Thursday 21 May 2026
6pm
Silk Street Lecture Recital Room
Guitar Concert
Programme
Johann Sebastian Bach
Cello Suite No 2 in D minor, BWV1008
I. Prelude
II. Sarabande
III. Courante
Sofia Carballo | guitar
Manuel Ponce
Guitar Sonata No 3
I. Allegro moderato
Francisco Tárrega
Gran vals
Alfred Leishman | guitar
Johann Sebastian Bach
Lute Suite in C minor, BWV997
I. Prelude
II. Sarabande
III. Gigue
IV. Double
Luke Bartlett | guitar
Heitor Villa-Lobos
Etude No 8
Johann Sebastian Bach
Suite in E major, BWV1006a
I. Menuet I
II. Menuet II
Alasdair MacGregor | guitar
Roland Dyens
Saudade No 3
Kaijun Pan | guitar
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Guildhall School of Music & Drama
Founded in 1880 by the City of London Corporation
Chair of the Board of Governors
The Hon. Emily Benn
Principal
Professor Jonathan Vaughan FGS
Vice-Principal & Director of Music
Armin Zanner FGS
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