In this month’s Classical Guitar Corner Academy Member Spotlight we’re featuring member Rick Lord. Rick has been a member at CGC Academy for almost exactly a year! Rick is an exceptionally gifted player and his YouTube page has examples of many performances, all of which are high quality. The below video is a performance of “Capricho Árabe” by Francisco Tárrega and it shows a great deal of progress and polish on the piece from where Rick first started with it.
Toward the end of next month Rick will be giving a public recital, fulfilling one of his goals from his progress journal at CGCA. Offer your congratulations to Rick in the comments below!
“Capricho Árabe” was composed by Francisco Tárrega in 1892 after a visit to Granada (which is of course home to the Arab palace and fortress “La Alhambra”). The title bears the dedication to his friend Tomás Bretón, also a Spanish composer and conductor. Capricho (along with Tárrega’s other “Alhambrismo” pieces, Danza Mora and Recuerdos de la Alhambra) is a wonderful example of the deep Arabic influences common to Spain’s nationalistic music, but also of the romanticism of late-nineteenth-century music in general.
Rick, your playing is sublime. Thank you so much for sharing with us!
Heartfelt applause!
Wow, Rick, that ROCKS!!
Thanks for the inspiring performance,
Mark
Bravo Rick! I plan to work on this piece.
I need a CD of your music, Rick! So beautiful, ethereal.
Absolutely beautiful!
Holy Crap! That is awesome!
Beautifully played, Rick. Glad to see you are using the Barnett Guitar Support. I have one, also, and it works great. I just hope to be able to play a piece like this in my lifetime. How long have you been playing? The tone was awesome and very musical. I’m surprised I haven’t heard any of your work on the site before. Keep submitting, please.
Thanks Rick,
I really enjoyed your performance.
How are you able to play without sheet music?
Wow, you played that so beautifully! I tried to master this many years ago and never could play the middle section well.
Beautiful playing as always!
Thank you, Rick. So beautiful…
Absolutely beautiful playing, lovely rich tone colours – just lovely!!
Thank you all for the kind words. It’s wonderful to be part of this learning community.
Rick – I always look forward to your videos. Please keep posting them – they are such a joy. Best of luck with your upcoming recital.
Hi Rick,
Beautifully played worth a public recital.
full of detail and nuances, an inspiration to all of us;
regards,
Joannes
Congratulations Rick, on yet another superb performance! Best of luck with your recital.
Wow! Amazing! Very beautifully played Rick! I enjoyed a lot!
Beautiful Rick just beautiful.
Enjoyed that very much.
Thanks
Robt
I just love listening to you make music, Rick and this was really beautiful. Thank you!
MAESTRO:
This is the most beautiful I have ever heard this , wow !!!
Ontroerend mooi
Dank U
Hello Rick
Thanks for a most enjoyable listen. it was quite a captivating performance….Bravo!
Congrats Rick,
This is one of my all-time favorite pieces. I’ve been practicing this intermittently for some time. I hope one day soon to be able to play this at least half as smoothly and beautifully as you do. Thanks so much for sharing.
One word – gorgeous!
Hey there, Rick,
Got the link to your performance video from our friend, Bishop Right Reverend Dr. Frank and really enjoyed seeing and hearing you again.
Great work playing! I remember playing together in Potomac as one evening’s only appearance. How’s your brother Rob doing? Still drumming? The guitar you played in this video looks almost exactly the same as my only instrument at the time. Yours sounds better though.
Now I’m practicing Bluegrass with some friends in an independent retirement community on my ES-335 and my Martin. Do you still play your D-28?