Paco Pena interviewed by Julian Bream

[@StephiSensei26]

This is what made Julian a "One of a Kind" musician. He just kept learning. He studied and studied. His was the search for knowledge. Thank you Julian! Thank you Paco! When your heart is open, there is nothing to fear.

[@dingadang]

Had to revisit this clip after the passing of the great Maestro. Rest in peace Mr Bream.

[@spb7883]

Yet another reason to celebrate Bream’s extraordinary open mindedness, here exemplified by his receptive attitude toward flamenco, a style of playing inscrutably scoffed at by many of his classical predecessors. May we all learn from Julian Bream. RIP.

[@TheRosycruxian]

One of the best pieces of video documentation I've had the Great plays to witness.... Thank Goodness programs like this were ever made at all! Thankyou so very much for posting 💎🙏🕊️🎶

[@jamesjoyce2279]

Julian Bream, one of the world's most accomplished guitarist, still recognizes a different style and views it the enthusiasm of a child's eyes

[@sirajghosh]

two model gentlemen talking to each other...one English and one Spanish...man.. respect seems a light word for what we all feel...

[@TurkiyeCumhurbaskani]

I grew up listening both of these masters, they are both geniuses in their fields.

[@guitarwaves1290]

This is amazing. To see this a few days after the passing of the great Maestro Julian Bream.. Paco Pena shows the depth and beauty of his playing. He brought Flamenco to the UK, to Holland and other destinations.. Julian somehow asks the perfect questions and shows the great meeting point between classical and flamenco.. Que bueno.. verlo pocos dias despues del fallecimiento del maestro Julian.. sus preguntas son perfectas.. y demuestran su respecto para el flamenco y para Paco, uno de los mas grandes de todos los tiempos. Gracias por compartir.

[@ptose]

julian bream's face at the end is priceless

[@Nei57]

thanks for sharing! i like the way bream is "modest" and respectful, not arrogant. unlike the majority of classical players talkin bout flamencos.

[@AnoushSaadatFlamenco]

A joy to watch always! Thank you!

[@gberndt4music]

Bream is really digging Paco's playing! What a musical treat~

[@brunopedros5435]

que Bonit ver la umildad De julian Bream eschuchando Al Maestro Pena los dos grandes comparten y asi hay que ser hay que compartir los conocimientos la dos tradiciones clasica y flam se pueden desarrollar mutuamente y crear algo nuevo

[@philomelodia]

Que barbaro! That guy can play! Every classical guitarist should delve into flamenco playing a bit. Our style owes an enormous debt to it. You hear it most prominently in pieces like Leyendas and Recuerdos De La Alhambra. Lots of the terms are even from Flamenco. Hearing Paco rekindles my guitar fever. I think I'll get my instrument out now and play a bit. Thanks for posting. Dos músicos extraordinarios, en verdad que sí.

[@SelanikliSuleyman]

He very definitely is. He is about the nicest guy one can meet. And whatever he plays comes straight out of the heart! A very genuine person. No artifice whatsoever!

[@cynic150]

Flamenco is just so immediate and gritty; it goes straight to the gut and heart!

[@haithamflamenco]

i love this legend, my first concert to see flamenco was seeing him on stage

[@jasonlee9194]

Paco & Julian. The greatest figures of both worlds.

[@TheEnefecto]

Beautiful video. Thanks!

[@kigawman]

Just by watching this expert feels like the message of Flamenco is the same way of that when you play Blues. Sad, crying, and always it has a sad ending story behind it.

[@Rikk303]

Good to see Julian overwhelmed. A definite rarity

[@123MvD321]

Indeed a great DVD!

[@michaelgarza8271]

The video series that this is from is glorious.

[@daletmiller]

Bream should talk about rhythm. That would be the hardest thing for a classical player to "get" trying to learn Flamenco, IMO.

[@pagisubuh]

these are 2 masters i look up for all reference on both musical style

[@zitounio1979]

Great interview, thanks for sharing !

