John Williams: Nikita Koshkin - Usher Waltz (From the Royal Alcazar Palace) Part 6/9

From one of the oldest and greatest royal palaces, the Alcazar in Sevilla, Spain, 1993 Nikita Koshkin - Usher Waltz John Williams – classical guitar Watch the full concert here: Subscribe to wocomoMUSIC: Follow us on Facebook: A stridently entertaining piece by the Russian composer Nikita Koshkin which takes the guitar to the limits of its techniques and, helped by John Williams’s virtuosity, somewhere beyond. One of the Alcazar’s most important buildings from the early Middle Ages presents the setting for this composition: the Palace of King Don Pedro I, known variously as Peter the Cruel or Peter the Just. His construction became an outstanding example of Mudejar art and architecture, a fusion of Moorish and Christian influences with a dominant delight in Arabic designs. The enclosed court in Peter the Cruel’s palace, where John Williams plays the Usher Waltz, with its bold tiled skirting and geometric floor design, reflects the spiky cadences of Koshkin’s music. Did you know that world-famous guitarist John Williams and filmmaker Christopher Nupen studied classical guitar together and that Andrés Segovia was their teacher? Discover more in this documentary by Christopher Nupen about his colleague and friend on @allegrofilms : © 1993, Licensed by Digital Classics Distribution #NikitaKoshkin #JohnWilliams