I hope you enjoy this video! I produce these music videos myself. If you wish to support my work and efforts to make more music video content in the future, the easiest way to do it is to visit www.buymeacoffee.com/patrikkleemola Thank you very much!

So tasteful!!!

@PatrikKleemola

7 ай бұрын

Thank you very much!

Everything about this video screams early 1800s. the setting, the guitar, the slightly darker tuning just beautiful. As for your playing it is masterfully played yet kept very traditional. Maestro Sor himself would be proud. Bravo!!!

@PatrikKleemola

2 ай бұрын

Thank you for your lovely comment!

Beautifully played on a wonderful guitar, I listened on my phone with B O blue tooth headphones, the sound was quite amazing, thank you all involved, I'm a student again with plenty of time to practice after suffering a stroke last year, I started just to improve my brain and useless hand muscle function, and I'm pleased to say I have been improving, I have to be not disheartened by enjoying your wonderfull music I'm 79 so if I can start to learn anyone can , God Bless

@PatrikKleemola

8 ай бұрын

Thank you for your comment! All the best for your journey with the guitar!

Congratulations! Fernando Sor is great composer and you are playing his great music !!!You remind us that guitar would not exist without Sor s compositions!!!!!!

@PatrikKleemola

8 ай бұрын

Thank you very much!

I was thinking to myself while listening again that this is as close as it gets to what Sor himself must have sounded like , a virtuoso who knows his music and playing his music on more or less the same guitar ,

@PatrikKleemola

8 ай бұрын

I hope so...!

Stellar performance! The brilliance of Sor is really shown in his smaller pieces. Kiitos!

@PatrikKleemola

8 ай бұрын

Thank you, Timmy!

Wonderful playing and beautifully recorded. Such a pleasure to watch a performer who plays thoughtfully but without making it about them. Thank you for modeling humility!

@PatrikKleemola

8 ай бұрын

Thank you Stephen, for your nice words!

A real pleasure to see and listen to

@PatrikKleemola

8 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot!

Bravo !!

@PatrikKleemola

8 ай бұрын

Thanks!

Excellent interpretations

@PatrikKleemola

8 ай бұрын

Thank you! 🎵🎶

Wonder full performance Patrik. No surprise there!

@PatrikKleemola

7 ай бұрын

Thank you very much! Hopefully in the program there was some suprises however... lesser known gems among the more familiar ones!

Excelente intérprete de la delicadeza creada...❤️🇺🇾

@PatrikKleemola

8 ай бұрын

Muchas gracias!

Absolutely brilliant 👏

@PatrikKleemola

8 ай бұрын

Thanks! 🎶🎵

What a beautiful guitar!

@PatrikKleemola

8 ай бұрын

I agree!

"Эссенциальная, красивая музыка и исполнение. Игра пробуждает эмоции из забытых мест. Контемплятивно и медитативно это. Говорит моему сердцу."

@PatrikKleemola

5 ай бұрын

Thank you very much for your comment!

Thank you so much 🙏

@PatrikKleemola

8 ай бұрын

You're welcome 🎵🎶

From Argentina, excellent!!.

@PatrikKleemola

8 ай бұрын

Thanks, Ruben!

Beautiful performance

@PatrikKleemola

7 ай бұрын

Thank you!

Que bello suena

@PatrikKleemola

8 ай бұрын

Gracias!

Amazing sound without nails :-)

@PatrikKleemola

7 ай бұрын

I actually play with nails (excluding thumb), but I'm glad about the impression that I play without them!

half an hour of heaven. thank you so much.

@PatrikKleemola

8 ай бұрын

Thank you for your comment! 🎵🎶

Merci

Stunning all round!

@PatrikKleemola

8 ай бұрын

Thank a lot!

Fantastic

@PatrikKleemola

8 ай бұрын

Thanks!

Absolutely gorgeous. How did you ... Get your hands on such a precious instrument? Phenomenal performance!!!!?

@PatrikKleemola

7 ай бұрын

Thank you! Luck and right timing is the answer to your question...

