Martin’s musical fluency and flexibility are evident in his embrace of multiple styles and borne out by his wide ranging repetoire.
Baroque:
Guardama las Vacas by L de Narvaez
Gavotte en Rondeau by J S Bach
Chaconne in D minor by J S Bach
Classical/Spanish:
Two minuets by F Sor
Requerdos de la Alhambra by F Tarrega
Choros no. 1 by H Villa Lobos
Millers Dance by M DeFalla
Spanish D no 5 by E Granados
La Maja de Goya by E Granados
Contemporary:
Classical Gas by Mason Williams
Cavatina by S Myers
Alba by H Haug
Study in D no 5 by Martin Vishnick
Dove by Martin Vishnick
Latin:
Inclusero by Paco de Lucia
Mediterranean Sundance by Paco de Lucia
Typical solo programme:
Choros no. 1 – Villa Lobos
Millers Dance – DeFalla
Study in D – Martin V
Classical Gas – Mason Williams
Requerdos de la Alhambra – Tarrega
Dove – Martin V
Gavotte en Rondeau – Bach
Cavatina – Myers
Spanish D no. 5 – Granados
Mediterranean Sundance – Paco de Lucia
Specialist lecture recitals on many topics include:
Guitar music through the ages
Romantic film music
Arrangements:
It Ain’t Necessarily So by G Gershwin
The girl is Mine by Michael Jackson
Smooth Criminal by Michael Jackson
Beat It by Michael Jackson
El Vito and Chinitas Café by F G Lorca
Original guitar compositions include:
Study in D
Dove
Otono
Spring Sky
A Cry from the Wilderness
His dedication and commitment were decisive factors in his highly successful account of the pieces by Haug, Regan and his own 'A Cry from the Wilderness'