Once again my thanks to Gloria Medina for bringing such excellent guitarists to this series of concerts at the Granada Conference Centre.  Last night’s concert was a very intimate affair, with about 80 or 90 people and a space very well suited to the guitar.  Joaquín Clerch claims a strong connection with Granada and he made it feel more like a private audition for family and friends.  The programme was varied and excellent with some of the composers I love to hear on the guitar:  Bach and Piazolla.  Joaquín paid his respects to Paco de Lucia with Fuente y caudal and played a beautiful version of Alfonsina y el mar.
On the other hand he introduced Ginastera’s sonata as one of the greatest pieces ever written for guitar but I have to say that it didn’t move me.  The encores were very nice, Guajira para mi madre and “La comparsina de Lecuona” as he called it.