This was originally titled A Simple Andante, but has been revised and fingered by professional guitarist, Alison Smith, who gave its first performance at her recital in Plymouth in April, 2002. I had already dedicated this short piece to Alison, because one of her greatest musical attributes is the extremely expressive way she plays, which this piece needs, first and foremost. It does need, however, an excellent technique, and as such cannot be described as 'simple'. On hearing her perf... (more)

This was originally titled A Simple Andante, but has been revised and fingered by professional guitarist, Alison Smith, who gave its first performance at her recital in Plymouth in April, 2002. I had already dedicated this short piece to Alison, because one of her greatest musical attributes is the extremely expressive way she plays, which this piece needs, first and foremost. It does need, however, an excellent technique, and as such cannot be described as 'simple'. On hearing her perform it so successfully, I feel that our idea to rename it Autumn Embers very much captures the nostalgic sentiments within, and is hopefully an improvement on the original title! I have also provided a version with string accompaniment, with a, organ reduction as a separate piece, for any guitarist who just happens to have a string orchestra handy, or might like to use the piece in church.

Hopefully, Alison and I intend to simplify the writing somewhat, this summer, 2005, to make it available for a wider audience.

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A beautiful piece for solo guitar
This piece sounds lovely on here and I'm sure would sound even more so in real life - I'd love to hear this live. I'm a guitarist myself but not quite at the level to play this well, though I will definitely give it a go as it's a beautiful piece. Please write more pieces for the guitar like this, there aren't nearly enough around!

Elaine Goodall

Stunninly Beautiful
This is just one of those solo's that you could listen to for a long time and not get bored of it. When I first listened to this, It made me think and ponder about things and I love songs that make me do that. This is one song I would love to see arranged for the Piano but is stunninly beautiful as it is. He is a truly wonderful man and I hope someday I get to hear someone play this for real.

Davron Hodson