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Celebration of Legends, A CD Release by Aaron Larget-Caplan, Guitar
Virtuoso Guitar Concert & CD Release Boston
Virtuoso guitarist Aaron Larget-Caplan returns to Boston on Saturday, December 3rd for an exhilarating concert celebrating his most recent CD release: The Legend of Hagoromo (Stone Records, UK) and the music of J.S. Bach, Modest Mussorgsky and John Cage. Larget-Caplan takes audiences on a musical journey of colors, cultures and revolutions, interspersed with stories about the music and composers.
PROGRAM:
J.S. BACH Prelude & Fugue*
LEO BROUWER Hika in Memoriam Toru Takemitsu
TORU TAKEMITSU Equinox
MARTIN MAX SCHREINER Two Japanese Idylls** (2012)
KEN UENO Ed è Subito Sera** (2013)
MUSSORGSKYPictures at an Exhibition
Promenade
Gnomus
BACH Gottes Zeit ist die allerbestes Zeit*
JOHN CAGE Dream*
KEIGO FUJII Legend of Hagoromo
* Arranged by Aaron Larget-Caplan & New York Premieres
** Commissioned by Aaron Larget-Caplan
The concert is at Arlington Street Church, 351 Boylston Street, Boston. Tickets are $20 at the door, with students with a valid ID $16.85. Online purchases can be made through
An international touring artist from Colorado now based in Boston and Dorchester and on faculty at the University of Massachusetts Boston, Larget-Caplan recently returned from performing again in Russia, Germany and Italy. His performances have been hailed as stunning by Fanfare Magazine, and the Boston Musical Intelligencer noted his astounding technical proficiency and artistic delicacy. The Polish publication Six Strings of the World says: "To write that [;;;Larget-Caplan];;; has something to boast about would be to say too little, the guitarist is not afraid of any tempo.
The fist American and first guitarist featured on the expanding classical label Stone Records. The CD is a highlight of our over 80 releases, says founder Mark Stone, who recently made his debut with the BSO singing Thomas Adès.
Larget-Caplans latest CD, The Legend of Hagoromo, is a musical fusion built on a Japanese theme with American composers writing in an Eastern aesthetic and Japanese composers writing in a Western. It includes works by George Gershwin and Harold Arlen, as well as New Lullabies commissioned by Larget-Caplan for his New Lullaby Project. Its been hailed an eclectic and endlessly rewarding release by Classical Guitar. New arrangements of J.S. Bach and John Cage keyboard works compliment the program, as well as a fascinating arrangement by Japanese virtuoso Yamashita of two movements of the famed Pictures in an Exhibition, by Modest Mussorgsky, and an audience favorite, the Japanese tour-de-force, Legend of Hagoromo.
Keigo Fujiis Legend of Hagoromo is based on a Japanese legend about a fisherman who falls in love with a heavenly maiden who can fly when she wears her feathered kimono (Hagoromo). He steals it, and drama ensues. The music is Eastern in a mode from Okinawa, Japan, but the composer, studied in the West and loved rock guitar. The guitarist uses unusual techniques, including brushing, bending, scratching to highlight the pieces intense rhythmic shaping and dramatic story. The American Record Guide described Aarons performance of the 20-minute masterpiece as an emotional and technical tour de force. A CD signing will take place following the concert.
The concert will be repeated at the Tenri Culture Institute in New York City (12/11) and Savage Classical Guitar Gallery on Long Island (12/10).
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Saturday December 3, 8pm
Celebration of Legends
Arlington Street Church, Chapel, 351 Boylston St. Boston
Tickets: $20 general, $16.85 Students with valid ID
Artist website: http://www.ALCGuitar.com
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LocationArlington Street Church (View)
351 Boylston St.
Boston, MA 02116
United States
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