Saint Mary's Luton
Church St
Luton LU1 3JF
Join the Mēla Guitar Quartet, newly returned from winning the world-renowned Guitar Foundation of America The GFA International Ensemble Competition, in a wonderfully eclectic evening hosted by the Luton Music Club featuring Stephen Dodgson’s Change-Ringers alongside works by Philip Houghton and Laura Snowden and arrangements of Bach, Debussy, Ravel, Glinka, Milhaud, Bizet, Sain-Saëns, and Brubeck and Desmond.
The quartet recently recorded Change-Ringers as part of a delightful collection of Dodgson guitar chamber works.
Programme
Camille Saint-Saëns – Bacchanale from Samson and Delilah arr. Bovey
Claude Debussy – Deux Arabesques arr. Tarlton Andante con Moto; Allegretto Scherzando
Phillip Houghton – Opals (1995) Black Opal; Water Opal; White Opal
J.S. Bach – Organ fugue BWV 578 arr. Mēla
Mikhail Glinka – Ruslan and Ludmilla Overture arr. Tarlton
Stephen Dodgson – Change-Ringers (1996)
Maurice Ravel – Pavane pour une infante défunte arr. Robinson
Laura Snowden – My Clock is Broken! (2019)
Darius Milhaud – Brazileira from Scaramouche arr. Robinson
Brubeck/Desmond Medley arr. Tarlton
Georges Bizet/Goss – Carmen Fantasy: Seguidilla; Gypsy Song
