As an instrumentalist, Segovia did
for the guitar what Casals did for the cello, but he did it with an
instrument that had never before been taken seriously as a concert
instrument. Within his own lifetime, Segovia taught himself the
instrument, revolutionised the technique and elevated a folk instrument
to the highest levels of the international concert platform. As a
musician, he has come to be recognised as one of the most refined and
profound of his time.
In the film, Segovia reminisces about his early days in Grenada and his happy discovery of the guitar. He plays ten pieces, all beautifully filmed in the courtyards of the Alhambra:
- “Capricho Catalán” by Isaac Albéniz
- “La Maja de Goya” by Enrique Granados
- “Torre Bermeja” by Isaac Albéniz
- “Sonata in E Minor” by Domenico Scarlatti
- “Minuet” by Jean-Philippe Rameau”
- “Minuet” by Fernando Sor
- “Ballet and Allegretto” by Manuel Ponce
- “Gavotte I & II” by Johann Sebastian Bach
- “Leyenda” by Isaac Albéniz
- “El Noy de In Mare” a Catalan folk song
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