@alabudzki74

7 ай бұрын

@@PatrikKleemola :) If I may... Does it take long to get used to an instrument like that?

@PatrikKleemola

7 ай бұрын

@@alabudzki74 The most notable thing is that the strings are quite a bit closer to the soundboard than on a standard classical guitar. So the plucking movements of the right hand have to be more subtle.

@alabudzki74

7 ай бұрын

@@PatrikKleemola Thank you for you kind answer. I forwarded your performance to some of my friends who are teaching classical guitar. I was also amazed at ... Hmmm I am going to call it a snare drum sound in some of theSor's pieces. I have never heard them done the way you do it. I also didn't know that Sor included sounds like that in his pieces. Very amazing. All of it. And the setting was also so refreshing. Was it a wooden church or I am mistaken? Either way, I have probable taken too much of your time. Loved it and subscribed to your channel. Thank you, Sir.

@PatrikKleemola

7 ай бұрын

@@alabudzki74 Sor called it the trumpet sound, which he described in his Method. Only piece where he actually wrote it in the score is in the end of Sérénade op. 37. In one concert in Paris the reviewer wrote just one sentence to describe Sor's performance: "Sor's guitar replaced the whole orchestra".

Stupendo!!!

@PatrikKleemola

8 ай бұрын

Thank you!

fantastic!

@PatrikKleemola

8 ай бұрын

Thanks!

Muchas gracias por el concierto🙏

@PatrikKleemola

6 ай бұрын

🎶🎵

Bravissimo Patrick!!

@PatrikKleemola

8 ай бұрын

Thanks, Pablo!

We all played Sor on standard classical guitars. They sounded just fine--until you heard them played correctly on a period instrument. I don't know that I've heard better than this. Bravo as well for being one of the rare few who can keep a tempo.

@PatrikKleemola

Ай бұрын

Thank you so much for such an inspiring comment!

Que trabalho maravilhoso! Obrigado.

@PatrikKleemola

8 ай бұрын

Thank you very much!

Guitar virtuoso

@PatrikKleemola

8 ай бұрын

Thanks! 🎵🎶

Congratulations very nice video and amazing playing!!

@PatrikKleemola

7 ай бұрын

Thank you very much!

Qué bonito me ha encantado este concierto!

@PatrikKleemola

7 ай бұрын

Muchas gracias, Paola!

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS INSPIRED PERFORMANCE! (And all the titles) This has several benefits, help me relax, And in so doing help me sleep well. Then inspire me so I start practicing first thing in the morning. The guitar is magnificent!

@PatrikKleemola

8 ай бұрын

Thank you very much!

Bravo Patrick, une bien belle soirée !

@PatrikKleemola

8 ай бұрын

Merci, Remi!

❤❤❤

@PatrikKleemola

8 ай бұрын

🎵🎶

Hermoso, escuchar a Sor con una sonoridad que históricamente informada, trata de traernos lo que pudo hacer sido. Bellísima interpretación, por demás 🎉🎉🎉

@PatrikKleemola

7 ай бұрын

Muchas gracias, Raúl!

Such a unique looking guitar. Sounds wonderful. Looks are amazing.

@PatrikKleemola

8 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot!

@epameinondaspapamichail9896

8 ай бұрын

Congratulation! To you and the composer F Sor!!!!

@PatrikKleemola

8 ай бұрын

@@epameinondaspapamichail9896 Thanks!

Extraordinario escuchar a Sor de modo magistral en tan bello instrumento. Saludos.

@PatrikKleemola

8 ай бұрын

Muchas gracias!

What an exquisite trio. Sor, Lacôte and you, Patrik! Excellent choice of this little musical gems.

@PatrikKleemola

8 ай бұрын

Thank you so much, Rui!

Congratulations Patrik. Your performance is first class. The sound is, I guess, smooth like Sor's wold be esteemed. Thank you from Costa Rica🇨🇷🇨🇷🇨🇷

@PatrikKleemola

7 ай бұрын

Thank you very much!

