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Roth Guitar Duo
A beautiful and diverse selection of repertoire, played by two of the UK's brightest young stars of the guitar
Duo - Instrumental
Instrumentation
- Sam Rodwell - Classical Guitar
- Emma Smith - Classical Guitar
Repertoire
Sir Peter Maxwell Davies - Farewell to Stromness
Astor Piazzola - Tango Suite; Lo Que Vendra
Vojislav Ivanovic - Balkan Express
Ferdinando Carulli - Serenade in A, Op.96
Maximo Diego Pujol - Tres piexas de otono
Radames Gnattali - Suite Retratos
Manuel de Falla - Dance of the Miller; Dance of the Corregidor; La Vie Breve
Steve Reich - Nagoya Guitars
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco - Selected movements from 'Les guitares bien temperees'; Sonatina Canonica
J.S. Bach/Alessandro Marcello - Concerto for Oboe and Strings in D Minor
Yvonne Bloor - Homecoming (for Roth Duo); Absent Friend; Always Good to Me
Toru Takemitsu - Bad Boy
Mark Houghton - Partita (for Roth Duo)
Biography
The Roth Guitar Duo formed through a shared love of chamber music in 2014, whilst studying at the Royal Northern College of Music. Their debut album "Canonica" has been extremely well received, being described as "A beautiful and diverse selection of repertoire, played by two of the UK's brightest young stars of the guitar" (Craig Ogden). The duo have played at venues and festivals throughout the U.K. including: St-Martin-in-the-Fields, Buxton Pavilion Arts Centre, Cardiff Guitar Festival, Nanpantan Festival and Ribfest. The duo have been invited, on many occasions, to perform at Manchester's Bridgewater Hall for concert series such as A Little Bite Music, Dig the City Festival, Craig Ogden's Big Guitar Weekend and Bridgewater Introducing, which gives up and coming artists the opportunity to perform at the prestigious venue. The duo were recently awarded Second Prize in the ENKOR International Music Competition. Sam and Emma always strive to create interesting and varied programmes of interest to any music lover, ranging from Renaissance to newly commissioned and unpublished works.
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