Music for voice+guitar from baroque-folk

Details

Kyle Chastulik full profile / Voice and guitar / 2 musicians

Other players: Valentina Sierra

Full program notes

-Lieder and arias by WA Mozart
-Art songs by Franz Schubert
-Shakespeare song settings by Jean Sibelius
-Bel Canto ariettas by Vincenzo Bellini
-Parlor songs as arranged by Justin Holland
-Folk songs by Victor Jara, Phil Ochs, and Pete Seeger

Historical context

This program includes arrangements by Justin Holland, one of the first pioneers of the classical guitar in the US. As a Black man in the 1800s, Holland broke barriers by becoming one of the foremost publishers of music for guitar while also being a staunch abolitionist.