S3E1: Stephen Goss | The tonebase Classical Guitar Podcast

Join David Steinhardt, host of The tonebase Classical Guitar Podcast, for an insightful conversation with Welsh composer and guitarist Stephen Goss!

“One of the guitar’s finest living composers.”

— International Record Review

In this kickoff episode of Season 3, Steve discusses his compositional approaches and techniques as well as his recent commissions with guitar legends Aniello Desiderio, Zoran Dukic, and John Williams.

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About Stephen Goss

Stephen Goss’s music receives hundreds of performances worldwide each year. It has been recorded on over 80 CDs by more than a dozen record labels, including EMI, Decca, Telarc, Virgin Classics, Naxos, and Deutsche Grammophon. His output embraces multiple genres: orchestral and choral works, chamber music, and solo pieces.

Goss’s work is marked by a fascination with time and place — both immediate and remote — and the musical styles that evoke them. In many of his compositions, contrasting styles are juxtaposed through abrupt changes of gear. His compositional voice is shaped by his parallel career as a guitarist — that is to say, as a performer, transcriber, arranger, improviser and collaborator with other composers and performers. Not surprisingly, his music often tests the boundaries between all these activities and original composition.

Watch Stephen’s lessons on composition and the harmony of J.S. Bach!

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