Neil
Smith in ensemble...
with John Turner
on Recorders: John Turner is one of the world's finest players and
with Neil, the Duo perform exciting virtuoso music from the 16th
Century up to the present day. Many new works have been written for
this duo.
with Alison
Stephens on Mandolin: Alison, recently of Captain Corelli fame is
also Mandolinist at the Royal Opera House and this Duo Rosso has a
mainly Italian style programme featuring guitar solos to suit.
with Brendan
McCormack on Guitar: Brendan is one of Liverpool's finest
musicians and he is also known as John Lennon's favourite player.
Music from Elizabethan times up to Lennon-McCartney with a man who
knew them.
with Lorna Rushton,
Soprano: Lorna is a clear voiced singer who won the Duchess of
Kent Award and with Neil, their repertoire ranges from Dowland,
Purcell and Schubert to Britten and Copeland and Villa-Lobos.
with Marina Tafur,
Ladino Soprano: Marina is a special, stylish singer from the
Colombian Opera House and in this rare recital, the duo play Sefardic
ballads... Spanish-Jewish originals of long ago creating incredible
sonorities together.
with Colin
Johnson, Narrator: Colin is an international artist whose talents
include poetry writing and reading which, along with Neil's guitar
take the listener on journeys around the globe... humour and
virtuosity together.
Neil Smith
Publications...