"For classical guitarist Sean Shibe, conventions and limitations are made to be broken. As expected, he plays Spanish standard repertoire and intricate Baroque tunes on his nylon-strung guitar as well as anyone. Note the quiet, wistful intimacy Shibe offers in a cancion by Federico Mompou and a Bach sarabande. Shibe is so inside the music that his cheek often rests on the top of his instrument."
"The Scottish guitarist loves to plug in, too. He knows how to shred, yet he can also make his electric guitar sound as light as a butterfly's wing as in the ethereal closing number in this set, "High on a Rocky Ledge," by the eccentric American street musician Moondog. Shibe is fearless in the face of challenges, which explains why the bulk of his Tiny Desk set is devoted to the new, finger-twisting music written for him by English composer Thomas Ades."
Sean Shibe performs both Spanish standard repertoire and intricate Baroque on nylon-strung guitar, offering quiet, wistful intimacy in a Federico Mompou cancion and a Bach sarabande. The Scottish guitarist also uses electric guitar, producing both shredding virtuosity and an extraordinarily light, ethereal tone on Moondog's "High on a Rocky Ledge." The set emphasizes new, finger-twisting works written for him by Thomas Ades, which push technical limits of the instrument and the performer. Ades's music includes imitated bells, tricky harmonics, frenzied marches of complex chords and avalanches of notes across the fretboard. The music often appears unplayable, yet it sounds fresh, confident, and maps new territory for classical guitar.
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