Super awesome song: Sunburst by Andrew York

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A really beautiful piece, played by the composer. Strangely enough not the best performance I've heard of it, which means the performer really does add something to the piece. Nice to know. The end is a bit weird, don't know what they were getting at.

Here's another (better?)performance of the piece, just don't look directly into his fringe.

Bob-Dubery

I thought the playing on both was superb. It takes some big chops to play that kind of piece that well. The 2nd is better recorded or the file uploaded to Youtube had better quality audio, so that give it an advantage.

PeteM

Interesting how we hear things differently.
Both were played superbly, but I preferred the composer playing his own piece. There was a sense of knowing on his part whereas the second piece, although technically perfect, to me, lacked the honestly and deep emotion of the first rendition.

Keira-WitherKay

hey i'm just glad that he's composing new music in the classical/trad style well don't shoot me but some of it sounded more folk/traditional guitar than classical in parts......... but yeah i never get it why many brilliant classical players are content to rehash the same guitar repetoire over and over ............. instead of composing within the style or genre.......... so yeah he scores full brownie points for that ..and the execution(we talking the original played by the composer) was just fine........... it wasn't too sloppy and in the one watch i only noticed one hesitation where he almost missed a leading tone but roped it in ........ so yeah anyway i think most of us are way too critical.......... and miss enjoying the composition and soul of the piece while watching for technique,,,,,,,,,, sure sloppy technique as in radically bad has no excuse... but this was in my book 10 /10 ......

aja

PeteM wrote Interesting how we hear things differently.
Both were played superbly, but I preferred the composer playing his own piece. There was a sense of knowing on his part whereas the second piece, although technically perfect, to me, lacked the honestly and deep emotion of the first rendition.

I agree with you

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so yeah anyway i think most of us are way too critical..

That would be me.

I realised after I had posted that the quality of sound had a lot to do with it. I had listened to Parkening first and when I heard the original composer play I was struck by the dullness of the recording. Although I love Parkening's interperatation, whether it's the recording or not. It seems a little more renaissance in his rendition and has a bit more punctuated rhythm. That changes the whole song for me.

I think perhaps I had become a bit too familiar with Parkening's performance to objectively judge York's, but it did seem more folksy. Where some(most?) may like York's emotive playing I still can't help having goosebumps when Parkening's plays it. In no way did I mean to imply that York was/ is not fully proficient in playing.

I'm still mysitified by the song and I realy love the ethos of his music. I think if ever there were someone to represent what I love about the guitar it would be this composer and this song. Thanks for listening to it!

PeteM

Viccy wrote
so yeah anyway i think most of us are way too critical..
That would be me.

I realised after I had posted that the quality of sound had a lot to do with it. I had listened to Parkening first and when I heard the original composer play I was struck by the dullness of the recording. Although I love Parkening's interperatation, whether it's the recording or not. It seems a little more renaissance in his rendition and has a bit more punctuated rhythm. That changes the whole song for me.

I think perhaps I had become a bit too familiar with Parkening's performance to objectively judge York's, but it did seem more folksy. Where some(most?) may like York's emotive playing I still can't help having goosebumps when Parkening's plays it. In no way did I mean to imply that York was/ is not fully proficient in playing.

I'm still mysitified by the song and I realy love the ethos of his music. I think if ever there were someone to represent what I love about the guitar it would be this composer and this song. Thanks for listening to it!

I wasn't implying that you were being critical of York's playing Viccy, just passing comment on how different people hear different things, which is cool. 8)

Squonk

Good piece of music Viccy

I like the ending as well ? I think the reason why York's seems more emotional is that you can see him performing.
I think Parkening's interpretation is quite different, the song does have a complete different feel, different not better.

York is a bit more than a classical guitarist, I heard him years ago in the Los Angeles Guitar Quartet, some good stuff.

Parkening is amazing, really enjoy his interpretations.

Was that Juliam Bream talking, introducing a Fernando Sor piece at the end of York's video?

Squonk

Here is Andrew doing "Marley's Ghost"

I love the little rhythm thing that he has going and the his timing is incredible