LOS ANGLES GUITAR QUARTET

BY ED BRUCE edbrucevegas@yahoo.com

YET ANOTHER TREASURED EXPERIENCE NOW IN MY QUIVER OF EVENTS ATTENDED !

THIS AT HAM HALL ON UNLV CAMPUS FROM THE UNLV PERFORMING ARTS CENTER PROGRAMMING.

IT WAS 8 MINUTES LATE.

I HAD NO IDEA WHAT TO EXPECT, BUT WAS GREATLY REWARDED AS OFTEN IS THE CASE BY TRYING SOMWETHING DIFFERENT AND TAKING A CHANCE.

YES !

4 EXCELLENT GUITAR PLAYERS, MOSTLY CLASSICAL, SOME UNFAMILIAR MUSIC ALL WITH A GREAT SOFT DELICATE SOUND THAT FLOATED THROUGH THIS GREAT THEATRE WHICH EXUDES GREAT SOUND ! NO ELECTRIC GUITARS ON THIS PERFECT AGENDA.

ALL THE PLAYERS DID SOME BACKGROUND ABOUT THE MUSIC WHICH IS ALWAYS A WONDERFUL TREAT FOR EDUCATION AND ENJOYMENT OF WHAT IS TO COME. I REALLY ENJOYED GIOACHINO ANTONIO ROSSINI OPENING AND A WONDERFUL VARIATION OF BIZET'S CARMEN AT THE END.

UNFORTUANTELY THE PROGRAM CONTAINED 5 YEAR OLD PROGRAMMING WHICH REALLY DIDN'T MATTER BECAUSE WHAT EVER THIS GROUP DID WOULD BE GREAT....SO SOFT TO THE TOUCH...SO DELICATE THE SOUND...SO PURE THE NOTES....I AM PRETTY SURE NOBODY HIT A WRONG CORD HERE.

AS ALWAYS THERE IS NO END OF WAYS TO SCREW THINGS UP...A WOMAN IN THE BACK ROW MADE FOUR TRIPS ACROSS THE CONCRETE FLOOR IN HER WOODEN HEELS CLOPPING ALONG BACK AND FORTH AND BREAKING MY CONCENTRATION AS WELL AS THAT OF MANY OTHERS. WHEN WE WERE IN AUSTRALIA AT THE SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE, A FLAMING DANCER IN TAPS SHOES ON A SPECIAL WOODEN FLOOR WITH 11 MICROPHONES WAS NOT AS LOUD AS THIS MORON. I LIVED THROUGH IT !

SMALL CROWD FOR THIS....ALL THOSE WHO DID NOT ATTEND WERE LOSERS.

COMING UP AT HAM HALL

26 JANUARY EUROPA GALANTE WITH FABIO BIONDI AND METZZO-SUPRANO VIVICA GENAUX
11 FEBRUARY ITZHAK PERLMAN-WORLDS GREATEST LIVING VIOLIN PLAYER
19 MAY HAL HOLBROOK DOING MARK TWAIN

702 895 2787 EVENTS RECOMMENDED TO THE WORLD.

THANK YOU TO THE FOUR GREAT GUITAR PLAYERS AND THEIR TALENTS FOR THIS LOVELY EVENING AND THANKS TO UNLV FOR PUTTING FORWARD WORLD CLASS ENTERTAINMENT.

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