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Old 12-08-2021, 07:22 PM
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Default Some memories of Julian Bream, by John Mills

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Old 12-08-2021, 08:20 PM
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I enjoyed reading that. Thank you for sharing that article.
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Old 12-09-2021, 02:07 PM
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Old 12-10-2021, 09:03 PM
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Carey,
Thanks so much for sharing this link and very interesting read. These guys were good buddies. John Mills, although nowhere near as well known as Bream, is no slouch either as a player and musical historian. Not surprising to learn that Bream didn't much care for Segovia's style of teaching. Segovia should have attended Bream's master classes for some insights on how it should be done.
Thanks again! Enjoyed it a lot.
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Old 12-11-2021, 07:08 AM
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That was a great article, thanks for sharing. JB was one of the giants, and such a character. Sadly missed.
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Old 12-13-2021, 12:21 PM
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Andre and waterboy, you are both welcome. It's good to hear these snippets about Bream, especially from John Mills! And Andre, I agree about Bream's
masterclasses being a fine model, and about John Mills's playing- I just wish
he had recorded more. Maybe this is too obvious, but I do think that Mills
had (has?) a really nice balance of the best qualities of Segovia, Bream (still my favorite, by a long way), and Williams.

A quote from Jose Romanillos that I like: "Bream showed me that it has to come from your guts."
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Old 12-13-2021, 01:51 PM
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Andre and waterboy, you are both welcome. It's good to hear these snippets about Bream, especially from John Mills! And Andre, I agree about Bream's
masterclasses being a fine model, and about John Mills's playing- I just wish
he had recorded more. Maybe this is too obvious, but I do think that Mills
had (has?) a really nice balance of the best qualities of Segovia, Bream (still my favorite, by a long way), and Williams.

A quote from Jose Romanillos that I like: "Bream showed me that it has to come from your guts."
Yes, I agree with you Carey. John Mills belongs in that class, but for some reason has remained relatively unknown.
My classical guitar teacher years ago introduced me to his music. I used to have a cassette tape of this recording by Mills:
20th century guitar music
It was one that he had recorded with special focus on student repertoire. I've since lost the tape, but I kept the booklet it came with. It contains some great and valuable playing insights on, for example, Brouwer's Etudes and the Ponce Preludes.
I see that it is still available, but on vinyl only (only $3.67!). What a deal.
This "Evolucion DVD" looks very interesting as well, but is only reasonably available in the UK and mainland Europe.
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Old 12-22-2021, 08:14 PM
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I'm glad you linked to that Mills DVD, which I've tried to order a couple of times, so far unsuccessfully. Here's a trailer for it, for those who haven't seen it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxBc44G3Taw
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The more I read about Bream, the more I wish I could have met him. He seems like a hoot.
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Love the stories. Bream was a force in my listening life.
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Old 12-22-2021, 10:54 PM
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It looks like there are now some reasonably-priced copies of this book available- lots of first-person anecdotes and photos in it:

https://www.amazon.com/Julian-Bream-...dp/B09244V16N/

And JB holding court in this DVD, with some fine performances:
https://www.amazon.com/Julian-Bream-...0228907&sr=8-2

Yes, I'm a Bream fan. ;
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Old 12-28-2021, 09:37 PM
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John Mills's website:
http://www.zen16170.zen.co.uk/johnmills/index.htm

Guitar Music from the Student Repertoire- the book comes with a CD of him playing: https://www.amazon.com/Guitar-Music-.../dp/0711929963

Here he plays the first movement of Bach Cello Suite 1 on a Simon Ambridge guitar- the sound could be be better, but I love the playing:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWsFN_5_BIs?origin=
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