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| Disc No: AV 2109 (DVD) |
| Price: Sek. 180 |
Julian Bream, considered by many as the greatest classic guitarist of the 20th century, tells the remarkable story of his life in music. Over three hours of material, illustrated with over one hour of complete musical performances, includes contributions from John Williams, Peter Pears, Igor Stravinsky, William Walton, George Malcolm, Richard Rodney Bennett and Ali Akbar Khan. Julian’s influence has resulted in a repertoire rich in contributions from Britten, Walton, Henze, Takemitsu, Tippett, Rawsthorne, Lennox Berkeley and countless others.
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Name: My life in Music
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| Composer | Opus | Music | Key | Performer |
| Britten, Benjamin | | Nocturnal | | Julian Bream, guitar |
| | | Hardy’s England | |
| | | Heigh Ho Holiday | |
| | | I was born in Battersea | |
| | | My musical father | |
| | | Django and Eddie Lang | |
| | | My first Spanish guitar and meeting Segovia | |
| | | ‘BMG’ and the Philharmonic Society of Guitarists | |
| | | The ‘PSG’ library | |
| | | A day boy at Royal College of Music | |
| | | Segovia 1947/Castelnuovo-Tedesco | |
| | | Saraband for Dead Lovers | |
| | | Royal College of Music – no fee! | |
| | | BBC radio and television | |
| | | Julian discovers Dowland | |
| | | Wigmore debut/Bach suites | |
| | | National Service | |
| | | Aldeburgh – meeting Britten and Pears | |
| | | George Malcolm | |
| | | Improvising as a resource | |
| | | The Julian Bream Consort | |
| | | Meeting Ali Akbar Khan | |
| | | Stravinsky – the quest for repertoire | |
| | | ‘A life in the country’/cricket – a passion | |
| | | Recording at Wardour Castle | |
| | | The Renaissance and Baroque guitars | |
| | | What is essentially Spanish? | |
| | | New music for the guitar | |
| | | Aldeburgh and the writing of ‘Nocturnal’ | |
| de Falla, Manuel | | Homenaje | |
| | | Working with John Williams | |
| | | ‘Come Heavy Sleep’ – ‘Passacaglia’ | |
| Aguado, Dionisio | | Rondo in A minor Op. 2 | |
| Villa-Lobos, Heitor | | Study No. 11 | |
| Morley, Thomas | | ‘Galliard to the Sacred End Pavan’ - Julian Bream Consort | |
| Walton, William | | Bagatelle No. 5 | |
| | | Guitarist’s Relish (‘bonus chapters’) | |
| | | The ‘Nocturnal’ manuscripts | |
| | | ‘1984’ and bouncing back | |
| | | My first recital and the Maccaferri guitar | |
| | | Sneaking my guitar into the Royal College of Music | |
| | | Julian’s nylons! | |
| | | RCM tutor: “Fernando Sor! … .never heard of him” | |
| | | Yuri Leschenko | |
| | | Dr. Perott’s techniques | |
