John Williams and Paco Pena - Farruca in D (1975)

[@omrikimchi]

My father was a flamenco guitarist. He passed away 2 months ago after struggling with Alzheimer's disease. He really loved Paco Pena and especially this duet. He was in a coma in his last few days. A few hours before he passed away, I played this for him. Amazingly he held my hand and had tears in his eyes. Right then I decided to fly all the way to Dublin to see the maestro playing this exact Farruca part with his companion. It made me so happy and thankful that I had a chance to watch the maestro playing this live ❤

[@simonprecheurllarena]

One of the first videos I watched in KZbin when I was a young kid, back in 2010/2011. Back then, there were really not many classical guitar videos on the platform, and most came from old VHS tapes like this one. I also remember very distinctly listening to a concert of John Williams playing La Catedral, Asturias on a TV set, and Sabicas malagueña in black and white. This played a role in creating my musical identity :)

[@palpalonpalpalon]

this is actually flamenco

[@luvmsiahatethegov]

The whole universe exploded when John Williams and Paco Pena played this piece together.

[@ZalMoxis]

Sensational ........ real music bravo.... when was the last time anyone saw this type of thing on TV....

[@otissumnerbrown]

Impressive !! The Best. I do not think anyone else has been able to repeat this perfection.

[@jamesjoyce2279]

I have had the privilege of seeing John Williams live at Birmingham Symphony hall, and it is only when you watch and hear these guys live you realise just how brilliant they are.

[@Sohail288]

I don't know why people say, "you should just give up, you'll never be this good..." In reality, there is vast repertoire of classical and flamenco pieces, that even the top 2% of guitarist will never get to play in their lifetime. So, just do what you do and be happy!

[@uneedtherapy42]

2018 and still watching this all the time.

[@treason169]

WOW! Just WOW! This is so beautifully amazing! Great harmonies!

[@armandocodesal5847]

Pido perdon por haber tardado tanto en elogiar JOYA MUSICAL. que tiene algo de Bettinoti ( pobre mi madre querida). Interpretada por dos MAESTROS. GRACIAS A QUIEN LO SUBIO.

[@tomophirwedge]

this is fantastic music.. so much energy and its great to hear the two friends play so well together...

[@abella33]

impresionante este video, maravilloso, no me salen mas palabras de admiración, impresionante.-

[@perezmmusic]

..ahh what a classic clip.. great to see these two play together again!

[@nikos94vs]

it is such a wonderful piece of art !

[@johnruggeri843]

Bravissimi. I have tears of joy and feel so animated.

[@IgnacioVargasvz333]

Hermosísima melodía. Felicitaciones para estos maestros. Ojalá fueran muchos los que apreciaran estas melodías

[@dexblue]

Thanks much for posting this ... I'm always impressed by the range of Williams' willingness to explore all kinds of music for the guitar ... and Paco Pena ... such a supreme talent ...wonderful!

[@NIGELANGST]

Beautiful, I listen to this daily now.

[@supereby]

mamma mia il sentimiento che cosa incredibile!! grandi!

[@amityaadav]

best Faruca I've ever heard. Beautiful!

[@LisaMurphy]

This is absolutely sensational. They play so smoothly and beautifully together.

[@mimbster1972]

Just awesome. What a great flamenco duet.

[@nikos94vs]

it is such a wonderful piece of art ! excellent greetings from greece !

[@dizbjade]

Amazingly beautiful how this flows. Bravo

[@existozip]

Great synergy. I have seen a video of williams playing with Bream, and they didnt have this sort of synergy. These guys compliment each others playing very delicately. Top watch. Top tune.

[@topilurus]

I'm always excited with John Williams, he will always be an open mind musician that never dichotomy a music that should be in this or that like the old fart segovia did! His duet with his best flamenco guitarist mate Paco Pena is always be wonderful! I love with those two humble musicians playing together!

[@jgcaesar4]

This is so good.

[@clapton79]

Stunning.

[@abella33]

Este video es extraordinario, que maravilla, es un placer inmenso escucharlos. Alberto Abella

[@boubounia1]

epic, can't enough of that piece!

[@CJtheGen-X]

Wow, great stuff!

