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The Canadian Guitar Quartet is a Canadian classical guitar ensemble founded in 1999. Its lineup has changed over the years; founding members included Philip Candelaria, Denis Donegani, Patrick Roux and Louis Trépanier, with later configurations including Renaud Côté-Giguère, Bruno Roussel, Julien Bisaillon, Jérôme Ducharme and Steve Cowan among others. The quartet tours across Canada and internationally, performing at venues and festivals including Chamberfest, the Festival of the Sound and Debut Atlantic.

The quartet’s repertoire spans original works for four guitars alongside arrangements of orchestral and chamber repertoire, including transcriptions of works originally written for other instrumental combinations, such as Mozart’s Sonata for Two Pianos, K. 448.

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Repertoire

Sonata for Two Pianos, K. 448 – I. Allegro con spirito— W. A. Mozart
Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances (Arr. for Guitar Quartet by Louis Trépanier)— Alexander Borodin
Danse macabre (Arr. for Guitar Quartet by Louis Trépanier)— Camille Saint-Saëns
Concerto épisodique: I. Éveil— Patrick Roux
Concerto épisodique: II. Envol— Patrick Roux
Concerto épisodique: III. Mémoire— Patrick Roux
Concerto épisodique: IV. Destin— Patrick Roux
William Tell: Overture: I. Andante (Arr. for Guitar Quartet by Bruno Roussel and the Canadian…— Gioachino Rossini
William Tell: Overture: II. Allegro (Arr. for Guitar Quartet by Bruno Roussel and the Canadian…— Gioachino Rossini
William Tell: Overture: III. Andantino (Arr. for Guitar Quartet by Bruno Roussel and the…— Gioachino Rossini
William Tell: Overture: IV. Allegro vivace (Arr. for Guitar Quartet by Bruno Roussel and the…— Gioachino Rossini
Hoe-Down— Louis Trépanier
Prologue, fougue et allegro trépidant: I. Prologue— Patrick Roux
Prologue, fougue et allegro trépidant: II. Fougue— Patrick Roux
Prologue, fougue et allegro trépidant: III. Allegro trépidant— Patrick Roux
Sonata sopr’il soggetto reale pour flûte, violon et continuo, BWV 1079: III. Andante larghetto…— Johann Sebastian Bach
Sonata sopr’il soggetto reale pour flûte, violon et continuo, BWV 1079: IV. Allegro (L’offrande…— Johann Sebastian Bach
Pulsar— Olga Amelkina-Vera
Sonate pour 2 pianos, K. 448: I. Allegro con spirito— Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Empty Houses: No. 1, Empty House 1— Renaud Côté-Giguère
Empty Houses: No. 2, Empty House 2— Renaud Côté-Giguère
Empty Houses: No. 3, Empty House 3— Renaud Côté-Giguère
Empty Houses: No. 4, Empty House 4— Renaud Côté-Giguère
Areias Brancas, Orfeu Negro: Prelúdio (D’après Orfeu Negro)— Antonio Carlos Jobim
Areias Brancas, Orfeu Negro: O Nosso Amor (D’après Orfeu Negro)— Antonio Carlos Jobim
Areias Brancas, Orfeu Negro: A Felicidade (D’après Orfeu Negro)— Antonio Carlos Jobim
Concerto pour deux violoncelles en sol mineur, RV 531: I. Allegro— Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto pour deux violoncelles en sol mineur, RV 531: II. Largo— Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto pour deux violoncelles en sol mineur, RV 531: III. Allegro— Antonio Vivaldi
Fille De Cuivre I. Enveloppe isolante— Renaud Côté-Giguère
Fille De Cuivre II. Sans alliage— Renaud Côté-Giguère
Fille De Cuivre III. Touret— Renaud Côté-Giguère
Concierto Tradicionuevo: I. Cafe Gardel— Patrick Roux
Concierto Tradicionuevo: II. En las calles de Buenos Aires— Patrick Roux
Octopus— Hans Brüderl
Mappa Mundi: No. 1, Trocodite— Christine Donkin
Mappa Mundi: No. 2, Turris Babel— Christine Donkin
Mappa Mundi: No. 3, Yperborei— Christine Donkin
Mappa Mundi: No. 4, Ipopodes— Christine Donkin