A lecture-recital by Jan de Kloe including works by Esplá and other Spanish and Latin American composers

To make a living during war years, the Spanish composer Oscar Esplá (1886-1976) was a music critic and he used his vast knowledge of the repertoire and music history to document his articles, some of which contain references to the guitar. In Spain he was in contact with the major players of his days and this lecture goes through the contacts and correspondence with guitarists such as Andrés Segovia and José de Azpiazu who played and edited transcriptions.   During the troublesome period of the Spanish Civil War and the Second World War, Esplá lived in Belgium.  The lecture is illustrated musically.Jan de Kloe was born in The Netherlands and lives in Belgium. He studied guitar at the Conservatoires of Brussels with Nicolas Alfonso and Liege with Gonzales Mohino and did master classes with Julian Bream and Turibio Santos.  He performed in Europe and the USA. He wrote two books about Oscar Esplá which cover the years this Spanish composer lived in Belgium (1936-1949) and articles on the same subject which appeared in musicological journals in Belgium and Spain.

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Program:

Oscar Esplá (1886-1976)
-Three levantinas (2, 5 and 8 from Melodías y temas de danza para piano, 1931)
-Antaño (impresiones musicales para piano)

Joaquín Montero (c1740-c1815)
-Sonata in D (adagio, allegro)

Vicente Sojo (1887-1974)
-Five pieces from Venezuela – Cantico, Aguinaldo, Canción, Aire venezolano, Galerón

Agustín Barrios (1885-1944)
-Vals No. 3
-Chôro da Saudade
-Gavota
-Una limosnita por el amor de Dios

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