August 9, 2017 "Thomas Humphrey Interview"
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This week's edition of Classical Guitar Alive! features an artist profile of one of the greatest American luthiers of the late 20th/early 21st Century, Thomas Humphrey (1948-2008), and includes a 2001 interview in which he discusses his approach and philosophy of guitar-making, and his evolution from a maker of traditional instruments to his radical "Millenium" design, which appeared to him in a dream. One of the world’s leading guitar builders until his death in 2008, Thomas Humphrey-made instruments are still highly-sought-after and played by many concertizing classical guitarists.
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Wednesday, August 9, 2017 at 1300 Eastern Time digital stereo channel: A68.1
Program ID# 10-D65-00029
Title: Thomas Humphrey Interview
In Cue: MUSIC IN "Hello and welcome to.."
Out Cue: MUSIC IN "...another edition of Classical Guitar Alive!"
Program Length: 58:57
INTRODUCTION:
Bizet: Carmen Suite: Prelude
Los Romeros (Philips 412-609)
PROGRAM BEGINS:
Eliot Fisk, guitar
GSP Recordings 1008
Ponce: Prelude in f#minor
Adam Holzman, guitar
Naxos 8.553822
Piazzolla: Ausencias
Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin
Assad guitar duo
Nonesuch 79632
Ivanov-Kramskoi: Lullaby
David Starobin, guitar
Bridge 9004
Brouwer: Concierto Elegiaco
Ricardo Cobo, guitar
Pro Musica Kiev
Richard Kapp, conductor
Essay 1040
Kleynjans: Two Barcarolles
Ricardo Cobo, guitar
Ellipses Arts 964270
Assad: Natsu No Niwa Suite: Watermelon, Summer Garden, Butterflies
Assad Guitar Duo
GHA 126.029
Assad: Natsu No Niwa Suite: Farewell
Assad Guitar Duo
GHA 126.029
CLOSING THEME/FUNDING CREDITS
