Hearing your work played by other musicians

Much of the music I write is too hard for me to play well. I started writing my pieces roughly at the same time as I took up classical guitar again after a very long break, and the technique just wasn't there.  I don't write to my own abilities - if the music demands something, that is what I write, regardless of the stretches, leaps and contortions it requires of the player.  Slowly, slowly, my standard of playing is improving and I can give at least a respectable account of anything I write. But there is a world of difference between a good amateur player, as I aspire to be, and a concert-level professional.

Here are some examples of concert guitarists playing my music

Aleksandr Loginov - "Remember" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bO-D7eeuJP0

Aleksandr Loginov - "The Long Dream Is Over" (concert footage) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Olq-uO_7_Gs

Aleksandr Loginov - "Quiet Music" (webcast footage) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXBrjFkftVA

Angela Mair - "The Long Dream Is Over" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Hc3C1Tfie4

Angela Mair - "Parliament Hill" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VhXkpwvzBI

Valerie Hartzell - "Air and Digressions" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPxHgqJmSm0

Daniela Rossi - "Harbour" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPBnLMFz84w

It's the greatest of pleasures, and a huge privilege, to hear these performances.  I hope there will be many more.

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