Andrew Blanch & Emily Granger: Suite mágica

9 February 2024

In the Utzon Room

Classical Music

Experience Suite mágica: A spellbinding performance weaving energy, versatility, virtuosity and beauty through fresh compositions, timeless classics and more.

...enough to win any audience over…

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Be enchanted

Suite mágica pairs the extraordinary combination of guitar and harp with a selection of works that display the energy, versatility and beauty of these much-loved instruments – delivered by two of Australia’s most captivating performers.

This instrumental pairing is at once both fresh and familiar. On stage, the instruments face each other like an enchanted reflection – with striking visual and aural similarities. The sound world created by these two plucked string instruments is not dissimilar to that of a guitar duo – the harp, with its 47 resonant strings and a collection of extended techniques, providing an expanded range of expressive possibilities to the more common two-guitar pairing.

Join Andrew and Emily as they share exciting new commissions by Australia’s leading composers, arrangements of popular favourites, and more.

Presented by Tier 1 Arts & Classical Guitar Society Sydney

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