In the summer of 2017 we drove up to Fort Bragg to visit my old guitar teacher and also visit his neighbor and esteemed luthier, Brian Burns, from whom I bought this guitar. His website needed some video content and I supplied it, playing and discussing with him the six guitars he had built in his shop. The idea was to play some music that could demonstrate and show off the exceptional qualities of his guitars and what made each one unique. Visit his website at http://brianburnsguitars.com/my-guitars
A real masterpiece by the great Paraguayan guitarist Agustín Barrios Mangore, "Una Limosna por el Amor de Dios" (An Alm for the Love of God)
An arpeggio etude by Cuban composer Leo Brouwer, "SImple Studies No. Six."
A favorite of mine and many classical guitarists called "Romance of the Pines," by Federico Moreno-Torroba.
Short, lyrical and sweet.
Leyenda - Live At
Lick Observatory on
Mt. Hamilton, CA
I try out Brian's ultra-lightweight No. 21 Flamenco guitar and get a laugh at the end.
A duet arrangement of Fernando Sor's Etude in Bm (Segovia ed. No. 5) with Sean O'Connor. Descant added by Nathan Harris.
"Afro-Cuban Lullaby" in a candle-lit benefit concert for the Sacramento Guitar Society, an arts nonprofit promoting the art of the classical guitar.
Bach's "Musette" arranged for Flute & Guitar, with Francesca Anderson at a Groupmuse House Concert
One of the coolest compositions from South America, "Sounds of Bells" by João "Pernambuco" Guimarães of Brazil. Enjoy!
Bach Little Prelude in Dm BWV 999 - live at Lick Observatory 2010
Bizet's "Entr'acte" arranged for Flute & Guitar, with Francesca Anderson at a Groupmuse House Concert
Sacramento Flute Club Presents Francesca Anderson
& Daniel Roest 12/6/20
Selections from a Live-
streamed Concert
TÁYÉWÒ is by SW Nigerian guitarist-composer Taiwo Adegoke in May 2020 and expresses his messages of optimism, to experience the beauty of Nature and choose happiness. He says "Make yourself happy and all creatures happy." This performance and pairing of flute and guitar is its North American premiere - in a live-streamed concert at Daniel's studio Sept. 19, 2020.
During the early weeks of the COVID 19 Quarantine, I made a few "Quarantunes" to cheer us up.
Teja Gerken, Mark Hanson and Daniel Roest share a live acoustic guitar concert on Teja's "Guitars in the Round" podcast, January 31, 2021.
In April 2023, realter Irik Edens interviewed Daniel Roest for his SPREAD THE GOOD podcast about being a guitar teacher,
Sierra Nevada Guitar Festival 2024 Award messages from Muriel Anderson, Scott Cmiel, Peppino D'Agostino, Eddie Diaz, Teja Gerken, Mark Janson, Laurence Juber, Dr. Gregory Newton and David Tanenbaum.
