Fernando Sor | 12 Études op. 6 | Patrik Kleemola, guitar

[@PatrikKleemola]

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[@dalesparks7647]

I used to play all these n op 29, 31, 35 some in op 44 n 60. I love the music of Sor. I really regret letting them go n putting my guitar away. Only now 25 years later I've picked it back up. You play beautifully Patrik n I hope you never lose interest or life gets in the way of your studying like it did for me. I watch a lot of your videos n enjoy your playing n musicality. The RH technique goes unnoticed however with theses studies it's so demanding with stopping ringing notes esp basses. Wonderful technique Patrik, your pull offs are crisp n your overall sound is pleasant with nice clear separation in the voices.

[@PatrikKleemola]

Thank you for your comment!

[@niceguitar6144]

Excellent work

[@PatrikKleemola]

@@niceguitar6144 Thank you!

[@danielcanelon4270]

You made my day with this music. Thank you very much.

[@PatrikKleemola]

I'm delighted to hear that, thanks!

[@anthonyglise1345]

Beautiful work. Thank you for posting, Patrik.

[@PatrikKleemola]

Thanks a lot, Anthony! 🎶

[@guitarprayer8197]

I subscribe to all the enthusiastic comments. Beautiful performance with amazing musicality, sense of style and genuine affection for this music. Big applause from Chopin's homeland.

[@PatrikKleemola]

Thank you very much!

[@clicanogostei7851]

Excelentes interpretações. Violão do som belíssimo.

[@PatrikKleemola]

Muchas gracias!

[@juhahuovio3548]

pretty neat

[@PatrikKleemola]

Thanks!

[@josephkowhai9820]

Tenakoe for the wonderful performance and in an equally wonderful venue plus that superb period guitar! what a delight! Also thank you for the detailed information about the composer. A pleasant surprise to hear no. 10 - I never knew this came from Sor and would love to know how it became to be taken up by the British as a tune to acknowledge/celebrate their sovereign (s).

[@PatrikKleemola]

@@josephkowhai9820 Thanks a lot! Sor published this set of Etudes soon after his arrival to London in 1815, where he came from Paris and having left his home country Spain due to war and political circumstances. I think this no. 10, with God save the king -theme, is his homage to England which had treated him so favourably.

[@jayshepherd9633]

Fantastic instrument

[@PatrikKleemola]

I agree!

[@jmcastromattos]

❤Congratulations! Very beautiful! (Gettings from Brazil.)❤

[@PatrikKleemola]

Thanks a lot! 🎶🎵

[@reneizquierdo]

Bravissimo!!! A feast to the ears, eyes and soul! Thank you 🙏

[@PatrikKleemola]

Thank you so much, Rene!!

[@radiantspoon8588]

What an amazing video and performance! These are some of my favorite pieces written by Sor, and you play them so much more expertly than I ever have (not that I'm anyone)!!! Thank you for uploading this!

[@PatrikKleemola]

Thank you so much! Enjoy playing Sor! 🎵🎶

[@rodericksibelius8472]

Wow!!!, the tone of that guitar, bassy deep round tone. You are a Virtuoso to be able to demonstrate Fernando Sor's beautiful Etudes as they are fun and exciting to play them as they are very technically demanding, I started 30 years ago on the 20 Sor Studies compiled by Andres Segovia with the famous recording of John Christopher Williams - the Australian British Grandmaster Virtuoso of the Classical Guitar. Bravo Maestro Patrik for a well done video with the didactic notes on Fernando Sor. Can You play a Classical Guitar solo on the Rolling Stones song called 'SATISFACTION'? .... hehehe

[@PatrikKleemola]

Cheers, Roderick!

[@giuseppemisuraca9654]

Sei un grande!

[@PatrikKleemola]

Grazie, Giuseppe!

[@niceguitar6144]

Merry Christmas Patrik

[@PatrikKleemola]

Same to you!

[@tomphillips6743]

Nice!

[@PatrikKleemola]

👍

[@largodoloroso2299]

08:35 "If Segovia 20 Sor studies realistically graded, this shall be placed last" - David Tanenbaum Anyway, immaculate playing Patrik. I adore your commitment to 19th century literature like this. It's a shame that contemporary guitarists seem to not look this kind of music anymore.

[@PatrikKleemola]

Thank you very much! 🎵🎶

[@beeps123]

Cool work. Must’ve been hard work too. Thank you very much. Loving this.

[@PatrikKleemola]

Thank you for your comment. In recent years I've been studying Sor's own guitar technique and applying it to this repertoire. It's work but rewarding work.