[@mlr48]

BRILLIANT!

[@Sammyboy72]

I interviewed him yesterday, and his English these days is excellent! He lives in London a lot of the time.

[@alexstewart8097]

Not better than Segovia's youngest son... have you heard him speak ?

[@Fixmanius]

Wonderful! Two gods of guitar.

[@farzinnegahban2566]

ما شا الله بسيار زيبا بود هر چند سبك دو نوازنده بسيار متفاوت است، معمولا نوازنده هاى موسيقى كلاسيك مثل جان ويليامز يا جولين بريم در بداهه نوازى و فلامنكو خيلى متبحر نيستند، بنده ٧،٦ پيش ايران بودم و اگر ميدانستم اين بزرگ مرد فلامنكو كنسرت دارد حتما ميرفتم، افسوس :(

[@GHIIIGNT]

Wow, this is beautiful. It has inspired me and I want to learn t.

[@uneedtherapy42]

gotta love old school flamenco!!

[@MilesBellas]

wow! they lived close to each other..... both = virtuosic

[@tawfikakkad]

Man I just love the Farruca ...

[@utkuist]

excellent..!!!:) and good comp.

[@xMetallicax07]

just amazing!

[@bretjackson8093]

Not often you see Williams with his geet on his right knee. Good to see. I'm Gonna learn flamenco

[@AndreasLindae]

Thanks for posting! I was also present at one of these concerts of the 2 masters in the 70s. It was a good mix. CU Andi

[@josegonzalez-me7dk]

INCREIBLE, QUE DUO,¡¡¡¡¡

[@minhvo-wq3by]

Hai nguoi vi dai trong lang ghi ta nhan loai cam on youtube. Thanhk....

[@shua559]

damm iam glad ! ilearned to finger pick so fun hard work too takes dedication great work !

[@TomasJimenezFlamencoGuitarist]

Thank you very much for putting it here. It reminds me in some places of the farruca by Sabicas called Los Caireles. Anyway magnificent so again gracias. Saludos Tomás

[@felipecoelho5355]

My brain just melted. One day I'll play like Paco.

[@mimbster1972]

This is freaking gooooooooooooooooood!!!!!

[@loboblanco65]

ole la farruca bien toca¡¡¡

[@evhsrvfe]

Wonderful!!!

[@marianouruguay]

Una auténtica maravilla !!

[@bakinto]

amazing

[@evilriku96]

really awesome

[@MrDISCOVERY123]

2 masters together! This is super! 5***** thanks for sharing! :D

[@WillSagdiyev]

Thanks for uploading this. Much appreciated.

[@matrags]

The harmony tremolo part was lovely.

[@soobeng]

perfection

[@mimbster1972]

Your head will feel it's in heaven, really.

[@xipetlaloc]

Wonderful.

[@123armando123]

Acojonante.

[@Hun_Uinaq]

Que belleza de canción. Interesante ver a un guitarrista classico colaborar con uno de flamenco. Segovia nunca lo hubiera hecho. Habrán hecho algún cd, por casualidad? Una cascada de notas que placenteramente asalta los oidos con su belleza.

[@LED98]

Great video of a beautiful Farruca. Original by Sabicas and his cousin Mario Escudero. Paco Pena does a great version with Eduardo Falu (CD) and in concert with Elliot Fisk.

[@alexmontesinos3403]

Awesome!!!

[@00guitarrista]

esta si es una cancion flamenca jonh wlliams es un gran guitarrista

[@delboy1978uk]

ole ole!

[@billytrack]

magnificent

[@cglramigo]

alip geturdu geri de getirmiyor nasil bir parcadir boyle fantastica!

[@123MvD321]

Thank you very much for this video!!!

[@Mutchkallala]

is there a decent studio version of this masterpiece?

[@franciscojavierinfanterodr9575]

Presiosa

[@biro6310]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/sKqpioN4Z5hjp80 answer 9 years later

[@kp4551]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/sKXEd6ytoK9onZI I think this one is quite decent :)

[@gsalazar006]

This is note for note from the old Decca LP by Sabicas and Escudero.

