Four Decades, Six Strings: Jeffrey Van, Guitar (part 2)

Minnesota Guitarist, Composer, and Educator Jeffrey Van is the featured artist on two MPR Archive on The Radio specials.

Jeffrey Van is one of the most recorded musicians in MPR's Classical Archive, with concert recordings going back as far as 1972. He has premiered more than 50 works for guitar and is a founding member of the Hill House Chamber Players, who are now in their 29th season of live concerts at the James J. Hill House in St. Paul.

Van was a lecturer in Guitar at the University of Minnesota for 40 years, and many of his students have gone on to perform and teach the instrument. His compositions and documentary scores have been featured on both NPR and PBS, as well as in performances by ensembles, orchestras and choruses nationwide.

Bill Morelock is the host and Mr. Van will be with him in the studio, contributing his personal commentary on the musical selections.

Supported in part by the Minnesota Clean Water Land and Legacy Amendment's Arts and Cultural Heritage fund, these programs are part of a continuing series of specials exploring the rich, 40-plus-year collection of recorded concerts selected by producer Steve Barnett from Minnesota Public Radio's Classical Archive.

Program 2: Music of the 20th and 21st centuries for guitar and feature a number of Minnesota composers including Dominick Argento, Paul Fetler, Stephen Paulus and four works by Mr. Van himself.

Previously:
Program 1: The development of music for the guitar from a historical perspective, beginning in the Renaissance and continuing into the 20th century.

Program Playlist

Lund's Presents-Jeffrey Van (Hill House Auditorium); 1991-02-11
1. Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959): Choros No. 1, "Choro tipico," W 161 (4:45); Jeffrey Van, guitar
Classical Performance-misc.-Jeffrey Van, Guitar (Ted Mann Concert Hall); 2006-09-24
2. Manuel de Falla (1876-1946): Homenaje, "Le Tombeau de Claude Debussy" (3:11); Jeffrey Van, guitar
Classical Performance-misc.-Jeffrey Van (Weld Hall, Moorhead State College); 1974-04-01
3. Jeffrey Van (b. 1941): Elegy (Homage to Manuel de Falla) (3:22); Jeffrey Van, guitar
Artists In Concert-U of M Faculty Showcase (Ted Mann Concert Hall); 1993-10-12
4. Dominick Argento (b. 1927): Letters from Composers, iv. Johann Sebastian Bach to the Town Council (3:25); Vern Sutton, tenor; Jeffrey Van, guitar
Live From Landmark-Jeffrey Van, Guitar (Landmark Center Auditorium); 1981-01-08
5. Paul Fetler (b. 1920): Two Pastoral Sketches, from Six Pastoral Sketches, v. Soft Wind the Field, iv. Weeping Willow (3:51); Jeffrey Van, guitar
Classical Performance-misc.-Jeffrey Van (Weld Hall, Moorhead State College); 1974-04-01
6. Reginald Smith Brindle (1917-2003): El Polifemo de oro (The Polyphemus of Gold), iv. Ritmico y vivo (2:18); Jeffrey Van, guitar
7. Eduardo Sainz de la Maza (1903-1982): Habanera (2:37); Jeffrey Van, guitar
Classical Performance-misc.-Minnesota Guitar Society, Classical Guitarathon (Sundin Hall); 2004-05-22
8. Leo Brouwer (b. 1939): Elogio de la danza (In Praise of Dance), ii. Obstinato (2:56); Jeffrey Van, guitar
Artists in Concert-Dale Warland Singers "Love Death and Taxes" (Ted Mann Concert Hall); 1996-02-24
9. Jeffrey Van (b. 1941): A Procession Winding Around Me, ii. Beat! Beat! Drums! (4:24); Dale Warland Singers, Dale Warland, Music Director; Jeffrey Van, Guitar; Marie Spar Dymit and Lynette Johnson, soprano soloists
Thursday Musical, Music of Minnesota Composers (Minneapolis Women's Club); 1977-11-19
10. Stephen Paulus (1949-2014): Two Moments for Guitar, ii. Agitato (2:48); Jeffrey Van, guitar
Music in Minnesota-"MCF Presents Jeffrey Van and John Holmquist Benefit Concert" (Janet Wallace Fine Arts Center, Macalester College); 1979-05-30
11. James McGuire (b. 1944): Meditation and Pastorale (3:30); Jeffrey Van and John Holmquist, guitars
Artists in Concert-Duologue (Ted Mann Concert Hall); 1994-01-29
12. Roberto Sierra (b. 1953): Tercera cronica del descubrimiento (Third Chronicle of Discovery), ii. Battalla (Battle) (2:56); Jeffrey Van, guitar; Susan De Jong, flute
Classical Performance-misc.-A River Journey, Dale Warland Singers (First Lutheran Church, Columbia Heights); 2004-04-25
13. Jeffrey Van (b. 1941): Shiloh: A Requiem (April 1862) (4:49); Dale Warland Singers, Dale Warland, Music Director (text by Herman Melville)
Lund's Presents-Hill House Chamber Players (Hill House Parlor); 1992-01-14
14. Jeffrey Van (b. 1941): Triptych, iii. Vivace (2:09); Julie Ayer, violin; Jeffrey Van, guitar
Artists in Concert-Jeffrey Van and Susan Hedling (Walker Arts Center Auditorium) 1980-10-05
15. James McGuire (b. 1944): Prelude and Dance (3:27); Susan Hedling, flute; Jeffrey Van, guitar

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