Desde México 💯👍

@PatrikKleemola

8 ай бұрын

🎶🎵👍

Ufff... una hermosura. Gracias por compartir❤

@PatrikKleemola

8 ай бұрын

Thanks @umovilac!

Compositeur cher à mon cœur , servi par un interprète très raffiné ♥

@PatrikKleemola

8 ай бұрын

Thank you for a beautiful feedback!

Very very beautiful.

@PatrikKleemola

8 ай бұрын

Thank you, Raúl!

Sounds beautiful 💓

@PatrikKleemola

8 ай бұрын

Thank you! Lacote 🎵🎶

Literally moving my guitars into the living room to let them hear how they actually can sound... Outstanding stuff!

@PatrikKleemola

8 ай бұрын

Beautiful comment, thank you!

@sirrobinofloxley7156

8 ай бұрын

@@PatrikKleemola And they dance.

Wonderful 😎😎👌👌

@PatrikKleemola

8 ай бұрын

Cheers!

Beautifully done, and the instrument itself is remarkable.

@PatrikKleemola

8 ай бұрын

Thank you, and yes it's wonderful...

Love the Lacote Guitar Patrik, it sounds wonderful - well it would with your fantastic playing abilities.

@PatrikKleemola

2 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot! 🎵🎶

Really nice ! I love the first work Andante (from the old Segovia Mexicana LP) and Op29 No24 most . No microphones appear really close to the sound hole so it must be projecting a good sound! Dr. Brooks knows his work!

@PatrikKleemola

8 ай бұрын

Thanks John!

This is simply marvellous, Patrik. Your performance is of course outstanding (it always is!) but your production collaborator also deserves a word of congratulations for his fine work. This is one best guitar videos I've ever seen. And the Lacote guitar is magnificent - you are privileged indeed to have such an instrument in your possession! This is surely how Sor's music is meant to sound - quiet and reflective, conceived not for the concert hall, but for the intimacy of the salon. Thank you for sharing this with your appreciative audience!

@PatrikKleemola

8 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for your beautiful words!

@PatrikKleemola

8 ай бұрын

Tuomas Kourula has done great job here and I warmly recommend to check out Turku Early Music KZread channel were you can see more his recent work with nice performances: www.youtube.com/@TurkuEarlyMusic

@davidkrupka536

8 ай бұрын

@@PatrikKleemola Thanks for directing me to Tuomas's channel. He is certainly much more than 'just' a talented videographer! It looks like the classical guitar (and its historical antecedents) are very well represented in Turku.

Such a beautiful crisp sound, thanks for posting!

@PatrikKleemola

2 ай бұрын

Thank you for a comment!

Greetings from Mexico. It's the first time I hear music from Sor. And let me tell you, I'm amazed. When listening to this beautiful music I lose track of time and space. Thank you so much for all the effort you and your partners have put on making this video. Congratulations!

@PatrikKleemola

8 ай бұрын

I'm happy to read your comment, thank you!

🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞

@PatrikKleemola

8 ай бұрын

🎵🎶

Excelente.

@PatrikKleemola

6 ай бұрын

Thank you!

Прекрасное исполнение и атмосфера концерта! Великолепный красивый инструмент! Получил большое удовольствие. Спасибо!

@PatrikKleemola

8 ай бұрын

Thank you for your comment!

Que trabalho maravilhoso!!! Meus parabéns!!! Não somente a execução da obra é impecável mas também a escolha do local da gravação, que igreja linda!!! E que instrumento conservado, parabéns pela aquisição e que dure mais 200 anos!!! Sucesso sempre Patrik!!!

@PatrikKleemola

8 ай бұрын

Thank you very much, Luiz!

Thankyou.

@PatrikKleemola

5 күн бұрын

Thanks for dropping a comment!

