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Programs
Benjamin Verdery lives up to his nickname and reputation for adventurous performances. The following is a current sample recital program along with available repertoire with symphony orchestra and chamber ensembles.
The Guitar in Recital
Jimi Hendrix: Ezy Ryder - Little Wing - Purple Haze
J. S. Bach: Partita II in D minor BWV 1004 Ciaconna
Benjamin Verdery: Be Kind All The Time (for electric classical guitar, loops, delay, prepared guitar)
Intermission
W. A. Mozart: Adagio K. 540 (arr. by B. Verdery)
Benjamin Verdery: Eleven Etudes (or excerpts)
Johann Strauss: The Blue Danube (arr. by B. Verdery)
The Guitar with Symphony Orchestra
Bach: Concerto in A Major (trans.from harpsichord)
Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Concerto in D Major, Op. 99
Giuliani: Concerti, Op. 30, 36 & 70
Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez, Fantasia para un Gentilhombre
Takemitsu: To the Edge of a Dream
Villa-Lobos: Concerto
Vivaldi: Concerto in D Major - Concerto in D Major (trans. from vln) - Concerto for Guitar & Viola d'amore
Concerto for 2 Mandolins in G Major (arr.for 2 guitars)
Ingram Marshall: Dark Florescence (for electric and classical guitars)
The Guitar with Chamber Ensembles
1. Guitar and Piano:
Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Fantasia for Guitar & Piano, Op.145
Diabelli: Grand Sonate Brillante, Op. 102
Weber: Divertimento for Guitar & Piano, Op. 38
2. Guitar and Violin:
Bartok: Rumanian Folk Dances
Leisner: Dances in the Madhouse
Paganini: Various works
Pearson: Mountain Moor (w/violin or mandolin)
3. Guitar and other Strings:
Gnattali: Sonata for Guitar and Cello
Wilder: Suite for String Bass and Guitar
4. Guitar and Voice:
Berlioz: Songs
Brahms: Folksongs
Britten: Folk Songs (arr.), Songs from the Chinese
Dowland: Songs
de Falla: Seven Popular Spanish Songs
Giuliani: 10 Vocal Works
Leisner: Songs "Confiding" for guitar & tenor
Milan: El Maestro, Book 2
Seiber: Four French Songs
Sor: Seguidillas "Twelve Songs"
Vals: Sefardic Songs
Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brasilieras
5. Trios, Quartets and Quintets
Beethoven: Serenade Op. 8 (guitar, vln, vla)
J.S. Bach: Concerto in D minor (originally for harpsichord, arr. for guitar by B. Verdery)
C.P.E. Bach: Concerto in A Major (originally for flute, cello or harpsichord, arr. for guitar by B. Verdery)
Boccherini: Six Quintets (guitar & string quartet)
Bozza: Concertino da Camera (guitar & string quartet)
Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Quintet for Guitar and Strings, Eclogues (guitar, fl, English horn)
de Fossa: Trio Concertante, Op. 18 (guitar, vln, vc)
Gerhard: Libra (guitar, vln, fl, cl, pno, perc)
Giuliani: Quintet, Op. 65 (guitar & string quartet)
Haydn: Cassation in C+ (gtr, vln, vc), Quartet in D+, Op. 2, #2 (gtr, vln, vla, vc), Quartet in G+, Op. 5, #4 (gtr, fl,vln, vla)
Henze: Carillon, Recitatif & Masque (guitar, mandolin, harp)
Kubizek: Quartetto da Camera (guitar, oboe, clarinet, basson)
Leisner: Trittico (guitar, fl, vc), Extremes (guitar, fl, cl)
Neil: Fantasia (guitar, fl, vc)
Paganini: Various Quartets (Guitar w/strings)
Rochberg: Summer Serenade (guitar, fl, harp, vln, vla, vc)
Schubert: Quartet (guitar, fl, vla, vc)
Sierra: Triptico (guitar & string quartet)
Stravinsky: Four Songs (guitar, voice, fl, harp)
Susmayer: Quintet (guitar, ob, vln, vla, vc)
Villa-Lobos: Sextuor Mystique (guitar, fl, ob, alto sax,vc, harp)
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