ARTS ._ The Michigan Daily Friday, March 18, 1988 Pag.' Parkening: New guitar legend in the making? ,' By Michael Fischer I've never quite forgiven myself for missing Andr6s Segovia's last concert appearance in Ann Arbor. It was only a couple of years ago, in what ultimately proved to be the fi- nal area concert of the pioneering world-master of the classical Spanish guitar. The man was in his 90s at the time, still touring avidly, and it was all too obvious that such energy could not last forever. When Segovia died a few months ago, I couldn't help but feel that a musical age had passed forever, had } slipped through my fingers. But with tonight's concert performance by Christopher Parkening, I expect to finally receive a reprieve of sorts. It will be a chance, perhaps, to witness a new age in classical guitar unfold- ing. Considered by guitar aficionados to be this country's top virtuoso, not to men-tion one of the world's three finest players, Parkening has, over the last 20 years or so, built a reputation so il-lustrious that he has appeared with some of the most prestigious symphony orchestras in Europe as well as the United States. In regular tours across the nation every season, Parkening balances such orchestral visits with a wide array of solo recital appearances, such as to-night's - shows that typically draw rave reviews. The San Francisco Chronicle called him "a prince among guitarists, a musician of genuine warmth and intellect, magnificently exciting." The Los Angeles Times said that "Parkening brought it off in a manner suggesting that other virtuoso - Segovia." The demand for his concerts attests to a degree of acclaim that can be earned only through years of study and artistic vision - earned, never- theless, with a lit-tle help from a legend. Parkening began to play at age 11 and went on to study at the University of Southern California. He was soon studying with famed masters - one of which was Segovia him-self. After taking master instruction in California and Spain, Parkening's later efforts prompted his former mentor to declare that "Christopher Parkening is a great artist - one of the most brilliant guitarists in the world." Such praise comes in part from to the success gained by a large cata- logue of top-selling classical albums. Releasing his first classical- and Spanish-style LPs in 1968, Parken- ing later did his own transcriptions Records- Bill Frisell Lookout For Hope ECM Records Frisell is the reigning master of air brush guitar. The images may be the re-sut of subtle chicanery or sleight-of-hand; I don't know, but they are beau-tiful. This is an album of cool, drifty jazz in an unusual quartet setting that features Hank Roberts' cello alongside Frisell's guitars and a rhythm section. Add a wit-ty reading of Thelonious Monk's "Hack- ensack" and great ECM production and the result is "non-industrial light and magic." -Marc S. Taras COMPUTER MDSE. COMPUFAIR: The largest student run com- ut show in the nation! Mar. 17 & 18 in the Michigan Union. WANTED TO BUY IBM PS/2 model 50. Pat Shure 763-3249 office. 995-0030 home. MISCELLANEOUS COMPUFAIR IN THE UNION. WHAT MORE CAN WE SAY?... GIANT FLEA MARKET Household items, furniture, jewelry, vin- tage clothing, new and used, 150 dealers, 10:00 a.m.r:00 p.m. Sat-Sun., 214 E. Michi- gan at Park, Downtown Ypsilanti, 46-56, 971-7676 cM0422 Orchestra, was a top-20 chart suc- cess. Tonight's concert selections are expected to include Bach, as well as works by Granados, Albeniz, Tor- roba, Sanz, Villa-Lobos, Giuliani, Rodrigo, and Falla. Parkening will be joined on stage by an assisting guitarist, David Brandon. And if the rising acclaim of this man's past performances are anything to go by, tonight's concert-goers Parkening ... studied under AndrEs Segovia for Parkening Plays Bach, and, in 1976 released, Parkening and the Guitar, which earned him a Grammy nomination for Best Classical Recording in 1977. Notably, 1984's Bach tri-cen-tennial commemoration, A Bach Cele-bration for Guitar and Let Them Know How You Feel I I DAILY PERSONALS 764-0557 may well be seeing a new guitar-leg- end in the making. Reserved seating for CHRISTOPHER PARKENING' S p.m. show at Rackham is sold-oust but some $3 standing-room-only tickets remain on sale at t*. University Musical Society's Burton Tower ticket office until 4:30 p.m., and at the Rackham Auditorium box- office 90 minutes before the show. 1 1 I!d e -r ... i C #P mic4togan. luatolt! I. 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