El Colibri (Julio Sagreras) - Declan Zapala

Welcome to my UA-cam channel where I post random videos of things I've created from month to month! This video was created for my segment in Guitar Techniques Magazine Issue GT345 (April 2023). This month I have prepared the classical guitar's very own Flight of the Bumblebee fwhich comes in the form of Julio Sagreras' fiery piece El Colibri (The Hummingbird).
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Guitar: Stephen Hill 1a Primera (Maple Cedar top)
Strings: Savarez Cantiga Basses and Alliance Trebles
Mics: Mid-Side pair of AKG 414's
Preamps: RME Fireface
Reverb: Altiverb
Mastering: iZotope Ozone 7
Camera: Canon 5D mkiii
Lens: Canon USMii 24-70mm

[@chance1986]

WOW! Flawlessly played. It was very expressive. And impressive. Well done.

[@democafe4864]

Thumbs up ! Your rendition of this song might not be the fastest, but it surely is the clearest.

[@manoelsabatinojunior]

👏👏👏👏Bravo!!!

[@ambulatorioveterinariodott3768]

Beautiful!

[@snowfiresunwind]

Fantastic - this is up there with the very best versions of this difficult piece.

[@irfanchooify]

❤❤❤❤

[@johnsaldivar2619]

Fantastic! Very clean and every note can be heard.

[@swordfish_0219]

I like the fact how both hands seem to have mind of their own yet they're in sync with one and other, that to so smoothly

[@CzBMusic]

this is awesome, well done!

[@martybyrnemusic]

Absolutely amazing!

[@IntellikronTech]

Bravo!!!!

[@alexpaton2818]

655 views. What a joke! There're renditions of this with thousands of visits and eulogies which I think are a load of crap. Some of these versions are not well performed and bitty by being played too fast and beyond the performers ability.
This was wonderful. No missed notes and flawlessly played. I actually think the video of a young John Williams is the best but by jings this wasn t far behind.

[@DeclanZapala]

Thanks for the kind words Alex! One of the first recordings I had of the guitar was a mixtape of classical guitar music my teacher made for me and it had John Williams playing this, have always loved the way he plays it!

[@13moles]

No faking going on here!!

[@ticovogt]

[@PERFECTGINGERBASTARD]

Good job.