Video – Sean Shibe

on October 10, 2016October 10, 2016 By Sean Shibe

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=55p-jPRhA1k

Serenades of the Unicorn

on July 28, 2016July 28, 2016 By Sean Shibe

Today, Einojuhani Rautavaara died at 80 years old. His few works for guitar remain woefully underplayed... Let's solve this. https://youtu.be/mByi-i6nW8E

Warmth

on June 21, 2016June 21, 2016 By Sean Shibe

David Lang is pretty damn cool. Who knows of truly great solo electric guitar pieces in the classical genre (whatever you might interpret as being)? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJXYs1kd5Ho#t=30

Pre and post Aldeburgh festival activities

on June 19, 2016June 19, 2016 By Sean Shibe

https://www.instagram.com/p/BGwnrOvGZKB/?taken-by=seanstshibe https://www.instagram.com/p/BGxN1lbGZFK/?taken-by=seanstshibe https://www.instagram.com/p/BG1Z9DlmZBG/?taken-by=seanstshibe

3 programmes, 3 countries

on March 26, 2016March 26, 2016 By Sean Shibe

I really need to start booking UK train travel well in advance - a month ago I grabbed the cheapest unreserved ticket for Scotland-bound trains on 24/03, not quite clocking on to the fact that yeah, that'd be the day of the Easter break beginning... Needless to say standing for 3 hours with two suitcases [...]

Rant: Farewell to Stromness by Sir Peter Maxwell Davies

on March 12, 2016March 12, 2016 By Sean Shibe

Often background information we hear about pieces seems non-applicable to an interpretation; here's a case of its application being more obvious. I play the ground bass to Farewell to Stromness in a couple of different ways, then play the exposition, having settled on the opening 2 bars with fleshy tone. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSnspSwkLDA