Repertoire
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'
Irish Times