VLADISLAV BLAHA GUITAR RECITAL

When?: Thursday 20 October 2011, 19.30
Where?: PATS Studio One
Open to:: Public, Staff, Students
Admission price:: £22, £20 senior citizens, University staff, £10 students, concessions
Tickets:: Tickets are available from the University Box Office: T: 01483 686876, E: boxoffice@surrey.ac.uk
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Catch Czech guitar virtuoso Vladislav Bláha on a rare visit to the UK. This approachable and entertaining programme includes Vladislav’s own new arrangement of Vivaldi’s beautiful L’Estro Armonico and Jorge Morel’s Recuerdos de un Viaje, which was witten for Vladislav in 2008.

Vladislav Bláha’s Guitar recital promises a stunning programme of Classical Guitar music to be played with the richness of expression and virtuosity associated with Bláha’s distinct and sensitive style.

Bláha studied at the Conservatoire of Brno in his Czech homeland where he is now Professor of Guitar. He is also president of the Czech Classical Guitar Society and has performed and given master classes at prestigious concert halls around the world including the Royal Festival Hall in London and Radio France in Paris.

Programme:
Vivaldi - Andante from Concerto RV 513
Vivaldi arr BlÁha - L´Estro Armonico (first performance)
Jorge Morel - Recuerdos de un Viaje
Fala - Miller´s Dance /Farruca/Pantomima
La vida breve
Rodrigo - Sonata a la Española
Stepan Rak - Elegy
John W. Duarte - Variations on a Catalan Folk Song, Op 25

To find out more about Vladislav Bláha, please visit his website.