full of subtlety and contrast in its expression of culture and style. It鈥檚 a world that invites us in with all sorts of mesmeric and surprising sounds.

A Tandem Production for 大象传媒 Radio 3