[@victorgomez91]

It´s quite interesting that the song at minute 6 had changed as it did in Mexico. It even passed from minor to major. I recommend you to listen the mexican version.

[@larryjohnny]

thank you so much for posting ! that's awesome of you to share !

[@Tezman82]

Thank you for the post. Sharing is caring!

[@ronaldmitchell3665]

I studied under Diego Corriente in San diego who is a gifted flamencist but also has a vast classical repertoire on guitar AND mandolin!!!...

[@no1r]

Thanks for this stuff man. This really is history.

[@Fixmanius]

May your memory live long, dear Maestro Julian Bream!

[@absurdplanet]

I really enjoyed this clip . . . I only wish we could see more like it and wish they were available on DVD; nonetheless, like many of Julian Breams videos, I would love to have them. Just great stuff!

[@vw1971]

wonderful, thanks for this!

[@msblue1003]

2 of the greatest

[@ulyssesjj]

Excellent upload!!

[@roflswamp6]

Paco is actually a really good singer

[@janicegeorge-allen1924]

Enjoyable,two brilliant Guitarists,working in a different vein.

[@chaswilliams3354]

talk about a fucking genius meeting a fucking genius - howay the lads!

[@brookcrenwick]

Thank you!!

[@dariushfarajzadeh9138]

I was wating for him to sing💔

[@swans1997]

Ahhh, haven't seen this since around 1988. I borrowed the whole tape series from my local library and was just entranced. The company that distributes the tapes charged a heavy price. Hopefully this series is on DVD and much cheaper.Bream seems like a very nice and fun guy.

[@123MvD321]

It is from the Julian Bream DVD," !Guitarra! a musical journey through spain." Jou should buy it it is a great DVD! But this is the only flamenco in it. the rest is bream only.

[@123MvD321]

The luthier's name is: Gerundino Miguel Fernández Garci'a, or just Gerundino. they are very expensive, if you can find them.

[@philomelodia]

You have intrigued me. I have never heard the original piano version of the piece. I think I'll seek it out and give it a listen. If you're right, this proves my pont all the more. An originally nonflamenco-flavored Spanish piano piece acquires that flavor when arranged for guitar. Fascinating. this isn't the case with Scarlati's pieces when they're arranged for guitar.

[@Nei57]

thanks for teh video i like how bream is "modest", he isnt being arrogant or anything like the majority of classical players talking bout flamencos.

[@user-tt3yg8us8u]

❤❤

[@RFeynman]

This is available on DVD. It's an excerpt from 'Guitarra!'

[@Roberto_MR]

thanks for sharing this : )

[@fueradeljuego]

@daletmiller somewhere there is a clip of Paco Peña saying that Bream and especially Williams understood the rhythms of Spanish music better than all the other classical players.

[@KnightofZyryab]

5:56. What a haunting melody.

[@hirjuclassic5757]

bravo....salut from lombok guitar

[@s2p3r]

paco seems to be a nice guy so soft spoken

[@brunopedros5435]

viva cordoba y viva el conocimiento sano ..

[@GameLevelEditor]

@abby161919 I think it is because the rhythm's are more complex and the techniques are intense for the right hand but I'm not forgetting that classical music has to be played "just so" or its wrong while in flamenco it has a more freedom for random improvisation. Just my opinion.

[@RicardoMarlowFlamenco]

He refers to the chord Paco always lands on, E major, but it is often played with an F natural....the flat 9. So to the western ear that is the "dominant 9th" in key of A minor. But not always the 7th is included. This is because....actually...it is not used as dom. 9....to flamenco players it is TONIC. It is tricky stuff for western ears.

[@MissBlennerhassett876]

I realise I'm 11 years too late with this comment, but since when was Spain not "western"?

[@jorpese1]

@@MissBlennerhassett876 western ears = european classic harmony and derivatives

[@MissBlennerhassett876]

@@jorpese1 Since when was Spain not European?

