Andrés Segovia - Concert at the Alhambra ( 1976 )

Beautiful 😢

He was a beast. One of the best ever did it.👍

Having the bless to know Allambra 🥰❤️ song, place and chords... although till today its not ever possible to play as he does at all 😂

RESPECT your elders!!!!

Note for me the next time I come back: Bach piece is Gavotte 1 & 2 from cello suite in D major BwV 1012

he might be the greatest classical guitarist of all time.

Maestro Segovia was right: the greatest the artist, the humblest.

MAESTRO

Beautiful music by the maestro against the backdrop of the Alhambra -- there is no equal! I'm spellbound by that distant footage of Andres performing in front of the wading pool / koi pond and that row of neatly-trimmed hedges and the architecture behind it. An oasis of sight and sound!

Смотрится на одном дыхании

Thank you so much for posting this. I am blessed for it

Does concert at the Alhambra Palace.
Doesn't play Recuerdos de la Alhambra by Tarréga, one of the most famous Spanish guitar composers of all time, who wrote the piece inspired BY the Alhambra Palace... 🤔

Saw Segovia in concert in Hartford, CT back in the late 70s. Just an elderly man on a bare stage, sitting in a chair and holding a guitar. Then he held us all spellbound for several hours with his rapturous music. An evening I'll never forget.

So many things to say about amazing this man was. For one thing, assuming that this was indeed recorded in 1976, then Segovia was 83 years old here. I hope I can even hold a guitar when I get to that age (65 now and already feeling the stiffness creeping in)! Second, I didn't realize that he was such a fluent English speaker. I'm reasonably fluent in Spanish, but hearing the Maestro speaking my language so eloquently is truly humbling.

I can play that... Then.. i woke up...

i have listened to hundreds of players..some of whom disparage the mestro....but he has something special that gives life to the guitar

😮

セゴビアは他のギタリストとは明らかに別格です
天衣無縫の芸術家です。
この映像はとても貴重なものです。
現代のギタリストとは
明らかにちがう芸術性を
感じます。
この年齢でこんな素晴らしい演奏されるなんて
奇跡です。
アップしていただいて感謝します。ありがとう！

Before Segovia the guitar was not as prominent as it is today. It was a lesser instrument. Now we have Al Di Meola, etc. Real stars.

A shout out to the bird in the background throughout the entire performance. Thanks Birdie!!

This was the reason why they made a guitar…

As a fan of Spain and its music-this is very great to look and listend to for my god memories of ESPANA!!
Brynjar Hoff

Recuerdos de un tiempo when arts and harmonies blossomed. O, Aqui de mi Alhambra

Danke Regards from Uwe

I don't know if he misplayed even one single note through this whole thing. Pleasant songs as well.

Love it!

I have a documentary about The Prado with A. Segovia. In it, he points out that, unlike some other museums, every item that is in The Prado was fully paid for. (I am not sure if he had a gun to his head to make this point.) Of course, he and the rest of humankind have the right to speak of the unprecedented theft of Napoleon's armies that enriched The Louvre, the countless stolen items in The British Museum and The Met. That said, we can also point out that Spain STOLE ENTIRE COUNTRIES. So, the patrons of The Prado may have been 'paying fully' for works of art with STOLEN GOLD AND SILVER. One way or another, many of us respect Mr. Segovia as a musician. And we are glad that, despite their generally destructive past, successive Spanish governments refrained from destroying The Alhambra, and continue to keep it presentable to all visitors.

Saw him live as a kid!

Before it's even started I'm thinking "this is what the internet was made for" it's a shame most kids are instead watching 5 second shorts of absolute nonsense for hours at a time

This was Charo"s Music Teacher; and as of Late Mine also, Time Well Spent....John

This man was reason I quit learning how to play the guitar!

I am here because Guitar. The End. Concert of One? Yes please.

I started playing the guitar once watching and immediately recording this movie. Sincerely with big love to Spain from Russia. 2022👋everything will be ok

Adoraba ,mis primeros años ver y oír, la rapidez de los dedos , y el sonido que producía

Thank You , So much for this upload!

Am I seeing this right, or is his thumb deformed from playing? Does this happen often to guitarists?

Bello concierto ❤️ y digno representante de la guitarra española!

I know just before he passed away, Andre was giving "Master Classes". He would say - Gently of course to his students - "Why do you phrase this in this way?" - "Why do you put your fingers in this way ?". The master was very nice with his students.

My teacher, Ms. Pat Corelli, was a student of Segovia. I always felt a special connection to that lineage. A true master. Ms. Correll was an exceptional guitarist and teacher and am forever grateful for her and Segovia. She was in her mid 80s in the early 90s here in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Saw this performance perhaps 30 years ago and have the DVD somewhere too. But it's absolutely magical. Off to visit the Alhambra next week. I think this music will inspire my enjoyment of the palace in Granada !!

How awful is it that talented souls like this grow old and die

Saw this video on tv when it first came out decades ago. So uplifting to see it again.
Thank you.

There's something mysterious and haunting about the Alhambra that fits so well with this music. Desolate, wistful, and echoing forgotten memories from the far past.

Laid he was.......

I was privileged to see him in Catford town hall .

Fucking ad that ruin à beautiful moment