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Member Spotlight: Rick Lord

posted on March 21, 2018

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.

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Comments

  1. Kari

    March 21, 2018 at 4:30 pm

    Rick, your playing is sublime. Thank you so much for sharing with us!
    Heartfelt applause!

    Reply
  2. Mark

    March 21, 2018 at 5:17 pm

    Wow, Rick, that ROCKS!!

    Thanks for the inspiring performance,

    Mark

    Reply
  3. Richard Goldblatt

    March 21, 2018 at 5:20 pm

    Bravo Rick! I plan to work on this piece.

    Reply
  4. Sharon McGroder

    March 21, 2018 at 5:21 pm

    I need a CD of your music, Rick! So beautiful, ethereal.

    Reply
  5. Karen Kucik

    March 21, 2018 at 5:48 pm

    Absolutely beautiful!

    Reply
  6. Trisha Scott

    March 21, 2018 at 9:21 pm

    Holy Crap! That is awesome!

    Reply
  7. Johan Gebben

    March 21, 2018 at 11:07 pm

    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.

    Reply
    • Jeannette Wilton

      March 23, 2018 at 6:44 am

      Thanks Rick,
      I really enjoyed your performance.
      How are you able to play without sheet music?

      Reply
  8. Tiff

    March 21, 2018 at 11:43 pm

    Wow, you played that so beautifully! I tried to master this many years ago and never could play the middle section well.

    Reply
  9. Linda Tsardakas

    March 22, 2018 at 6:54 am

    Beautiful playing as always!

    Reply
  10. Anne Flanigan

    March 22, 2018 at 4:11 pm

    Thank you, Rick. So beautiful…

    Reply
  11. Fleur

    March 22, 2018 at 4:23 pm

    Absolutely beautiful playing, lovely rich tone colours – just lovely!!

    Reply
  12. Rick Lord

    March 24, 2018 at 10:33 am

    Thank you all for the kind words. It’s wonderful to be part of this learning community.

    Reply
  13. Martha Kreipke

    March 25, 2018 at 10:09 am

    Rick – I always look forward to your videos. Please keep posting them – they are such a joy. Best of luck with your upcoming recital.

    Reply
  14. joannes

    March 26, 2018 at 9:11 am

    Hi Rick,

    Beautifully played worth a public recital.
    full of detail and nuances, an inspiration to all of us;

    regards,
    Joannes

    Reply
  15. Mark

    March 26, 2018 at 9:47 am

    Congratulations Rick, on yet another superb performance! Best of luck with your recital.

    Reply
  16. Gino

    April 6, 2018 at 7:26 am

    Wow! Amazing! Very beautifully played Rick! I enjoyed a lot!

    Reply
  17. Whitmore Robert

    April 8, 2018 at 4:27 pm

    Beautiful Rick just beautiful.
    Enjoyed that very much.
    Thanks
    Robt

    Reply
  18. Lynda

    April 20, 2018 at 4:33 pm

    I just love listening to you make music, Rick and this was really beautiful. Thank you!

    Reply
  19. Ruben Viramontes

    April 22, 2018 at 9:58 pm

    MAESTRO:
    This is the most beautiful I have ever heard this , wow !!!

    Reply
  20. Heli

    April 22, 2018 at 10:41 pm

    Ontroerend mooi
    Dank U

    Reply
  21. Nick

    April 23, 2018 at 11:33 am

    Hello Rick

    Thanks for a most enjoyable listen. it was quite a captivating performance….Bravo!

    Reply
  22. vincent thompson

    April 23, 2018 at 5:45 pm

    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.

    Reply
  23. Julie watson

    May 19, 2018 at 2:31 pm

    One word – gorgeous!

    Reply
  24. David G Stapleton

    June 9, 2018 at 12:14 am

    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?

    Reply

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