[@jorpese1]

@@MissBlennerhassett876 I'm Spanish. Spain is European. What he means is that the harmony is treated in Flamenco differently to how is treated in Classical Harmony. He is equating western ears with ears educated in the tradition of the harmony derived from the classical period in Europe. Basically based in the V-I cadence. Flamenco adds another cadence II-I in a tonalcized phrygian mode. In Solea, for example, that I is E7b9 and II is F. F is acting as a dominant but it is not in its "shape". E7b9 is a dominant in shape but it is not in function. It is a the tonic. In classical music this makes no sense.

[@MissBlennerhassett876]

@@jorpese1 Well there we go. It has nothing to do with being Western or European. It's an idiosyncratic thing that doesn't require putting an entire hemisphere down ffs

[@omoteshuto]

found it De la Sierra Morena, Cielito lindo, vienen bajando Un par de ojitos negros, Cielito lindo, de contrabando Although he left out the Cielito lindo part Beautiful

[@gringochucha]

Grande Paco Peña.

[@Za7a7aZ]

It nice all those flips and tricks and Paco is probably the best around doing it. One should probably not compare Bream with Paco but i think Bream is modest here.

[@rmj134]

Should have done more googling... It's John Singer Sargent's El Jaleo for anyone else interested.

[@chingon93]

Nice upload!

[@Tomatito1981]

@mar1gangster - Hi mate, its actually a Solea that speeds up at the end to be a buleria (in the aire of solea). Count the rythm and look at the chords Paco is playing plus check out his solea a Cordoba here on KZbin (Paco Peña - Solea De Córdoba) hope this helps :)

[@Hucho]

Where can I find an old recording of Sierra Morena like paco Pena is playing at 5:30 ?

[@what567]

I totally agree that the arrangement for guitar has a flamenco feel to it, however I just don't hear it so much in the original piano piece. I'm not denying that flamenco has had an influence on classical guitar though.

[@philomelodia]

No, but even the piano piece was inspired by the guitar Albeniz must have been familiar with hearing. If you wish to be more accurate, how is Turina's sonata. You can especially hear the flamenco influence in the third movement. Leyenda was just the first thing that popped into my head and the arrangement for guitar most definitely has a strong flamenco influence.

[@1LaOriental]

Love this! Sound could be better...

[@davidfinkledrums]

friggin' bad-ass!

[@martijnlovesbach]

Well, interviewing is a profession on its own 😂. Very interesting btw

[@juanjo7683]

I love this masterpiece, but I get lost in some parts of the conversation. Could someone possibly share the transcript? Thanks in advance.

[@ThinPicks]

The original documentary was indeed a masterpiece, but there are a few little bits missing from this excerpt which makes it a bit disjointed.

[@Dzakovich000]

Did anyone notice the evil laugh at 3:54?

[@DHTCF]

It was made in the 1980s, I believe - maybe 1984. Bream wore some curious stuff, Paco's hairstyle has remained more or less the same, but their playing makes up for it, don't you think?

[@elbelnini]

How can anyone do a thumbs down on this? Sad commentary on the human condition.

[@craigalake]

A dominant chord does not need a 7th. A dominant chord is chord V (eg. in C major, gbd), a dominant seventh is chord V7 (gbdf).

[@FinsaneLorist]

What is the opening tune anyone?

[@pleasepermitmetospeakohgre1504]

I like Bream but at 1:20 he interprets the chord incorrectly. It's actually a *flat* 9 that is used in flamenco, E7b9 for example. Here Julian plays E7+9.

[@ThinPicks]

No he doesn't.

[@RicardoMarlowFlamenco]

SERRANA....the song form...not the lyric. Don't confuse for some Granainas that use that lyric often in the title. Serrana has the rhythm of Siguiriyas but it's own special melody.

[@bpixan]

Alguno tiene algún enlance donde se pueda oír completa la canción de la sierra? minuto 5:25.

[@enzobeltramo60]

Un versión está aquí amigo kzbin.info/www/bejne/eaaueqWJg7-hiM0

[@caradub]

whats the song starting at 5:25 i really want to learn that piece !