[@beeps123]

@@PatrikKleemola Can I ask if ur using the planting technique in these studies??

[@PatrikKleemola]

@@beeps123 I do, occasionally.

[@guillermorugilo2937]

Patrick - superb as usual! I love Op. 6 and you play it masterfully. Also, wanted to let you know that I enjoy the context you use to add to the description of the videos, I ALWAYS read them through on your videos, thank you!

[@PatrikKleemola]

Thanks a lot, Guillermo!

[@JamesDaSilvamusic]

You are an inspiration to me Patrik. Love your touch and feel. Beautiful sound. Cheers from Tennessee

[@PatrikKleemola]

Thank you for a lovely comment!

[@IanStukenborg]

20:00 from every mountainside, let freedom ring! Great work! Thanks!

[@PatrikKleemola]

Thank you!

[@ReliSuyskens]

Beautiful performance of great "small" works. And what a nice place to be in this wooden church! Thanks for sharing Patrik.

[@PatrikKleemola]

Thanks, Reli!

[@viliocelli6684]

Bravo beautiful Sor

[@PatrikKleemola]

Thanks, Vilio!

[@Niels596]

marvelous!

[@PatrikKleemola]

Thanks, Niels!

[@fredia7131]

I'm working through the Segovia edition right now, so this is very inspiring. Great work!

[@PatrikKleemola]

Nice to hear you find it inspiring!

[@CarlosRomanZ]

Etude 2 such a clear example of the three voices perfectly separated. Beautiful! Thanks!

[@PatrikKleemola]

Thanks for a comment, Carlos!

[@karinemarchitto6368]

Très beau son.

[@PatrikKleemola]

Thanks!

[@Thisisclassicalguitar]

Excellent! Shared it on the site. Nice to hear them all in one video.

[@PatrikKleemola]

Thanks a lot!

[@MichaelNeverisky]

Such a superb offering! Lovely playing, the entire opus in one video and the historical background text. Thank you very much!

[@PatrikKleemola]

Thanks, Michael! Glad you've enjoyed it.

[@Lupo2612]

BRAVO! GORGEOUS!! I enjoy listening to your playing!

[@PatrikKleemola]

Thank you, Wolfgang!

[@jeremymozlin]

Incredible quality, very beautiful. Thank you so much for putting this online.

[@PatrikKleemola]

Thanks a lot for your feedback!

[@testalavera686]

Belissimo!

[@PatrikKleemola]

Thank you!

[@obduliovaldes7117]

Enhorabuena!!! Nos encanta Sor!!!

[@PatrikKleemola]

Gracias!

[@larsfrandsen2501]

Absolutely gorgeous recording. This, along with Leif Christensen’s recording from the 80s, are among my favourites of this work. Congratulations on a great recording!

[@PatrikKleemola]

Thanks a lot, Lars!

[@davidnefesh]

Gorgeous sound and playing and you really bring out the musicality of these Etudes! Warm wishes from Detroit, Michigan!

[@PatrikKleemola]

Thanks a lot, David!

[@allansjoelin]

Bravo Patrik!

[@PatrikKleemola]

Thanks, Allan!

[@umovilac]

Superb...!!! Thanks for sharing.

[@PatrikKleemola]

Thanks!

[@tomfarris2838]

Magnificent playing and I appreciated the detailed description. Thank you...you've inspired me to give Opus 6 a go.

[@PatrikKleemola]

Thanks, Tom! Great to hear it has been an inspiration.

[@tobiasnilsson8934]

Fantastic recordings! Fell for the interpretation of etude no three. What a elegance and lightness. Lovely! And thanks for telling about Sor i the description. //Tobias

[@PatrikKleemola]

Cheers, Tobias!

[@ericphillips7057]

Outstanding playing as always, Patrik! I really like your explanation of why Sor's more difficult studies were written earlier and his "easier" ones later. It is much easier to write difficult music for the guitar, or to write easier music that is not at a high musical level. To write good music that is also playable by amateurs (like me) is very difficult. It makes sense! I know what I'll be listening to tonight as I go for my evening walk. 😀

[@PatrikKleemola]

Thanks Eric for inspiring feedback!

[@larsfrandsen2501]

Also, what the trajectory of Sor’s studies suggests (from Opp 6-29, one following the other, through Opp 31-35 to 60) is that there was a decline in the interest in the guitar around the middle of the nineteenth century.

[@ericphillips7057]

@@larsfrandsen2501 Good point, Lars. So, you are thinking that the decline in interest in the guitar meant that Sor needed to write studies that were more suited to beginners and intermediate guitarists?

