John Mills: Legendary Classical Guitarist visits Copenhagen

19 May 2014 - Det Koniglige Danske Musikkonservatorium (The Royal Danish Academy of Music)


This afternoon, legendary classical guitarist John Mills (UK) proved that he's still got the strings under his control, rewarding a small audience of less than 100 people to a diverse range of pieces by Alexandre Tansman (6 pieces in Modo Polonico), Hans Haug (Preludio and Alba), F. Moreno Torroba (Suite Castellano), Joaquin Turina (Sevillana (Fantasia), Manuel Ponce (Sonata Mexicana), Annette Kruisbrink (Homeaje a Andres Segovia), Isaac Albeniz (Capricho Catalan), Enrique Granados (Spanish dance in G dur) and, rounding off with Bach (Suite No 3) as an encore. It must be close to 40 years since I first saw John Mills perform at the Queen Elizabeth Hall (if my memory serves me correctly). Amazing, still going strong and still seemingly getting so much enjoyment from sharing his incredible talent with the audience. He commenced his visit Friday evening with a public lecture, followed this up with a Masterclass on Saturday, and rounded off both his short sejourn and my weekend with today's beautiful performance. Tak John.