As a young man went to a Segovia 😮performance at Portsmouth Guildhall ,had a few beers and fell asleep to this and woke to the sound of applause. Bliss
I used to own this album in 1968 when I was 17. Years later, I was looking for the sheet music, so I wrote to Duarte, who referred me to the publisher. There was an interview with Duarte in some magazine, so I wrote to the interviewer via the magazine, and he forwarded my letter to Duarte, who answered it. I was kinda amazed he did that. Still have the letter, somewhere in my files, signed by him. I finally learned to play it when I was 25 or so. I still have the sheet music ( Novello , I think is the publisher ). I haven't played it in years, I'll have to start all over again. I'm 69 now.
Segovia owns this piece. My favorite version. Started playing classical guitar by ear many years ago because of this album. Now I need to get the score for this. Such a great little suite that no one plays.
I saw Segovia perform at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles. Early 70s, I think 72 or 3 it was. The Pavilion is one of those 3 balcony theatres. I could only afford top row, back seat, noting that her performed without a microphone and I still had no trouble hearing him. He plays with such effortless power., loud enough to hear him at the upper balcony in back, but the nuanced dynamics of his performance were very clear. I forgot the repertoire, though. Needless to say, it was excellent performance.
I was there as well, amazed by his ability ability to "kiss the strings" and be heard in the balcony. The one piece I remember him playing from the encore was Sor's "Variations on a Theme of Mozart".
Learnt this in 75, my fingers still know what to do, although I don't! 😅 I seem to remember JD wrote it to celebrate Segovia's wedding, so it should be light and joyful.