[@PatrikKleemola]

@@larsfrandsen2501 Yes, it might somehow reflect that too. Indeed Sor's follower, friend and colleague Napoleon Coste surely witnessed the decline of the guitar in Paris in the following decades after Sor's death in 1839.

[@larsfrandsen2501]

@@ericphillips7057 I think that might explain the fact that Sor’s studies got easier and easier for each opus. We witness a renewed interest in the guitar in the twentieth century.

[@ИгорьШаманов-ц3к]

Beautiful playing, maestro👏👏👏

[@PatrikKleemola]

Thanks!

[@never_ever_never_land]

Ilo kuunnella!

[@PatrikKleemola]

@@never_ever_never_land Kiva kuulla! 🎶

[@Josh.Vanjani]

Wow, what a treat to have the entire opus in one video 👏! I don't usually actively watch a half hour video, but this made for an engrossing listen over dinner. It was both a delight to watch and listen 😁. Besides the authentic sound quality of the Romantic guitar, I found your phrasing brought the music to life in an elegant way. I let all 6 of the ads run (cheaper than a concert ticket, ha ha) 💰. I too follow the style of Aguado in keeping my thumb trimmed, but short nails on the right hand. Were you using the Aquila Ambra 800 string set in this video?

[@PatrikKleemola]

Thanks a lot for your comment, Josh! I still keep playing with Aguilas Alabastro nylgut strings.

[@markoerdevicki]

Great job!

[@PatrikKleemola]

Thanks, Marko!

[@AlanMcCarthyguitar]

It’s amazing that every piece in this work I’d like to learn . The ability to perform an entire opus is such a feat too . Do you think Sor intended/wanted his pupils to do that?? Also in your essay …. So Sor was a singer too ??

[@PatrikKleemola]

I think it's a great work as a whole. I don't think in the early 19th century it was a habit to perform in public concerts large cycles like this one entirely. In the op. 6 there are many different technical and musical aspects that Sor presents, so perhaps the most talented and hard-working students aimed to study the whole set.

[@AlanMcCarthyguitar]

@@PatrikKleemola op 6 really is a magnificent set of pieces . As you wrote 8 of them got into the Segovia 20 , that says an awful lot

[@AlanMcCarthyguitar]

Can anyone in the world play Sor better than you and so much of him !!?I doubt it

[@PatrikKleemola]

Thank you so much!

[@pauljan118]

Maestro... Where I can buy this guitar? 😃

[@PatrikKleemola]

This is guitar is made by a fine Italian luthier Gioachino Giussani. Ask him!

[@pauljan118]

@@PatrikKleemola Thank You Mr. Patrik 🙏🙏

[@Anton_the_Vampire]

Fantastic playing, but has anyone else noticed "God save the Queen" at the end of étude 10? The harmonies are a little "fruitier" but the basic melody is the same. That can't be a coincidence.

[@PatrikKleemola]

Thanks, Gary! Sor had just arrived to London from Paris when this work was published and enjoyed there wonderful success as a guitarist, composer and singer, even before the royal family. So perhaps this was his homage to England which greeted him so well.

[@Anton_the_Vampire]

@@PatrikKleemola you're very welcome. I didn't know that Sor moved to London. I was of course aware of him in Paris, & that he got into trouble in Spain during the War with Napoleon. Thanks again for the awesome video & insight.

[@MrDizzyvonclutch]

3:15 nice WOTAN SUN DISC BACK IN THAT SOUL STEALER BACK THERE!!! HA!!!

[@Skinny_Karlos]

You play nicely enough but your right hand is just awful in it's technical posture and position. Your teachers either left you to your own devices, something I (as a William's devotee) see often and deplore. Your sound would be bigger, stronger and more reliable than in its current position which is deplorable yet so common among the younger generation these days. I see it so often. Your right thumb should extend from an arched wristed hand with the knuckles parallel to the strings. You never used a mirror to practice your scales, did you?

[@PatrikKleemola]

Interesting that you took time and effort to write the above message, while not bringing anything to the table by your own example of playing. By the way, I'm approaching here 19th century guitar technique (particularly by Sor), on purpose.

[@Skinny_Karlos]

@@PatrikKleemola Then why have you left your nails on, might I ask or is that just too much 'Sor' or 19th century music, when nails weren't often used, at least not by Sor, for you 'to approach'?

[@rjlchristie]

@@Skinny_Karlos Urgh, a Williams devotee. My teacher described Williams as the antichrist of the guitar. Perhaps that was hyperbole on his part, but it is an apt example to illustrate that Williams' approach is not admired by all.