Tuesday 27 January 2026
7pm
Milton Court Concert Hall
Guitar Alumni: A Celebration of the Life and Work of David Miller
Programme
Anonymous
La Rossignol
John Dowland
My Lord Willoughby’s Welcome Home
John Johnson
Flat Pavan & Galliard
John Danyel
A Fancy
reconstructed by David Miller
Kristiina Watt | lute
Toby Carr | lute
Francesco Corbetta
Le Tombeau sur la mort de Madame d’Orleans
from La Guitare Royalle
Francesco Corbetta
Suite in D major
from La Guitare Royalle
I. Prelude
II. Allemande
III. Courante
IV. Sarabande
V. Chaconne
Toby Carr | baroque guitar
Claudio Monteverdi
Si dolce é’l tormento
Paolo Quagliati
Toccata dell’ottavo tono
Barbara Strozzi
Giusta negativa
Kristiina Watt | theorbo/soprano
Emilia Agajew | harp
Interval
Henry Purcell
‘Prelude’ from Harpsichord Suite No 6 in D major, Z667
transcribed by Fábio Fernandes
Henry Purcell
Hornpipe in E major, ZT685
transcribed by Fábio Fernandes
Henry Purcell
Minuet in A minor, Z649
transcribed by Fábio Fernandes
Henry Purcell
Round O ZT684
transcribed by Fábio Fernandes
Sally Beamish
Unquiet
Richard Storry
The Guitarist’s Prayer
Fábio Fernandes | guitar
John Dowland
Preludium, P98
William Lawes
Fantasia and Alman
arranged by David Miller
Stephen Dodgson
Intermezzo
Fábio Fernandes | guitar
joined by students of the Guildhall Guitar Department:
Luke Bartlett | guitar
Kaijun Pan | guitar
Alfred Leishman | guitar
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