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Sungbin Cho to give lunchtime guitar recital at St Stephen Walbrook
Sungbin Cho gives a lunchtime classical guitar recital at St Stephen Walbrook in London on Tuesday 29 September 2026 at 1pm.
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Zsombor Sidoo brings Bach’s complete BWV 1003 to the guitar
An artist-published film of Bach’s four-movement sonata, recorded in Honrath with audio and video by Musik.Im.Blick.
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Stephanie Jones plays Gracias a la vida in Frutillar
Violeta Parra’s song reaches the solo guitar in Emmanuel Sowicz’s arrangement, filmed in Chile.
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David Russell plays Blanco y Negro by Gabriel Estarellas
A 2026 performance from Russell’s own channel introduces a miniature from Estarellas’s Homenaje a Charles Chaplin.