Chris Acquavella Solo


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"I have always regarded Chris as a passionate talent. His interests in the arts are eclectic and driven by a deep love for music. It is rare to find someone as passionate as Chris& that exhibits such a raw talent."

- Peter Pupping, GuitarSounds

Solo Mandolin
Solo mandolin is perfect for smaller, more intimate settings like private homes, small/medium sized churches and concert halls (c.300). The instrument has a captivating and haunting quality which is sure to set the mood perfectly. Chris performs a wide range of classical music from 17th Century composers to the Contemporary era masterpieces, including flambouyant virtuosic Romantic Italian show stoppers. He can also perform folk music from various cultures such as Brazilian, Celtic & Eastern European; providing a full musical range of repertoire to choose from. Chris performs each work on period & modern mandolins, using the appropriate technique of the time period. As part of the concert, Chris shares the historical context of each piece as well as entertains & informs the audience about this great repertoire. Please ask if there was something specific you were interested in. Chris is happy to play music from across his repertoire or to tailor towards a particular style; e.g. Italian or Mediterranean or Romantic or Baroque.

Solo Mandolin

Solo mandolin is perfect for smaller, more intimate settings like private homes, small/medium sized churches and concert halls (c.300). The instrument has a captivating and haunting quality which is sure to set the mood perfectly.

Chris performs a wide range of classical music from 17th Century composers to the Contemporary era masterpieces, including flambouyant virtuosic Romantic Italian show stoppers. He can also perform folk music from various cultures such as Brazilian, Celtic & Eastern European; providing a full musical range of repertoire to choose from. Chris performs each work on period & modern mandolins, using the appropriate technique of the time period. As part of the concert, Chris shares the historical context of each piece as well as entertains & informs the audience about this great repertoire.

Please ask if there was something specific you were interested in. Chris is happy to play music from across his repertoire or to tailor towards a particular style; e.g. Italian or Mediterranean or Romantic or Baroque.

Sample Concert Program - "La Storia del Mandolino"
These are just some of the repertoire options.
Partita No.3 (Prelude: Allemanda: Corrente: Aria: Giga: Minuetto)	Filippo Sauli (c.1700)
Andante and Allegro from Sonata II in A Minor	J.S. Bach (1685-1750)
De la Reine de Golconde	Pietro Denis (c.1770)
Imardin	C. Acquavella (b. 1975)
La Fustemberg Variations No.10	Antonio Riggieri (c. 1700)
INTERVAL
Notturno-Cielo Stellato op.186	Raffaele Calace (1863-1934)
Polcha Variata	Benedetto Persichini (c.1909)
Study in Bb Minor from Op.226	Carlo Munier (1859-1911)
Prelude No. 1	Lutz-Werner Hesse (b.1955)
Suite for Mandolin in 4 Movements	Theodor Hlouschek (b. 1951)
Fantasia No.1	Takashi Ochi (b. 1934)