Classical Guitar Alive

Nonprofit org produces Classical Guitar Alive! public radio program, Music in Medicine program in hospitals, American Classic & content for PBS TV stations

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Here's a sneak preview of Classical Guitar Alive! radio program episode 26-38, which will air on 250+ radio stations across the USA, Canada, and the Philippines, beginning the week of Sept 21, 2026.

This episode features @zapicopablo & @zapicodani performing an Anonymous Sinfonia for archlute & theorbo, @ibpluckin performs Weiss's Sonata No. 34, @artemandoline plays Brescianello's Sinfonia V in F major, violinist @Liisarandalu is the soloist with the Jugendzupforchester Baden-Wurttenberg in Konrad Wolki's "Concerto for violin, 2 flutes and plucked-string orchestra," and Norway's Arctic Guitar Trio performs Bjorn Alterhaug's "Far, But Near."

Classical Guitar Alive! is the only nationally-broadcast guitar radio program in America, and now also Canada (thanks to @earshotdigitaldistro !), and airs each week on 250+ NPR and classical radio stations, reaching 400,000 listeners, and is hosted by Tony Morris.

For more information, and to listen to over 500 episodes online, and support the broadcasts, visit: https://t.co/1NEqtt9Z9U

Thanks to our generous supporters, including The Augustine Foundation, the Kodosky Family Fund, @augustinestrings s, Charles and Taako Parker, and a gift in loving memory of Adam Bratcher.

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Antonio Stradivari (c. 1644 – 18 December 1737) is best known for the violins he made, but he also built a few guitars. This is the only Stradivari guitar that is still in playable condition.

Five complete Stradivari guitars are known to survive, along with a few fragments such as a neck. They are five-course (ten-string) Baroque instruments. The commonly listed examples are the 1679 Sabionari, 1681 Giustiniani, 1688 Hill, 1700 Rawlins, and 1711 Vuillaume.

Only the Sabionari is currently playable after restoration. After its restoration to original five-course configuration, it appears on commercial albums such as Krishnasol Jiménez’s recording of Robert de Visée’s “Pièces pour la guittarre,” as well as in videos and performances by players including Rolf Lislevand.

Andrés Segovia played it publicly in 1948 and signed it (on the inside near the soundhole) with the inscription “Due secoli più tardi / A. Segovia / Bologna 1948” (“Two centuries later”).

A close-up photograph of the signature on the back (visible through or near the soundhole/rosette area) has been published. The signature is now partly obscured by the restored rosette, but the published image documents it clearly.

The other surviving Stradivari guitars are museum or collection pieces and are not used for recording.

Stradivari produced 1,116 instruments, of which 960 were violins. Around 650 instruments survive, including 450 to 512 violins. His instruments are considered some of the finest ever made, and are extremely valuable collector's items.

[Classical Guitar Alive @mangore]

Mark Mancina interview:

Here's an excerpt of an interview recorded August 25, 2020 with 3-time Grammy-winning film score/Broadway musical composer and guitarist/pianist Mark Mancina (The Lion King, Moana, Training Day, Twister, Tarzan, The Mule, etc.), speaking from his studio in Carmel, California, about his favorite guitarist, Julian Bream.

Bream had passed away earlier that month, so I was preparing a special episode of the Classical Guitar Alive! radio program as a tribute to Julian Bream, and despite his incredibly busy schedule, Mark kindly agreed to do an impromptu interview.

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1939 World Premiere
of the Guitar Concerto No. 1 by Mario Castlenuovo-Tedesco by guitarist Andres Segovia, and the SODRE Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Lamberto Baldi, October 28, 1939 in Montevideo, Uruguay.

(included in this video is the actual concert poster advertising the world premiere)

This is an excerpt, the entire concerto can be found on YouTube on the channel of Vinicius Bandeira here: https://t.co/hFdLfLkU51

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Here's a sneak preview of Classical Guitar Alive! radio program episode 26-37, which will air on 250+ radio stations across the USA, Canada, and the Philippines, beginning the week of Sept 13, 2026.

This episode features a new guitar concerto by Lord of the Rings film composer @howard_shore_official , played by @milosguitar , @DusanBogdanovic 's "Mysterious Habitats" played by @tracy_guitar , Dowland's Sir John Smith's Almain by @guitaristmarcosartor , Jorge Morel's "Fantasia Latina" by Evangelos & Liza, @brasilguitarduo performing "Forrozim" by Heraldo do Monte.

