JENS FRANKE and JØRGEN SKOGMO

Programme

Josep Ferrer i Esteve: Complete works for guitar duet

Josep Ferrer: Bolero, Op. 39 / Minué, WoO. 10 / Vals, WoO. 9 / Sérénade Espagnole, Op. 34 / Fantasia on themes from Donizetti’s “Lucrezia Borgia” / Fantasia on themes from Donizetti’s “La Favorite” / De noche en el lago, Op. 14 / Terpsichore, Op. 45 / Mélancolie, Op. 23 / Les Sirènes, Op. 26 / Mazurka, WoO. 1 / Fantasia on themes from Verdi’s “La Traviata”

About this event

Josep Ferrer i Esteve (1835-1916) was born in Torroella de Montgrí and was a successful guitarist, a noted composer, an excellent teacher, a historian of his instrument and a tireless leader in guitar circles in Barcelona and Paris during the last quarter of the 19th century. His guitar duets are preserved in an autograph manuscript at the Royal Academy of Music in London, and have been rediscovered by the German guitarist Jens Franke, who joins Jørgen Skogmo at the Torroella Festival to give the music’s first performance in modern times.

Concert in memory of Ernest Lluch