Julian Bream, guitarist 1933 - 2020

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Scion7

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August 16, 2020, 12:30:22 AM
https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-53777949

R.I.P. 
Several of his Sixties records (some being repackages of earlier material) were faves in Manchester before the move to the Colonies.

One for Gurn:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hK8X62MFEIg
When, a few months before his death, Rachmaninov lamented that he no longer had the "strength and fire" to compose, friends reminded him of the Symphonic Dances, so charged with fire and strength. "Yes," he admitted. "I don't know how that happened. That was probably my last flicker."

Mookalafalas

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August 17, 2020, 11:08:17 PM
Sad news. I'm a big fan--although, I have to admit, I didn't know he was still around :-[
  Listening now, and will probably binge on  his playing for a couple days at least.

Nice article:
https://www.npr.org/2020/08/17/903139491/julian-bream-the-classical-guitar-giant-with-the-soul-of-a-jazz-player
It's all good...

Scion7

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August 18, 2020, 12:11:03 PM
Interesting show - Bream at the beginning - along with Barney Kessel, the inimitable Jeff Beck, and folk-baroque guitarist John Renbourn, a few months post-break up of The Pentangle.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0r42Th0Y8c
When, a few months before his death, Rachmaninov lamented that he no longer had the "strength and fire" to compose, friends reminded him of the Symphonic Dances, so charged with fire and strength. "Yes," he admitted. "I don't know how that happened. That was probably my last flicker."
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