The indie-classical composer & concert guitarist Richard Durrant is back on tour for summer 2025 and will be performing at the Swindon Arts Centre this Friday (11th July).
Durrant will be playing music from the High Baroque, the English Baroque and, most unusually, the English Folk Baroque with tributes to Pentangle’s John Renbourn and the wondrous guitar playing of Martin Carthy.
Richard’s grasp of these different styles and genres is quite simply unmatched; add to that his own, not entirely unrelated, compositions including a hypnotic new solo The Art of Levitation as well as audience favourites The Twitten and The Walrus Tree and this becomes a significant event for both acoustic and classical guitar lovers.
And there is yet more to enjoy: Richard’s summer tour coincides with the release of his all Bach album Four Strung Bach Technique containing ground breaking recordings of two of Bach’s much loved cello suites: No.1 played on Tenor Banjo and No.3 on Tenor Ukulele. Richard studied the cello alongside guitar and composition at the Royal College of Music lending an interestingly authentic angle to these stunning new interpretations which challenge the usual associations of the banjo and ukulele. It is with deceptive ease that Richard invents a whole new sound world that is bright, crisp and beautiful. Extracts from the new album will be included in the summer concerts.
Incase you miss Richard Durrant perform at the Swindon Arts Centre, here, is the rest of the tour dates.
Guitar Whisperer Concerts second leg of tour dates:
- Fri 11th July Swindon Arts Centre
- Fri 18th July Ropetackle Arts Centre, Shoreham-by-Sea
- Wed 23rd July Cambridge Junction
- Fri 25th July Trinity theatre, Tunbridge Wells
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