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Supportact said: [my style is] probably more an accumulation of limitations and bad habits than a 'style'.
In 1970 I bought his collaboration with John Williams, the one that had "Pavane for a Dead Princess" and one of Falla's "Spanish Dances" - made me realise I was never going to be a classical guitarist!
RIP.
A real loss. RIP.
RIP .
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
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you watch the student and think, “very good”, and then you listen to Julian’s critique and think “what a git” but then he shows why, and you think “wow”! To me, he is the exponent of performance and of making his instrument sing, rather than playing the notes .
RIP
I can not recall seeing him ever reading from a score whilst playing.
Please tell me more
I did find this: https://classicalguitarmagazine.com/julian-bream-accident-changed-how-maestro-played-guitar-injuries-recovery-guitar/
which like most art forms can be over populated with prima donnas and big egos. Battersea boy with no airs or graces,
never lost his South London accent, which raised a few eyebrows, liked a glass of wine and with an eye for a pretty girl.
There was a biography some years ago after he'd stopped public performing which was fascinating. 'A life on the road' by Tony Palmer. Hard to get hold of now. In it he went into some detail about his arm injury which he'd smashed on a wall driving an open topped sports car after a good lunch!
His thoughts on guitars was also fascinating. Bearing in mind that he was was commenting on guitars to give live performances with, he was very much of the opinion that lightly built classical guitars had a performing life and then after 30 years or so lost their projecting power for concert halls. When he commissioned a guitar from a builder he reckoned it took him 10 years to play it in, it was good then for performing for 20-30- years , and then would lose it's projection though he would still use it for recording etc. Very much the same thoughts as James Taylor gave in his interview about acoustic steel string guitars. A fascinating and talented man.