Love this section of the song, the whole song is beautiful!

Piano pieces played on my Kawai Grand Piano
Spontaneous, reflective and animated by turns
Recorded at my home.

Piano 14/9/24 - 064

John Williams - Schindler's List - Katica Illényi

Waltz for Monica

Well I wasn't going to record Malagueña for my Flamencolele album but, then my friend and student David Jones requested it, so here it is.
A little back story on this one. About 20 years ago I had the good fortune of seeing Sonny Rollins in concert. At one point in the evening, the great saxophonist, starts playing the opening bar to St. Thomas, his most famous tune. The crowd goes crazy! And, that's it. After 8 bars of St. Thomas he changes tunes and never comes back, leaving the audience scratching their heads. 
Hilarious!  
So it's in that spirit that I present Maui-gueña. It includes the famous Malagueña melody at three points. Two are fairly obvious and one is a little tricky to find. And thanks to David Jones for the fun title. Hope you like it! 
And for bonus points, what meter is it in?

Maui-gueña

An original composition by William Wilson commissioned by Ernie Grimm for his wife Mary. Ernie asked that it be "sweet with a hint of sad." The piece is a duet with the melody played by the ukulele and the accompaniment by the guitar. It begins with a "Slack Key" guitar riff and later moves into a Flamenco section inspired by the Rodeña. The guitar is tuned to an open tuning in both Hawaiian "Slack Key" as well as traditional Spanish "Rodeña." (D A D F# B E)
It will be featured on the upcoming album Flamencolele, for more information visit Flamencolele.com .

Maria

Also for my Flamencolele album, Ramblin Gal has a little bit of a swing quality to it. Great name chosen by Stephanie Giuffre. For Ukulele and 7-string guitar.

Ramblin' Gal

From the multi-nominated Album of the Year release, The Piano, hear samples of each song from the album.  

Prelude in C Major

Dance You Pretty

“Puntos de Alegría” was inspired by the Gipsy Kings song “Alegrías” as well as Los Indios Tabajaras. Like the Gipsy Kings song, “Puntos de Alegría” is actually a rhumba. Listen for the counterpoint section where both guitar and Ukulele are playing interlocking melodies. The name was chosen by Alicia Schwarz after her high spirited pooch Mickey!

Flamencolele

Puntos de Alegría

Michel Colombier | Emmanuel - Violin & Piano

Violin: Lelie Cristea
Piano Instrumental Accompaniment: Tamilla Guliyeva
Sound Recording by Arthur Jogerst

Michel Colombier | Emmanuel - Violin & Piano

Bach's Arioso from Cantata BWV 156 arranged for guitar by William Wilson. Sheet music available at ClassicalGuitarEditions.com.

Calming Music for Classical Guitar

Arioso - J.S. Bach

Guitarist William Wilson performs Spanish and Classical guitar in San Diego, CA. Follow him at www.facebook.com/wmwilsonguitar .

Maria

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