Preludio Saudade: La Cathedral by A. Barrios.
Played by Rovshan Mamedkuliev.
The video is a Life Registration.
Prelude: Sergei Rudnev, played by Rovshan Mamedkuliev.
The well-known Russian composer Sergei Rudnev and Rovshan Mamedkuliev are long time friends. Guitar: The Concertura
An Idea, by Leo Bouwer. Beautiful performance by Rovshan Mamedkuliev.
Rondo Brilliante Aguado, played by Rovshan Mamedkuliev.
Life registration of concert performance.
The story of the spruce tonewood from Munich’s damaged Frauenkirche.
The story of this wood is inspiring, sensational and intriguing. The spruce used to build this unique classical guitar was once part of Munich’s cathedral church, the Frauenkirche. The wood is over 500 years old.
The cathedral roof was constructed from sprucewood donated by peasants in the German Alps. Dendrochronology – or annual ring analysis – pinpoints the origin of the trees to about the year 1190. The trees were felled in the Bavarian alps in around 1460 and were floated down the river Isar to Munich, from where they were retrieved and used in the construction of the church roof, completed in 1492.
Towards the end of the Second World War, the cathedral suffered major bomb damage. Some of the damaged roof timbers went missing, as local residents needed wood to cook their meals or heat their homes. Luckily, Franz Fuchs, a violin maker, managed to salvage some of the larger wooden beams from the ruins and went on to make 43 violins, 3 violas and 3 cellos from this beautiful material.
Bavarian peasant farmers felled and donated part of their forest for the construction of Munich’s cathedral between 1468 and 1488. The trees themselves date back to the 12th century and were grown at altitudes of over 1000 metres near the town of Lenggries in a valley south of Munich.
500-year-old spruce tonewood and 100-year-old Brazilian rosewood
“Imagine that the wood was absorbing the vibration of music that was performed in this sacred place, music from medieval times through renaissance, baroque, classical and modern periods. Incredible to imagine the choirs, the orchestras and chamber ensembles throughout the centuries whose sounds have been gently vibrating and therefore leaving their voices within the wood. And the countless sermons, wedding’s, baptisms and even funerals, taken place in this solemn structure again leaving their sound vibrations imprinted in this wood. This incredible wood with so many stories dwelling in its grain has been given a second chance at life in this instrument and again words fail to describe how precious an experience it is to play this guitar. This is guitar making taking to entire different level.”
The very first virgin notes from the Concertura Dolezza built with 500-year-old spruce top and 100-year-old Brazilian rosewood.
Sarabanda de Scriabin Leo Brouwer
Camilo Sauvalle
Paloma Enamorada Atahualpa Yupanqui
Camilo Sauvalle