Classical Guitar Alive! is the only nationally-broadcast guitar radio program in America, and now also Canada (thanks to @earshotdigitaldistro !), and airs each week on 250+ NPR and classical radio stations, reaching 400,000 listeners, and is hosted by Tony Morris.

For more information, and to listen to over 500 episodes online, and support the broadcasts, visit: https://t.co/1NEqtt9Z9U

Thanks to our generous supporters, including The Augustine Foundation, the Kodosky Family Fund, @augustineguitar strings, Charles and Taako Parker, and a gift in loving memory of Adam Bratcher.

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Here's a sneak preview of Classical Guitar Alive! radio program episode 26-36, which will air on 250+ radio stations across the USA, Canada, and the Philippines, beginning the week of Sept 7, 2026.

This episode features Bach's Italian Concerto played by the duo of Drew Henderson and Michael Kolk, Lully's "Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme" by the ensemble @forestare , Paganini's "Sonata Concertante" by the duo of Rene Izquierdo & mandolinist Carlo Aonzo, Castlenuovo-Tedesco's Guitar Quintet featuring guitarist Giulio Tampalini , and the @vida_guitar_quartet performing Sir Malcolm Arnold's English Dances.

You can hear this episode online here: https://t.co/Buqd3quH6G

Classical Guitar Alive! is the only nationally-broadcast guitar radio program in America, and now also Canada (thanks to @earshotdigitaldistro !), and airs each week on 250+ NPR and classical radio stations, reaching 400,000 listeners, and is hosted by Tony Morris

For more information, and to listen to over 500 episodes online, and support the broadcasts, visit: https://t.co/1NEqtt9Z9U

Thanks to our generous supporters, including The Augustine Foundation, the Kodosky Family Fund, @augustinestrings s, Charles and Taako Parker, and a gift in loving memory of Adam Bratcher.

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Here's a Classical Guitar Alive! radio program interview I recorded a few years back with lutenist Paul O'Dette, who spoke about Elizabethan English lutenist-composer John Dowland (1563-1626).

He revealed an astonishing thing that even most guitarists don't know about John Dowland:

Dowland was implicated in an assassination plot against Queen Elizabeth !

Here's the story of John Dowland, and how, despite his great talent, his own character flaws prevented him from succeeding.

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Classical Guitar Alive's Instagram page just reached 5,000 followers!

Less than a month ago, it was stuck at 1,595 followers, but it's gone semi-viral in the past few weeks.

Here's the page, it you're interested in taking a look: https://t.co/uC3MDVSdj3

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Here's a sneak preview of episode 26-34 of the Classical Guitar Alive! program:

Featuring two world premieres: @patmetheny 's "Road to the Sun" written for the @laguitarquartet and an interview with William Kanengiser who talks about the piece and British composer @oliverdavismusic 's Guitar Concerto, and Medieval music by Duo Gioco di Salterio, and Mario Gangi's Baroque Suite, played by Duo Pace Poli di Capelli.

Classical Guitar Alive! is the only nationally-broadcast guitar radio program in America, and now also Canada (thanks to @earshotdigitaldistro !), and airs each week on 250+ NPR and classical radio stations, reaching 400,000 listeners, and is hosted by @tonymorrismedia .

For more information, and to listen to over 500 episodes online, and support the broadcasts, visit: https://t.co/1NEqtt9Z9U

Thanks to our generous supporters, including The Augustine Foundation, the Kodosky Family Fund, @augustineguitar strings, Charles and Taako Parker, and a gift in loving memory of Adam Bratcher.

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Here's a sneak preview of Classical Guitar Alive! radio program episode 26-33, which features music by Sergio Assad, Vivaldi, Bach, Weiss, and Konstantin Vassiliev.

Featured performers in this episode are: Duo Assad, Angel Romero, guitarist Piera Dadomo and mandolinist Dorina Frati, Ljubomir Brabec, and guitarist Irina Kulikova with cellist Feliks Volozhanin .

Which will air on 250+ public radio stations across the USA, Canada, and the Philippines beginning the week of August 17, 2026.

Classical Guitar Alive! is the only nationally-broadcast guitar radio program in America, and now also Canada (thanks to Earshot Distro !), and airs each week on 250+ NPR and classical radio stations, reaching 400,000 listeners, and is hosted by Tony Morris.

For more information, and to listen to over 500 episodes online, and support the broadcasts, visit: https://t.co/1NEqtt9Z9U

Thanks to our generous supporters, including The Augustine Foundation, the Kodosky Family Fund, @augustineguitar Strings, Charles and Taako Parker, and a gift in loving memory of Adam Bratcher.

