

The performance itself was literally perhaps the best live music experience I've ever had. I grabbed a ticket simply for the sake of getting into the theater and seeing "something". So, I wasn't specifically seeking out Spanish guitar. I really wish I'd had company because for as much as I enjoyed it sola, it was definitely the type of outing that would have been augmented by some shared enthusiasm. Here Manuel is from a performance last year at the theater I saw him at last night. Thanks, youtube, now I can share it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1axpAPrM4vk .
The audience liked him so much that he came on for three encore numbers. I was especially struck at the relationship he has with his guitar, which, perhaps, seems obvious, but it was not just about him giving a performance and using an instrument. The performer and the instrument were a duo. He never once set the guitar down. He held it when he bowed, and he entered and exited with it like you would any other partner.
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