THE MANY SOUNDS OF THE GUITAR: from Bach to the present day

ABOUT

A Jeunesses Musicales Canada concert

Montérégie-born Tommy Dupuis, named a 2025-2026 Radio-Canada Révélation, , invites you to celebrate the sonority of the classical guitar through African-, Balkan-, and South American-inspired pieces featuring imaginative arrangements and innovative techniques. Discover his vast musical universe with a repertoire that ranges from Bach to Chopin to Brouwer and includes original works by Canadian composers written especially for him.

PROGRAM

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)

Partita no. 2 in D minor BWV 1004

I. Allemande 

Dušan Bogdanović (born in 1955)

Three African Sketches

I. Allegro ritmico 

II. Misterioso

III. Allegro ritmico

Dušan Bogdanović 

Six Balkan Miniatures

I.  Jutarnje Kolo (Morning Dance)

II. Zalopojka (Lament)

III. Vranjanka

IV. Makedonsko Kolo (Macedonian Dance)

V. Siroko (Wide Song)

VI. Sitni Vez (Tiny-Knit Dance)

Isaac Albéniz (1860–1909),   trans. Manuel Barrueco

Suite Española, op. 47

I. Granada (Serenata)

Antonio José (1902–1936) 

Guitar Sonata

I. Allegro moderato

Vincent Pollender (born in 2000) 

Guitar Toccata

Miguel Llobet (1878–1938) 

Variations on a theme of Sor

ENCORE

Harold Arlen (1905–1986), arr. Toru Takemitsu

Somewhere Over the Rainbow

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