Brigitte - classical guitar solo by David Solomons

"Brigitte" by David W Solomons
Classical guitar solo
Score available at
http://dwsolo.load.cd/sheetmusic/sm-85083_brigitte_for_guitar_solo.html


The inspiration for this impressionistic guitar solo goes back to 1975 when I read Adalbert Stifter's Brigitta, but, as I see it thirty four years later, the music doesn't really have so much to do with the story. However, having met two Brigitten recently, with whom I was pleased to sing at a Singkreis in Haworth, I renamed the piece "Brigitte" in their honour, transcribed it from my old manuscripts and performed it this very evening.

It is a meditative piece and its sparseness of chords allows the guitarist to make the most of his/her technique to create the most beautiful sounds possible on every single note (which I hope will be better than my performance!).

Guitarists are welcome to send me mp3s of their interpretations :-)

The Yellow guitarist image is a painting of me, done many years ago, when I still had hair!
The other guitarist photographs are of me playing much later, taken by my father.
The images of roses come from the wikimedia page of Florian Moeckel
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:FMoeckel

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[maarisserzhaans]

at 0:35 it sounds like your guitar is tuned out

[dwsolo]

@maarisserzhaans could be the audio tape stretching....

[plrCounterpoint]

Full and empty like teenage angst. Great reminisce David.

[apollonmusagete]

A lovely score and video--touching and reflective!