[Classical Guitar Alive @mangore]

Francisco Martin Barrios (left) (1893-1939) was a writer and reciter of poetry, and the youngest brother of guitarist Agustin Barrios Mangoré (right) (1885-1944). Mangoré's piece "Madrigal" is dedicated to Francisco.

In 1916, Francisco left his home town of San Juan Bautista, Paraguay, to join Agustin on the road. They performed together frequently in Paraguay, Uruguay, and Brazil.

Their programs consisted of Francisco reciting his poetry, followed by Agustin performing his music. Sometimes Francisco would act as press agent and promoter.
Their last known program together was in Brazil in March of 1931.

On the night of September 21, 1939, Francisco supposedly caught his wife, Constancia Orzalluz, with another man, at their home, located at 432 Montevideo Street, in Asuncion, Paraguay. Francisco attacked them both with a knife. The man fled uninjured, but Constancia did not.

Francisco stabbed her repeatedly, and ran out into the street, screaming and delivering an oration. It would be his final poem.

Believing he had just murdered his wife, Francisco then stabbed himself to death.

However, Constancia survived her injuries.

*Thanks to Barrios scholars Carlos Salcedo, (who has the actual police report of the incident) and Federico Sheppard for this information.

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This is an interview with the late Agustin Barrios Mangoré scholar Richard "Rico" Stover, recorded in May 2010 at the historic Hotel Del Lago in San Bernardino, Paraguay.

Stover talks about his early research on Mangoré, meeting the "Mangoreanos," the devoted El Salvadorian former students of Mangoré, and meeting the real Julia Florida:

Julia Florida Martinez de Rodriguez, who studied guitar with Mangoré in 1938-1939 when she was 15-17 years old in Costa Rica. Mangoré dedicated his masterpiece "Julia Florida" to her on Christmas Eve 1938.

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Here's a sneak preview of Classical Guitar Alive! radio program episode 26-32 Music by Handel, David Bruce, Jorge Morel, Golfam Khayam, Andres Martin, Annette Kruisbrink, and Agustin Barrios Mangoré.

Which will air on public radio stations across the USA, Canada, and the Philippines beginning the week of August 10, 2026.

This episode features performances by David Russell (Classical Guitarist), mandolinist Avi Avital, Kryzsztof Pelech, Duo Noire, and Kevin Loh.

Classical Guitar Alive! is the only nationally-broadcast guitar radio program in America, and now also Canada (thanks to @EarshotDigital Distribution System!), and airs each week on 250+ NPR, classical and community radio stations, reaching 400,000 listeners, and is hosted by Tony Morris.

For more information, and to listen to over 500 episodes online, and support the broadcasts, visit: https://t.co/1NEqtt9Z9U

Thanks to our generous supporters, including The Augustine Foundation, the Kodosky Family Fund, Augustine Strings, Charles and Taako Parker, and a gift in loving memory of Adam Bratcher.

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For the truly hard-core classical guitar nerds: A photo of Julia Florida and Agustin Barrios Mangoré from 1939, and the original manuscript, plus a cleaned-up, easier-to-read version of the original manuscript.

From the Agustin Barrios Mangore Collection of the Cabildo Museum in Asuncion, Paraguay, as printed in volume 1 of Carlos Salcedo's book "El Inalcanzable."

Side note: This is the only photo I've seen of Barrios actually smiling, lol.

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Here's a sneak preview of Classical Guitar Alive! radio program episode 26-31 Italian Music by: Zamboni, Paganini, Castlenuovo-Tedesco, De Stefano. Which will air on public radio stations across the USA, Canada, and the Philippines beginning the week of August 3, 2026.

This episode features music by Zamboni, Paganini, Castlenuovo-Tedesco, and Paolo De Stefano, with performances by lutenist Luciano Contini, Artyom Dervoed, Meng Su, Classical Guitarist, and Duo Eterna.

Classical Guitar Alive! is the only nationally-broadcast guitar radio program in America, and Canada (thanks to @EarshotDigital Distribution System!), and airs each week on 250+ NPR and classical radio stations, reaching 400,000 listeners, and is hosted by Tony Morris.

For more information, and to listen to over 500 episodes online, and support the broadcasts, visit: https://t.co/1NEqtt9Z9U

Thanks to our generous supporters, including The Augustine Foundation, the Kodosky Family Fund, @augustineguitar Strings, Charles and Taako Parker, and a gift in loving memory of Adam Bratcher.