Talented Maldon classical guitarist Clancy McLeod is set to perform an intimate show at the magnificent Mica Grange at Sutton Grange later this month.
The show comes just weeks after his stellar performance at the Maldon In Winter Festival.
The award-winning ‘rising star’ plays a program of music exploring a deep love and loss for the forest and country.
McLeod is a prize winner in the (2021) Adelaide International Guitar Competition, the most prestigious guitar competition in the southern hemisphere. He was also awarded second prize in the national Great Romantics Competition. He placed in the top three of the London Strings Competition, and second in the ‘3MBS The Talent’ competition.
McLeod has a Bachelor of Music from the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music and has also studied at The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, one of the top music schools in the world. He has demonstrated himself to be a guitarist of the highest calibre and a captivating, expressive and very musical performer.
Speaking on some of the pieces he will share with the local audience, McLeod said In Un Sueno en la Floresta, (A dream in the forest) by Barrios, captured the extraordinary perfection of our world and the beauty of the trees that perhaps gave him this music.
“Bach’s Chaccone is perhaps the most precious piece of solo music ever written, taking one deep into the profoundly sad world of loss,” he said.
“Joaquin Roderigo’s dark and eerie homage, Invocation y Danza, offers satisfying sonorous glimpses of true perfection and love, which then melt away into explosions of grief.
“La Catedral, another piece by Barrios, exemplifies a sad reverence. Every forest is a cathedral. The ancient landscapes of Turkey are brought to life in Koyunbaba in a rich emotional journey. Together these pieces will awaken a world of feeling within,” he said.
McLeod will appear in the Mica Grange Studio on Sunday August 28 from 2pm to 3.30pm. Refreshments are available before and after the event. Tickets are $25 and be purchased at www.trybooking.com/BZGMW
