Profesión Sean Shibe

• Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887 - 1959): 5 Preludes, W419, A419:
• 1 Villa-Lobos: 5 Preludes, W419, A419: No. 3 in A Minor (Homage to Bach) 03:53
• Agustin Barrios Mangore (1885 - 1944): La catedral:
• 2 Mangore: La catedral: I. Preludio (Saudade) 01:59
• 3 Mangore: La catedral: II. Andante religioso 02:02
• 4 Mangore: La catedral: III. Allegro solemne 03:19
• Agustin Barrios Mangore:
• 5 Mangore: Julia Florida 04:32
• Heitor Villa-Lobos: 12 Studies, W235, A235:
• 6 Villa-Lobos: 12 Studies, W235, A235: No. 1, Allegro non troppo 02:02
• 7 Villa-Lobos: 12 Studies, W235, A235: No. 2, Allegro 01:38
• 8 Villa-Lobos: 12 Studies, W235, A235: No. 3, Allegro moderato 02:49
• 9 Villa-Lobos: 12 Studies, W235, A235: No. 4, Un peu modéré 04:37
• 10 Villa-Lobos: 12 Studies, W235, A235: No. 5, Andantino 02:21
• 11 Villa-Lobos: 12 Studies, W235, A235: No. 6, Poco allegro 01:46
• 12 Villa-Lobos: 12 Studies, W235, A235: No. 7, Tres animé 03:00
• 13 Villa-Lobos: 12 Studies, W235, A235: No. 8, Modéré - Lent 03:04
• 14 Villa-Lobos: 12 Studies, W235, A235: No. 9, Très peu animé 03:02
• 15 Villa-Lobos: 12 Studies, W235, A235: No. 10, Très animé [ME-1953] 02:00
• 16 Villa-Lobos: 12 Studies, W235, A235: No.11, Lent 03:52
• 17 Villa-Lobos: 12 Studies, W235, A235: No. 12, Animé 02:19
• Alberto Ginastera (1916 - 1983): Sonata, Op. 47:
• 18 Ginastera: Sonata, Op. 47: I. Esordio 04:14
• 19 Ginastera: Sonata, Op. 47: II. Scherzo 03:20
• 20 Ginastera: Sonata, Op. 47: III. Canto 03:50
• 21 Ginastera: Sonata, Op. 47: IV. Finale 02:15
• Total Runtime 01:01:54

Info for Profesión

Sean Shibe returns to the classical guitar on Profesión, bringing together works by Agustín Barrios, Heitor Villa-Lobos and Alberto Ginastera. The album derives its name from Barrios’s “Profesión de Fe” (profession of faith), a poem which he often used as a preface to his concerts. The poem references indigenous mythological deities, and praises the power of the guitar as the ultimate conduit to the secrets of the divine South-American destiny. Barrios’s La Catedral and Julia Florida are combined with Villa Lobos’s 12 Études, while Ginastera’s Sonata completes the programme.

These works by South American composers begin with homage and pastiche in reverence of the Old World, but build towards a totally original idiom – musical magical realism. The repertoire is voluminous, indulging in excess, and narcotic, and as such creates a counterweight to the reserved and introspective nature of Shibe’s acclaimed classical predecessor album Camino. This will be Shibe’s first-ever album focussing on repertoire that was originally written for the classical guitar, and he plays a Hauser copy built for Julian Bream. It was considered one of the best instruments of the 1930s, and fits the sound world of this programme like a glove.

Sean Shibe, guitar

Sean Shibe
Born in Edinburgh in 1992 of English and Japanese heritage, Sean studied at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, and currently with the inspirational Paolo Pegoraro in Italy.

In 2012 he became the first guitarist to be selected for the BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists scheme, and the only solo guitarist to be awarded a Borletti-Buitoni Trust Fellowship. He was selected by Young Classical Artists Trust in 2015.

Over the last year Sean has given recitals at Wigmore Hall, the Heidelberger-Frühling, Festspiele Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Bath International, Cambridge Summer and Aldeburgh Festivals. He returned to the Marlboro Summer Music Festival & Academy in the USA (on the invitation of Mitsuko Uchida), recorded solo works by Sir Peter Maxwell Davies for Linn Records as part of a Scottish Chamber Orchestra disc, and was the featured cover disc for BBC Music Magazine.

Engagements during 2016/17 include recitals at Wigmore Hall, Saffron Hall, the Three Palaces Festival in Malta, the Cumnock Tryst, Northern Chords and Newbury Spring Festivals, and a tour of China. He also brings together acoustic and electric guitars; ancient and modern traditions in his new project softLOUD, which premieres at the East Neuk Festival, followed by a week’s residency at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Earlier this year he recorded a CD of English music for Delphian due for release shortly. Future plans include debut concerts in Tokyo and Nagoya.

As a concerto soloist Sean has appeared with the BBC Scottish Symphony, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, BBC National Orchestra of Wales and BBC Symphony Orchestras performing Rodrigo’s Concierto de Aranjuez and Fantasía para un Gentilhombre, the Malcolm Arnold and Villa-Lobos Concertos, and recording Takemitsu’s To the Edge of Dream.

Drawn to chamber music and song, Sean has collaborated with the BBC Singers, Danish String Quartet, cellist Isang Enders, harpsichordist Mahan Esfahani and singers Ben Johnson, Robert Murray and Robert Tritschler.

His awards include the Royal Over-Seas League First Prize and Gold Medal (2011), Ivor Mairants Guitar Award (2009), a Dewar Arts and D’Addarrio endorsement. He is grateful for support from the Hattori Trust.

Booklet for Profesión