David Russell talks with Benjamin Verdery in a pre-concert lecture. Recorded March 22, 2014. Grammy Award–winning classical guitarist David Russell talks with Benjamin Verdery prior to his Art of the Guitar program of Scarlatti, Bach, Giuliani, Granados and Albéniz in transcriptions written by Russell himself. Russell presents his approach to programming a concert and discusses his relationship with Albéniz’ beloved Asturias; his own transcription of the work ends the evening’s concert. He offers advice on creating arrangements and transcriptions, and explains his approach to learning new music. He ends by urging musicians to develop interests and hobbies outside of music to keep the mind and spirit fresh—“as long as they’re not encroaching on your practice time!” Watch more videos in the Guitar Talks series: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwu-aG_P0V0DbRN8zPPxLw6YDoBHamb8e Subscribe for more videos like this: http://bit.ly/1GpwawV Facebook: http://facebook.com/92ndStreetY Twitter: https://twitter.com/92Y Tumblr: http://92y.tumblr.com/ Instagram: http://Instagram.com/92ndStreetY Vine: https://vine.co/92Y On Demand: http://www.92yondemand.org