Craig Ogden’s Guitar Weekend
2019
Featuring a rare opportunity for
guitar enthusiasts to perform on stage
The Bridgewater Hall, Friday 25 – Sunday 27
January 2019
The
Bridgewater Hall is delighted to welcome Craig Ogden’s hugely popular Guitar
Weekend, which will be taking place at the Bridgewater Hall for the fifth time
in January 2019.
This
biennial festival celebrates the most popular of all musical instruments and
features concerts, activities and workshops, plus the chance to participate
alongside world-class professional and other guitar enthusiasts. Many of the
events are free.
Highlights
include:
Craig Ogden and Manchester Camerata
Craig
launches the weekend and is joined by musicians from Manchester Camerata to
play some of Craig’s favourite pieces in a variety of formats – solo, chamber
ensemble and orchestral.
Zoran Dukić
During his
early career, Zoran Dukić won nine first prizes in international competitions
in just five years, sealing his reputation as one of the most remarkable
musicians of his generation. This classical guitar recital features music by J.S.
Bach, A José and Piazzolla, combining courtly dance with
fiery tango.
Tom
Doughty
Acoustic
lap-slide guitarist and singer-songwriter Tom Doughty returns to perform two
concerts in the informal setting of the Stalls Café Bar. Initially influenced by his father’s eclectic
music collection, Tom’s music is instantly recognisable and he has a sound all
of his own.
Additionally,
in early 2019 The Bridgewater Hall and Tom will also launch a workshop and
concert tour to each of the specialist spinal injury units in the UK, where Tom
will be teaching recent patients how to play the lap slide guitar and
develop their musicality. The tour is primarily funded by The Bridgewater
Hall with support from Creative United, Diamond Bottlenecks, John Hornby
Skewes, Korg UK (Takamine guitars) and the Paraorchestra & Friends.
Craig’s Big Guitar Jamboree
Players
of all ages and abilities are invited to take part in Craig’s Big Guitar
Jamboree, a rare opportunity to perform on The Bridgewater Hall’s stage. The
piece, composed by Callum Dewar, is suitable for guitarists at Grade 1 to Grade
8 level. The family friendly concert will be conducted by Craig, who
will be joined by the Aquarelle Guitar Quartet.
Sean Shibe
Rising
star Sean Shibe plays acoustic and electric guitars, contrasting 18th
century Scottish lute music with contemporary works by Peter Maxwell Davies,
James MacMillan and Steve Reich, ending with an arrangement of Julia Wolfe’s
LAD, originally written for nine Highland bagpipes.
Full
programme, times and prices: www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk
Tickets:
‘phone 0161 907 900
In person
Box Office, The Bridgewater Hall, Lower Mosley St, Manchester, M2 3WS
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