[@wildcultorw.5349]

Hi Caradub, the song is in the "Serranas" style (a "palo flamenco"). Here are two more examples of that style: - Curro de Utrera y Luis Calderito - Liviana, Serrana y Cambio Seguiriyas - Antonio Mairena & Guitarra: Melchor de Marchena. (both can be searched on youtube) Paco Peña only performed a few words, but in such a deep and lovely way. I would also appreciate if someone could share the transcript of the video.

[@rmj134]

Anyone know the name of the painting they start to show at 2:47? I've seen that same painting in a classical guitar store in Philadelphia.

[@1LaOriental]

Bobby Juncosa It's called "El Jaleo" by John Singer Sargeant. It hangs in the Isabella Stewart Gardner museum in Boston, Massachusetts. It is enormous, almost like a mural. I hope you get a chance to see it!!

[@Roberto_MR]

this DVD is great, i highly recommend it. please, i want to know the name of the song played at 2:00 and the one at 2:47 ? those melodies are amazing, but i have no idea how to find them. ¿como se llama lo que toca Paco en 2:00 y en 2:47 ? porfavor, cualquier dato sirve.

[@jorpese1]

Sorry but I have just seen your comment. Those are just typical parts of Soleá, one of the basic flamenco palos (forms). Actually you can probably find the second part in Paco Peña's "Santuario", from his flamenco book "Toques flamencos"

[@jorpese1]

This is Santuario. kzbin.info/www/bejne/e2WWool7e7mCmdk

[@Roberto_MR]

@@jorpese1 wow.. it’s been a very long time. Still enjoy this documentary very much. Thanks a lot for the info, will look into it.

[@MikiPannello]

Paco is amazing.... but he could use a bit of sport, vitamin C and sunlight.... looks bloody knackered!

[@RicardoMarlowFlamenco]

Solea or Soleares.

[@RicardoMarlowFlamenco]

There is no mexican version...it is called Serrana....from the Sierra region of spain. The orginal movie showed the cantaor singing it, is quite beautiful....but it got cut out of this youtube clip by whoever loaded it. But no way is is mexican sorrry.

[@RicardoMarlowFlamenco]

Edit…the 1882 Mexican song “Cielito Lindo” borrows some of the lyrics in fact.

[@DHTCF]

How do you reach that conclusion? He doesn't seem at all rude. He admires Paco's playing, respects (although possibly doesn't "get") flamenco, acknowledges his own shortcomings, ...

[@whothinksimawesome]

Alright, TIme To Start a Debate: PACO VS JULIAN!!!!

[@herrlenin]

Does anyone know what brand (luthier) of guitar does Paco Peña use?

[@Pedroelshulo]

1:33 I always lose my shit lmao

[@what567]

Leyenda wasn't even originally a guitar piece.

[@Mancubus]

What is the right hand technique at 03:20 called? It sounds very nice but looks extremely hard.

[@Yojimbonh]

Mancubus It's called alzapua

[@davidgaminocamacho1598]

alza púa

[@chaswilliams3354]

+Mancubus Rasquedo !

[@Fixmanius]

Wuaw, did he speed up the Soleares?

[@Desperado665]

Anyone know where I can get the mp3 for the melody at 2:00?

[@GinoTheSinner]

so hard to learn.

[@Dzakovich000]

The woman at 8:05 looked terrified.

[@Wario221]

Tony Soprano singing 3:45 thug life

[@omoteshuto]

Can someone tell me what the letras are please

[@Dirokbej]

Can you take it again but this time in english please :)

[@gatzuberserker]

what are the names of the songs he plays in this video?

[@mobongo4246]

What is the song Paco is playing?

[@flmnkoh]

654321654321: -Estoy casi seguro que lo que Paco toca en ese parte que preguntas es un "fandango", comparandolo con otras grabaciones de Paco que tengo y que son piezas tocadas en ese estilo-palo flamenco llamado "fandango", las cuales suenan casi iguales a esa pieza.

[@bahramaghakhan1024]

The only classical guitarist whom i found disrespectful towards flamenco was Segovia.