I am simply in heaven listening to and watching this video! It must be such a joy to be able to play Sor's music so well and on such an instrument. Thank you so much for sharing that joy with us here on KZread. Watching the instrument go back in its case at the end actually made me feel a little sad. 🥲

@PatrikKleemola

8 ай бұрын

Thank you Eric for your beautiful comment! The magnificent Fantaisie Élégiaque op. 59 was Sor's last grand concert work for solo guitar after which he published only the collection of easy lessons op. 60, of which the last piece in this video is the last one. Op. 60 was published 1837, the same year his only daughter suddenly died, I feel this last piece with harmonics is indeed a lullaby...

@AlanMcCarthyguitar

8 ай бұрын

Is it possible Sor held or even played this instrument?? Must be such a treat for you to own it , really your playing and commitment to Sor s music fully deserves it

@PatrikKleemola

8 ай бұрын

@@AlanMcCarthyguitar well we don't know exactly when in 1839 the guitar was finished and Sor died in July. It was a special model with special decorations and expecially the tuning locks reveals this was precious model. In fictional story Sor could have held this instrument on his deathbed...maybe he could have!

@davidkrupka536

8 ай бұрын

Eric - listening to Patrik's beautiful performance here, I smiled, recalling the fellow in the TB forum who admonished us for imagining that Sor was anything other than a second-rate hack!

@davidkrupka536

8 ай бұрын

@@PatrikKleemola I've never thought of this little piece in that light, Patrik, but I think you may well be right about the circumstances of its composition. Sor's daughter was, I remember reading, a promising young guitarist, much doted upon by her father. (Sor, a single parent, is said never to have recovered from the loss of his only child. ) A tender lullaby as the composer's final word is surely an apt, if poignant, ending to his remarkable story.

Super video Patrik ! I love Sor and your performances of him ! I was thinking of buying an Altamira historical guitar , they have a Stauffer copy and a Sor III Lacote copy , the sound of these romantic guitars is so beautiful and unique

@PatrikKleemola

8 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot! I'm sure you'd be inspired to play this repertoire with a period instrument or a modern copy.

@AlanMcCarthyguitar

8 ай бұрын

Indeed , a good modern copy is sufficient for keen amateur like me too I think , I couldn’t justify more than 3000 euro really

Beautiful job, Patrik! And brave to produce and keep the brass sounds in the way Sor intended and described them. Many would mistakenly think those brassy effects ‘bad’ sounds.

@PatrikKleemola

8 ай бұрын

Thanks, Lars! It was often described that Sor produced the whole orchestra with his guitar playing. I'm sure he added a pizzicato here and brass sound there...

Such skill, artistry, and dedication. Are Aquila Corde strings used? If so, which set?

@PatrikKleemola

8 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! I used Aquila's Ambra 800 nylgut set, after my experiments with real gut sets were not satisfactory. However, I'll keep experimenting more with gut strings, and perhaps in future I'll use them on a recording.

Congratulations Patrik, this surely is the best video you have produced so far. Beautiful location, lighting, picture, GUITAR(!) and last but not least your playing. Thank you!

@PatrikKleemola

8 ай бұрын

Thank you very much for your comment, Karl!

Maravilloso. ¿Afinación a 415 o 432 Hz?

@PatrikKleemola

8 ай бұрын

Gracias! 415Hz

Lovely playing, and wonderful to hear this on a Lacote. Do you know how much restoration work was necessary to get it in this beautiful condition?

@StevenBornfeld

8 ай бұрын

I see now that this is in "original condition"--amazing!

@PatrikKleemola

8 ай бұрын

@@StevenBornfeld Yes it is amazing, as I wrote somewhere else that I have guitars made for me that are now in worse condition... do my best to look after it well!

👏👏👏

@PatrikKleemola

8 ай бұрын

👍🎶🎵

Bravo! Beautiful! I want this guitar too )

@PatrikKleemola

5 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@Maestro_Svyatoslavius

5 ай бұрын

romantic guitar - my future dream)@@PatrikKleemola

you play it all with a very high feeling and mastership. I have made a subscription on your channel.

@PatrikKleemola

5 ай бұрын

Thank you very much! 🙏🎶🎵

mantap

@PatrikKleemola

6 ай бұрын

Thanks!

