Guitar Highlights – Friends of the Guitar: Nikolas Göhl Presents Cantabile
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Sound Poetry on Six Strings: Nikolas Göhl Brings 'Cantabile' to Hof
On November 16, 2025, the Vienna-based guitarist Nikolas Göhl will transform the Free Church of the Seventh-Day Adventists in Hof into a resonance space for great melodies. As part of the Guitar Highlights – Friends of the Guitar series, he will present his first solo CD 'Cantabile' live – a chamber music concert experience with an intimate atmosphere and fine acoustics.
Singing on the Guitar – the Program
'Cantabile' combines guitar arrangements of famous Schubert songs by J. K. Mertz, Fernando Sors' Fantaisie et variations brillantes op. 30, Tansman’s Variations sur un thème de Scriabine, and an opera fantasy based on themes from Verdi's La Traviata. The common thread: Melodiousness – melodies that breathe, phrased with vocal naturalness.
Live Atmosphere: Light, Sound, Concentration
The calm acoustics of the church carry every nuance. Delicate pianos, warm legato, and clear articulation unfold without amplification – perfect conditions for the colorful orchestration of the guitar tone and an audience mood between contemplative silence and spontaneous applause.
A Century of Sound: the Instrument
'Cantabile' was recorded on a 100-year-old Spanish guitar (Antonio de Lorca Ramírez, 1925). Its noble, singing tone also shapes the concert – with a soft foundation, luminous overtones, and sustainable sustain.
Expertise and Roots
Göhls' artistic career began in Hof with Dietmar Ungerank. The CD was released in early September 2025 by the label Solo Musica – a fine debut that has already received media attention and been praised for its highly musical stage performance.
Interpretation with Authority
The setlist connects romantic lyricism and virtuosic fantasy forms. Precise rubato, breathing phrases, controlled vibrato, and confident key changes shape a style-conscious, text-close interpretation – guitar art with substance instead of effect.
Conclusion
An hour-long concert experience full of warmth, transparency, and expression. Anyone who loves song art, opera fantasy, and guitar poetry will experience pure closeness to the music here – concentrated, touching, unique.
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