Leicester guitarist, Alan is an award-winning classical guitarist based in Leicestershire who has performed as a recitalist and concerto soloist in over twenty countries throughout North America, Europe and Asia.
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Description
Leicester guitarist, Alan is an award-winning classical guitarist based in Leicestershire who has performed as a recitalist and concerto soloist in over twenty countries throughout North America, Europe and Asia.
Professional background
His performances have been broadcast on television and radio throughout the world, and he has recorded several critically acclaimed compact discs. Alan’s repertoire and performances bridge styles ranging from classical to jazz to pop and world music, and have enchanted audiences and critics alike with their virtuosity and great range of expression.
Weddings & private events
In addition to his concert performances, Alan also enjoys providing a musical background for weddings, corporate functions, exhibitions and dinner parties. With a mixture of light classical, Spanish music, jazz and standards, Alan can add an extra touch of class to any social or business occasion. Alan is available for any event, from the biggest corporate function to parties in private homes.
Repertoire
Traditional wedding music
Anonymous: Renaissance lute pieces
Bach: Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring
Classical
Gershwin: Prelude No. 2
Gnossienne No. 5
Je te veux
MacDowell: To a Wild Rose
Mendelssohn: Wedding March
Mertz: Liebeslied
Myers: Cavatina (theme from “The Deer Hunter”)
Pachelbel: Canon in D
Pachelbel: Canon in D
Prelude in D
Purcell: Trumpet Tune
Satie: Gymnopedie No. 1
Schumann: From a Foreign Land
Sheep May Safely Graze
Siciliana (from Violin Sonata No. 1)
Sor: Various Studies
Wagner: Bridal Chorus
Spanish & Latin American music
Albeniz: Cadiz
Barrios: Julia Florida
Canco del lladre
Danza Paraguaya
El Noi de la mare
El Testament d’Amelia
Flamenco guitar solos including Alegrias, Zapateado, Soleares, Farruca and Bulerias
Granada
Lagrima
Lauro: La Gatica
Ponce: Por ti mi corazon
Spanish Romance
Tarrega: Recuerdos de la Alhambra
Valse Venezolano No. 2
Show tunes & Jazz standards
Ain’t Misbehavin’
All I Ask (Lloyd Webber)
Don’t Get Around Much Anymore
Georgia On My Mind
Londonderry Air
My Favourite Things
Scarborough Fair
Somewhere Over the Rainbow
Popular music arrangements
Annie’s Song (John Denver)
From Me to You
Her Majesty
If I Fell
My Heart Will Go On (Theme from “Titanic”)
She Loves You
The Beatles: Here, There and Everywhere
Yesterday
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Clients & Venues
Venues
Ashton Lodge
Barnsdale Hall
Barnsdale Lodge
Beaumanor Hall
Belvoir Castle
Bradsall Priory
Burton Town Hall
Doddington Hall
Doddington Hall
Oakham Castle
Old Trafford Stadium Platinum Suite!
Prestwold Hall
Quorn Grange
Ringwood Hall Hotel
Rushton Hall
Scalford Hall
Shottle Hall
The National Portrait Gallery
Whitwell Conference Centre
Solo appearances with orchestras
Armenian National Philharmonic Orchestra
Cambridge University Chamber Orchestra
Ensemble Exposé
Kantak
Leicestershire Sinfonia
The Nieuw Ensemble
University of Leicester Orchestra
Festival appearances
“Modern Britain” series (UK)
Aldeburgh (UK)
American Music Week (Bulgaria)
Bath Guitar Festival (UK)
BBC Proms (UK)
Berlin Festival (Germany)
BMIC “Cutting Edge” series
Brighton (UK)
Cheltenham Festival (UK)
Electric Spring (UK)
GAS (Sweden)
Gaudeamus Festival (NL)
Guitar Foundation of America (USA)
Hoxton (UK)
Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival (UK)
ISCM (UK)
New Music Nights (Slovakia)
Output Festival (NL)
Oxford Contemporary Music (UK)
Rotterdam Biennial (NL)
Spitalfields (UK)
SPNM “Solo Spotlights” series (UK)
Ultima (Norway)
Voix Nouvelles (France)
Witten New Music Days (Germany)
Zwolle Guitar Festival (NL)
Performed & recorded with…
Almeida Opera Ensemble
Andrew Sparling (clarinet)
Apartment House
Backbeat Percussion Quartet
Capella Amsterdam
David Alberman (violin)
Endymion
Ensemble Corrente
Ensemble Expose
Exaudi
Ixion
Juliet Fraser (soprano)
Juliette Pochin (mezzo-soprano)
London Steve Reich Ensemble
Lontano
Michael Finnissy (piano)
New London Chamber Choir
Scottish Flute Trio
Topologies
Specs
- Name
- Leicester Guitarist
- Main region
- Leicestershire
- Other regions
- Bedfordshire Berkshire Birmingham Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridgeshire Cheshire Derbyshire Gloucestershire Hampshire Herefordshire Hertfordshire Leicestershire Lincolnshire Liverpool London Manchester Norfolk Northamptonshire Nottinghamshire Oxfordshire Rutland Shropshire Staffordshire Warwickshire West Midlands Worcestershire Yorkshire
- Main category
- Guitarists
- Other categories
- Classical Musicians Corporate Entertainment Flamenco Guitarists Guitarists Music for Funerals Musicians
- Set Up Time
- 1 hours
- Arrival Time
- Finish time
- Minimum space
- 2m x 2m
- Maximum space
- 2m x 2m
- PA System included
- Yes
- PA Suitable for
- 150 people
- Stage Lighting
- No
- Dance Floor Lighting
- No
- Free use of PA via iPod etc
- No
- DJ included
- No
- Technical
- 1 x 13 amp socket
- Hospitality
- Soft drinks as required. Parking.
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Just a quick note to say thank you so much for your fantastic guitar playing at our wedding at Beaumanor Hall. It really set the scene for a beautiful day!
Thank you so much for playing so beautifully at our wedding last week. We greatly appreciated what you brought to the ceremony and the effort you had put in to play the music we had requested!
Many thanks for everything on Sunday, everyone commented on how great it was to listen to you play so well. Thanks again, Caroline and I thought you were excellent!
Thank you so much for the gorgeous music on Saturday. We loved it!
Thanks so much for providing the perfect music for the party last weekend.! It was exactly as we wanted and Mum thoroughly enjoyed her 80th birthday!
Didn’t have time to speak to you on the day but just wanted to say a big thank you. Everybody remarked on how lovely the music was. Really created a great ambience! Once again, thank you