(1998) Music for Guitar Friedrich Nicolaus Brauns next to organizing and performing

next to organizing and performing in the annual Classic Openair in a beautiful local park

even though relatively contemporary

Ignaz Lachner and his music was quickly and unjustly forgotten during the many changes during the second half of the 19th century

a country suite

caprice humoristique

(1998) Music for Guitar Friedrich Nicolaus Brauns next to organizing and performingI am particularly pleased to begin this CD with Jean Franaixs Passacaille. This piece consists of a series of variations (written with typical French elegance) on a profoundly inspired theme that the composer explores with virtuosity rich in contrasts. These words are by the young Italian guitarist Emanuele Segre, to whom Franaix(who died in 1997) dedicated this composition. The following compositions by Poulenc, Roussel, Milhaud and Auric are the