My music performed by Bruce Paine
Classical guitarist from New Zealand
Soliloquy - for solo guitar
My earliest piece for guitar in classical style (written 1973).
Calypso -for solo guitar
A gentle Calypso written in 1976
sample page of the score (pdf)
Coming out of the Fog -for solo guitar
A piece written in gratitude for the safe arrival of a friend out of the fog on his journey from London to Manchester!
sample page of the score (pdf)
Romance for Pamela -for solo guitar
Written for an old flame, featuring some of the pianistic forms she favoured, but keeping to a romantic sentimental guitar setting.
Variations on Sweet Kate -for solo guitar
Based on the madrigal by Robert Jones (Renaissance) and going into
various styles including a few Spanish rasgueados
New:
Spider's Web (mp3)
Sample page (pdf) of "Spider's web" for solo guitar
A spider spins her web, the fly comes humming along and lands in the web, the spider gets all excited and scrabbles over to catch the fly - the fly whines (bent harmonics on the guitar!), there is a struggle (circular rasgueados on the guitar!), the spider has her meal and peace reigns once more.
Twinkle Twinkle Variations
A set of unusual variations on the old nursery song "Twinkle, twinkle little star" (or the French equivalent "Ah je vous dirai maman" or "Ah vous dirai-je maman").
New:
Performances by Bruce Paine and Rex Button (guitar duet) on Toptempo:
The Good-tempered guitars
Bifocal Rag
Do visit Bruce Paine's own website here
Classical guitarist from New Zealand
Soliloquy - for solo guitar
My earliest piece for guitar in classical style (written 1973).
Calypso -for solo guitar
A gentle Calypso written in 1976
sample page of the score (pdf)Coming out of the Fog -for solo guitar
A piece written in gratitude for the safe arrival of a friend out of the fog on his journey from London to Manchester!
sample page of the score (pdf)Romance for Pamela -for solo guitar
Written for an old flame, featuring some of the pianistic forms she favoured, but keeping to a romantic sentimental guitar setting.
Variations on Sweet Kate -for solo guitar
Based on the madrigal by Robert Jones (Renaissance) and going into
various styles including a few Spanish rasgueados
New:
Spider's Web (mp3)Sample page (pdf) of "Spider's web" for solo guitar
A spider spins her web, the fly comes humming along and lands in the web, the spider gets all excited and scrabbles over to catch the fly - the fly whines (bent harmonics on the guitar!), there is a struggle (circular rasgueados on the guitar!), the spider has her meal and peace reigns once more.
Twinkle Twinkle Variations A set of unusual variations on the old nursery song "Twinkle, twinkle little star" (or the French equivalent "Ah je vous dirai maman" or "Ah vous dirai-je maman").
New:
Performances by Bruce Paine and Rex Button (guitar duet) on Toptempo:
The Good-tempered guitars
Bifocal Rag
Do visit Bruce Paine's own website here
NB The scores for these and many other compositions for guitar, guitar duets and also guitar and cello duets, which Bruce will be performing, are available from
Musik Fabrik
and from SheetmusicPlus