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This Branle originates from a collection, printed by Pierre Attaignant. The Branle is a French country dance with a monotonous rhythm. Andrew Forrest made the arrangement for four guitars.

This Canzonetta was composed by the Italian singer/composer Baldassare Donato. Andrew Forrest made the arrangement for four guitars.

A nice and tasteful combination of the Banana Boat Song with chocolate, a pleasant excursion to Caribbean music by Andrew Forrest. This piece is a perfect exercise in playing together, particularly in the sections with sharp playfulness. Just play!

This concerto is one of Vivaldi’s well-known works with a plucked instrument (mandolin) in the solo role. This piece is an arrangement of the string accompaniment that still sounds well without the solo. Of course, a volunteer can drop in for the solo!

This trio, Fredman’s Song Nr. 64 is a simple but very effective trio that is fun to play. The melody players are more or less each other’s echo. The song is titled Haga and describes a butterfly that preens its wings in the beatiful Haga park, an estate of the Swedish King. The Danish guitarist

One of Vivaldi’s best-known works is Il Quattro Stagioni, and that’s not because a famous pizza bears the same name! This work is a set of four (three section) concerti which describe the four seasons. Every section has a sonnet which describes the mood of the piece. Robert Horna made this arrangement of the slow

A Joropo is a musical form from Venezuela that resembles a Waltz. Of course, the straight one-two-three of the European Waltz has been replaced by a swinging rhythm. The Joropo became so popular that it became one of Venezuela’s national dances. This Joropo is an own composition by Andrew Forrest. It’s a quite lengthy piece

Kol Dodi is a traditional Jewish folk song in an arrangement for three guitars. The text of the song is based on the Song of Solomon from the Old Testament. Kol Dodi means “The voice of my Beloved”. Louis Ignatius Gall wrote a simple arrangement that can be played on three melody instruments as well.

Sous le Dôme épais (under the dense (leafy) canopy) is an aria from the opera Lakmé by Léo Delibes in an arrangement for three guitars by Andrew Forrest. The piece is known world-wide as Flower Duet. The arrangement is an abbreviated version, but that’s not bad because the original repeats the melody three times. The