[@gsalazar006]

+Armağan Aydın Aydoğdu www.amazon.com/The-Fantastic-Guitars-Sabicas-Escudero/dp/B005Q46HSO

[@SueRosalie]

Yes.You can still buy it on CD.

[@razmikbazleh2897]

Bravo 👍👍👍

[@deteresaFlamenco]

Two people playing tremolo at the same time makes my head explode. Amazing stuff though.

[@JPmax89]

Williams is very good at playing this piece, even if his repertoire often doesn't include flamenco pieces.

[@mikhaelllaravaiz9455]

Music for the king

[@timananda]

Sensational.

[@thoyo]

yep, that's right... i just wanna add a bit... flamenco comes from various cultures that have inhabited spain over the ages, it takes a piece of the music from the groups that have made espana home... generally we call a style such as the farruca, solea, or sevillana a palo, each palo follows a strict rythmic meter or in some cases more than one rythmic meter called compas...

[@ir0n2541]

It's amazing how John Williams can play flamenco and classical very very well.

[@alexstewart8097]

You might have skipped on geography and history classes back in school ; but if you didn't, then don't call yourself names . They tend to stick around for much longer than you think... Y Ole!

[@thanhcamcao6849]

Đỉnh cao của Guitar. Ép-phê đến tận xương tủy.

[@lordronin593]

Well, Paco Pena is called the ambassador of flamenco, and has done a lot to structurize it etc, and is more of the traditional type. It is a great way to learn to understand the different forms etc, because he stays really close to it. Paco de Lucia on the other hand has his own style, somewhat more free. Both are great guitarists, it is a matter of taste. I prefer Paco de Lucia, but I am gratefull to Paco Pena for the work he has done, and have his lesson book.

[@ivorytowermetal]

Of course. Sooo great! *-*

[@greatstag]

i aspire to play like this

[@HHHH1985-e9r]

When we listened to true music ...

[@micktulk]

bravo and bravo

[@CaRTerMeMo]

Great!!

[@anatolyFedotov]

Bravo !

[@Dephyrgia]

@bobbyatopk also, from what I know, all the farrucas are in minor mode, rather than phrygian, which is the standard mode for rumbas and other flamenco sub-genres.

[@RobertoMartinez-kv5tp]

Algunos años después grabaron una versión de la farruca con Inti Illimani que es maravillosa. ¡Maestros!

[@majdissa8654]

Can you send me the link to listen to the new recording of Faruka, please?

[@RobertoMartinez-kv5tp]

@@majdissa8654 Solo busca en youtube: Inti Illimani Farruca. Y ya tienes el video

[@antoniobarrera6835]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/oWaciZqqlJV-mJosi=aZNp3KARJvj3J4aH

[@CFHaggis]

He's still playing! Just search for videos of him - look for ones from 'The Seville Concert' especially. He has to be one of the best guitarists ever!

[@felipemartinezl1]

que linda esa guitarra con clavijero de palo

[@SHKEVE]

Bravo.

[@SueRosalie]

Paco has recorded this duet with Eliot Fisk. There is also a youtube video of a live performance - the NPR Tiny Desk recital. Amazingly many of the pieces on the Pena/Fisk album were learnt by ear and there is some improvisation.

[@gabgt2]

+SueRosalie Could you please share it? i couldnt find it

[@SueRosalie]

I saw Paco and John perform Recuerdos live and it was incredible.

[@brunopedros5435]

in questo video si nota la apertura mentale di tutti e due a fare music insieme

[@camofox]

que buena!! al final todos son musicos

[@SeanP2]

great.

[@MrJackyWoo]

Genius!!

[@ramtamsen]

@NIGELANGST Same here. Absolutely something i never can catch on the radio.

[@bobbyatopk]

@gouranga0430 im not an expert or any thing but i think farruca is a song structure in flamenco. so people all play it differently and have some improvisational elements in it. im not sure you will be able to find there version.. some one correct me if im wrong?

[@shahino11]

I met with Paco Pena in 1995 ..he is wonder person and down to earth, while John is not.. (regretfully)..and paco's guitar tone is unique and very beautiful spanish caracteristic..

[@antoniobrandao1]

fucking amazing