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Acoustic/Classical performance samples
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Lullabye (Goodnight, My Angel)
This is Billy Joel's classic song that he composed to his daughter. I arranged the piano part that Billy plays for guitar. It is a great accompaniment to a singer. I have also created a version for flute and guitar that can be purchased through Sheet Music Plus.
Whiskey in the Jar - original folk arrangement
The first of a collection of 3 Irish Folk arrangements, it is one of the first folk songs that I ever heard, and it was the Metallica version. I have always loved the song because of Metallica's rendition but mine is a lot more traditional. I wrote my own intro and middle section to sound like an Irish jig you might hear in a pub.
Rumores de la Caleta - Isaac Albéniz
This brilliantly rhythmic piano piece by Albéniz has been transposed up a fifth for guitar. Albéniz wrote this music with the percussion of a guitar in mind. Like another famous Albéniz guitar transcription, Asturias (Leyenda), it fits very nicely on the classical guitar. It is fairly difficult with some quick position shifts and is worth putting time into. Its' sound is a mix between classical and flamenco guitar. This piece has been done by several classical guitarists like Christopher Parkening, and this is my take on it. It features two contrasting sections. The A section is harsh, percussive and very Spanish. The B section is a melodically driven change of pace, before it finishes in a repeat of the A section.
Largo - JS Bach
This is an original arrangement of one of Bach's great melodies. It works very nicely on guitar and uses several techniques including barre, cross string trills and slurs.
The Irish Rover - original folk arrangement
This is a traditional tune that I heard through the Pogues' and guest band The Dubliners rendition on their album If I Should Fall From Grace With God. I again composed some original parts in this arrangement. The mood starts out marked "wistful" and changes suddenly into a more uplifted pub party atmosphere.
To purchase this arrangement please contact me
Minor Swing - with Mill City Caravan
This version of Django Reinhardt's Minor Swing was played by my band Mill City Caravan at the Underground Music Cafe in Roseville, MN.
Will O The Wisp - Falla, Evans, Davis
This is from the Miles Davis album Sketches of Spain and is arranged for violin, cello and guitar. You can also find the song in Manuel de Falla's ballet El Amor Brujo. Light percussion can work very nicely with it as well, as you can hear in this version performed by Mill City Caravan.
Asturiana - Manuel de Falla
I arranged this piano and vocal piece by Manuel de Falla. It is being played in the cathedral at Central Lutheran church in Minneapolis.
Canarios - guitar concerto excerpt
This is the final movement of Rodrigo's guitar concerto Fantasía para un gentilhombre. It is a very Spanish work that morphs the renaissance composition by Gaspar Sanz with 20th century musical techniques added by Joaquín Rodrigo. It was performed at Central Lutheran church in downtown Minneapolis in January of 2018. Cantor Mark Sedio is accompanying on piano.
Canarios - accompanied by Mark Sedio
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