May 6, 2009 "Kaare Norge Interview"
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The program begins a suite of dances by English Renaissance lutenist Anthony Holborne performed by the Venere Lute Quartet. The young Greek guitarist Michalis Kontaxakis, winner of the 2005 Francisco Tarrega Competition, performs Manuel Ponce's Sonata III. Russian guitarist-composer Igor Rekhin's "Havana Concerto" is heard in a live 1983 recording made by Moscow Radio. One of Europe's best-selling classical guitarists is Danish guitarist Kaare Norge. In an interview recorded in January of 2008, talks about his composition, "Midnight". American composer Stephen Funk Pearson's "Mountain Moor" for mandolin and guitar is performed by Duetto Giocondo. The program concludes with more from Kaare Norge's interview, and his piece "Tango Amore."

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Program ID# 09-D65-00018
Title: Kaare Norge Interview
Total length: 58:57

In Cue: MUSIC IN "Hello and welcome to.."
Out Cue: MUSIC IN "...another edition of Classical Guitar Alive!"

INTRODUCTION:

Bizet: Carmen Suite: Prelude
Los Romeros (Philips 412-609)

PROGRAM BEGINS:

Holborne: Suite
Venere Lute Quartet
(Lute Society of America)

Ponce: Sonata III
Michalis Kontaxakis, guitar
(Naxos 8.57091)

Igor Rekhin: Havana Concerto
Alexander Frauchi, guitar
Moscow Radio Orchestra
(live recording)

Interview: Kaare Norge:
"It was because I was once at a jazz club called "Midnight"... and it turned out "Midnight."

Norge: Midnight
Kaare Norge, guitar
(Universal 982 794-8)

Pearson: Mountain Moor
Duetto Giocondo
(Querstand 622)

Interview: Kaare Norge:
"Every guitarist knows that the tango, in some magical way... ...turned out by "Tango Amore."

Norge: Tango Amore
Kaare Norge, guitar
(Universal 982 794-)

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