Thank you for your wonderful work, sir.I have never been quite a fan of the classical guitar, although I more or less play it too. Nevertheless, I happened to own an old guitar of similar age. However, mine was not made by such a famous luthier. And all those old instruments are priceless, and all of them deserve the same respect since all of them have made it through centuries having lived rich and adventurous lives. No matter how good they are compared to each other, no matter how pristine or scratched they are, all of them are sisters. You play wonderfully and your guitar is a miracle. Yet most of all I love its stylish case! Hyvää päivää ja kiitos! (I was born in Finland)

@PatrikKleemola

4 ай бұрын

Thank you for your lovely comment!

👏🏼 👏🏼 👏🏼 👏🏼

@PatrikKleemola

2 ай бұрын

🎶🎵

Beautiful playing and a wonderful video!! But how did you manage to hide the microphones from the camera?

@PatrikKleemola

8 ай бұрын

Thank you, Runar! For your question: that's what Tuomas Kourula is able to do... ;)

Well Patrik !!! Very beautiful performance . Only the sound of the bass strings is a little soft .... Could you switch up these frequences in the equalizer when you make a video ? Good luck Patrik !!! :-)

@PatrikKleemola

7 ай бұрын

Thanks, the approach has been to capture the sound of Lacote as naturally as possible.

Hi. Nice playing. Who makes this instrument? Is it available for purchase somewhere?

@PatrikKleemola

7 ай бұрын

Thanks! It's by René Lacote from 1839. I wish there more of them available but they are quite rare by now...

Lovely. I noticed that the guitar is to Eb. Is this because it's deemed the highest it's safe to tune such an old instrument?

@PatrikKleemola

7 ай бұрын

Yes, you're right. And that was the custom in the early 19th century as well.

Outstanding. Such a wonderful surprise! Can I ask you 2 things? These 19th century guitars have the same e minor tuning as the modern ones? What strings do you use? Thank you

@PatrikKleemola

12 күн бұрын

Thanks! Yes, the scordatura is the standard EADGBE, but it's tuned down about half step (A=415Hz). I used here Ambra 800 by Aguila.

Great concert! Would love to hear the same pieces played in a standard concert Classical Guitar to compare and contrast them. Although I am familiar with Lacote guitars, but not the scale length. Can you tell us what it is?

@PatrikKleemola

2 ай бұрын

Thank you! Yes it would be an interesting comparison, I might do a video where I play one work on different instruments. Scale lenght is 630mm.

Does anyone know what the white bindings and sides of the fretboard are made from?

18:30 I feel like that’s the theme song for Simple Simon. Something I couldn’t wait to see after coming home from school when I was a little kid…

Sain synttärilahjaksi kitaran 16v .Viljo Immosen kitarakoulun sekä af Geijerstamin ja Rörbyn 1. kitarakirjan jälkeen kahlasin läpi Sorin 20 Ausgewählte Menuette. Siihen meni vähän päälle 2 kk. Siitä on jo yli 50 v mutta Sor on edelleen nro 1. Hyvänä kakkosena tällä hetkellä: Agustin Barrios Mangore...

@PatrikKleemola

3 ай бұрын

Sorin musiikki on osoittanut kestävän hyvin aikaa. Itselläni Sorin soittaminen varhaisromantiikan ajan kitaralla ja nyttemmin vielä Lacoten soittimella on tuonut säveltäjän musiikin vielä lähemmäksi.

What is it like to play that guitar? Is it easy or difficult to play?

@PatrikKleemola

2 ай бұрын

Very natural and easy, when one gets used to it.

I wonder if the maker of that instrument had your legs apart stance in mind!?

great. However, we realize that this instrument provides nothing more than the Torres or Arias model. I play on a Maugin myself, we don't win anything objectively. La réalité est parfois difficile à accepter.

A little too much rubato but otherwise amazing

@PatrikKleemola

8 ай бұрын

Cheers!

Good performance, too bad you put a billion ads, even before starting and interrupting throughout. Guess romantic guitar doesn't pay enough. You've got my dislike solely for that