Craig Ogden The Lighthouse Poole Nov.5th

The LIGHTHOUSE, POOLE, DORSET November 5th 2009

Craig Ogden, John Mills and Xuefei Yang will be playing at The Lighthouse, Poole on November 5th 2009. Included within Craig's programme will be music by Paul Coles and other british composers

A RARE chance to see three of the classical

world’s finest guitarists on the same stage as

Poole’s Lighthouse hosts its first Classical Guitar

Festival on Thursday.

“This is a terrific opportunity to see three very

different guitarists tackle a range of music from

differing eras,” says Dorset composer Paul

Coles, whose work will be included in the

programme.

Former pupil of the renowned guitarist and

composer John Williams, John Mills will be

playing the music of Haydn with the Pavao

String Quartet and duos with Cobie Smit.

The highly rated Xuefei Yang – the first Chinese

guitarist to sign an international recording

contract with EMI – plays the classical Spanish

music of Albeniz; while the ever-popular Craig

Ogden, who has been compared to Julian

Bream, plays a varied selection of works by

living UK composers including Paul Coles.

“Craig recorded an album of my material a

couple of years ago and he’s agreed to play

some pieces at Poole that he hasn’t performed

in concert before – so that gives us a premiere

of sorts,” says Paul.

Next July, Paul’s La Siesta, a concertina for

guitar, flute and orchestra, will be premiered by

Craig Ogden and flautist Judith Hall; and he has

contributed some flute and guitar duets for

Dorset’s Artsreach programme next February.

By Nick Churchill

Classical round-up in Poole (From Bournemouth Echo)