Video of the Day: Alexandra Whittingham plays Villa Lobos Prelude No 1
Thursday, February 16, 2023
The young guitarist performs this renowned work for solo guitar at a Through The Noise 'Noisenight' event
Today's video comes from one of Gramophone's previous 'one to watch' artists - the classical guitarist Alexandra Whittingham. She performs Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos's Prelude No 1 in E minor. The piece was written in 1940 and is one of five preludes written by the composer.
Through The Noise runs the nation-wide noisenight events. Noisenights are Through The Noise's vision for the future of classical music: informal crowdfunded events featuring international soloists in clubs.
Each noisenight features two short classical sets: one early evening, one late. All tickets to the late set include live music for the rest of the night, including jazz, afrobeat and funk acts.
Alexandra Whittingham performs two noisenight's on 24 and 25 February in Manchester and Leeds. Find out more about the events here