Jonathan The Classical Guitarist
Jonathan The Classical Guitarist began playing the guitar when he was twelve and offers a wide range of classical and popular music for weddings and events.
Jonathan The Classical Guitarist
Jonathan The Classical Guitarist studied guitar with Adrian Neville in Southampton and then with international classical guitarist, Carlos Bonell, in London (with whom he performed a highly successful show based on the life and writing of the Spanish poet Federico Garcia Lorca).
He has performed solo classical guitar concerts regularly at the Edinburgh Festival since 1992. In 1994, he accompanied the legendary Eartha Kitt in her one-woman show: Yes. He is a member of chamber music group, The Ruskin Ensemble. Tours with them include appearances at the Brighton Festival, the Tunbridge Wells Festival, the Edinburgh Festival, Rural Touring Schemes inNottinghamshire, Sussex, Devon, Scotland and Wales and Music Societies throughout the British Isles.
Outreach work is an important part of his experience as a musician and he works for the charity Music in Hospitals as well as, with the Ruskin Ensemble, working on the outreach projects of the City of London Sinfonia and he has taken part in schools workshops throughout the UK.
In the summer of 2007 he performed with the Orchestra of St John’s, Smith Square in the Grange Park Opera production of Verdi’s Falstaff.
- Solo Guitar
Classical
- Pachelbel’s Canon
- Greensleeves
- Dowland - Fantasia
- Bach - Bourrée and Gigue
- Bach - Prelude and Fugue
- Bach - Lute Suite in A minor
- Bach - Jesu Joy of Man’s Desiring
- Bach - Air on a G String
- Handel - Suite in E minor
- Weiss - Passacaille
- Weiss - Fantasia
- Sor - Study in E minor
- Sor - Study in B minor
- Villa Llobos - Preludes 1 to 5
- Lauro - Valses Venezolanos
- Walton - 5 Bagatelles
- Peter Maxwell Davies - Farewell to Stromness
Spanish and Flamenco
- Rodrigo - Concierto de Aranjuez
- Spanish Romance
- Albeniz; - Asturias
- Albeniz; - Rumores de la Caleta
- Albeniz; - Mallorca
- Albeniz; - Torre Bermeja
- Granados - Spanish Dance No. 5
- Granados - Spanish Dance No. 10
- Granados - Maja de Goya
- Paco Peña - Colombiana
- Paco Peña - Soleares
- Paco Peña - Farrucca
- Tarrega - Recuerdos del Alhambra
South American / Tangos
- Cumparsita
- Jealousy
- Piazzolla - Verano Porteño
- Piazzolla - Yradier
- Piazzolla - La Paloma
- Jorge Morel - Danza Brasilera
- Jorge Morel - Misionera
- Brouwer - Dansa del Altiplano
- Brouwer - Elogio de la Dansa
- Jose Luis Merlin - Suite del Recuerdo
- Barrios - La Catedral
- Barrios - Maxixe
- Barrios - Las Abejas
- Barrios - Julia Florida
Film / Musicals
- The Third Man
- Moon River (from Breakfast at Tiffany’s)
- Over the Rainbow (Wizard of Oz)
- Memory (Cats )
- Don’t Cry for Me Argentina (Evita)
- Singin’ in the Rain
- (She’s the One (A Chorus Line)
- A Whole New World (Aladin)
- She (theme from Notting Hill)
- Cavatina (theme from The Deerhunter
- Everything I Do (Theme from Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves)
Jazz
- Fascinatin’ Rhythm
- Scott Joplin (e.g. The Entertainer)
- Take Five
- I get a Kick out of You
- Let’s Do It
- Just One of Those Things
- Lullaby of Birdland
- Aint Misbehavin’
- Fly Me To The Moon
- Basin Street Blues
- I Won’t Dance
Standards
- Someone To Watch Over Me
- Summertime
- Misty
- Smoke gets in your Eyes
- Moon River
- Nice Work if you Can Get It
- Tico Tico
- Mona Lisa
- Sous le Ciel de Paris
- I Love Paris
- In the Still of the Night
- The Man I Love
- They Can’t Take That Away from Me
- The Way We Were
- Night and Day
- Begin the Beguine
- Ol’ Man River
- Unchained Melody
Popular
- What a Wonderful World
- Bridge Over Troubled Water
- Scarborough Fair
- Girl from Ipanema
- Beatles (Michelle, Yesterday etc.)
- Stairway to Heaven
- Stand by Me
- Stand by Your Man
- Windmills of Your Mind
- The Carpenters (various)
- Inspiration (Gipsy Kings)
- Waterloo Sunset
- House of the Rising Sun
- Whiter Shade of Pale
- Up Where you belong
- Wonderwall
- Tears in Heaven
- Unchained Melody
- Fields of Gold
- Daydream Believer
- Elvis Presley medley
Perfect and a fantastic addition to our day.
- 2 hours with a short break
Please Note: The fees indicated below are approximate and based on a central location for each county. They are intended to provide a rough guide only and exact quotes can only be given once the date and exact location of your event have been provided.
South East
Berkshire £324.00 Buckinghamshire £324.00 East Sussex £324.00 Hampshire £300.00 Sussex £324.00 West Sussex £300.00
