My father was a flamenco guitarist. He passed away 2 months ago after struggling with Alzheimer's disease. He really loved Paco Pena and especially this duet. He was in a coma in his last few days. A few hours before he passed away, I played this for him. Amazingly he held my hand and had tears in his eyes. Right then I decided to fly all the way to Dublin to see the maestro playing this exact Farruca part with his companion. It made me so happy and thankful that I had a chance to watch the maestro playing this live ❤

One of the first videos I watched in KZfaq when I was a young kid, back in 2010/2011. Back then, there were really not many classical guitar videos on the platform, and most came from old VHS tapes like this one. I also remember very distinctly listening to a concert of John Williams playing La Catedral, Asturias on a TV set, and Sabicas malagueña in black and white. This played a role in creating my musical identity :)

The whole universe exploded when John Williams and Paco Pena played this piece together.

Sensational ........ real music bravo.... when was the last time anyone saw this type of thing on TV....

Impressive !! The Best. I do not think anyone else has been able to repeat this perfection.

I have had the privilege of seeing John Williams live at Birmingham Symphony hall, and it is only when you watch and hear these guys live you realise just how brilliant they are.

2018 and still watching this all the time.

WOW! Just WOW! This is so beautifully amazing! Great harmonies!

Pido perdon por haber tardado tanto en elogiar JOYA MUSICAL. que tiene algo de Bettinoti ( pobre mi madre querida). Interpretada por dos MAESTROS. GRACIAS A QUIEN LO SUBIO.

this is fantastic music.. so much energy and its great to hear the two friends play so well together...

impresionante este video, maravilloso, no me salen mas palabras de admiración, impresionante.-

Beautiful, I listen to this daily now.

..ahh what a classic clip.. great to see these two play together again!

best Faruca I've ever heard. Beautiful!

mamma mia il sentimiento che cosa incredibile!! grandi!

Amazingly beautiful how this flows. Bravo

it is such a wonderful piece of art !

it is such a wonderful piece of art ! excellent greetings from greece !

This is absolutely sensational. They play so smoothly and beautifully together.

Thanks much for posting this ... I'm always impressed by the range of Williams' willingness to explore all kinds of music for the guitar ... and Paco Pena ... such a supreme talent ...wonderful!

Bravissimi. I have tears of joy and feel so animated.

Hermosísima melodía. Felicitaciones para estos maestros. Ojalá fueran muchos los que apreciaran estas melodías

Wow, great stuff!

2 masters together! This is super! 5***** thanks for sharing! :D

Thank you very much for this video!!!

Just awesome. What a great flamenco duet.

This is so good.

Thanks for uploading this. Much appreciated.

Thanks for posting! I was also present at one of these concerts of the 2 masters in the 70s. It was a good mix. CU Andi

Wow, this is beautiful. It has inspired me and I want to learn t.

I don't know why people say, "you should just give up, you'll never be this good..." In reality, there is vast repertoire of classical and flamenco pieces, that even the top 2% of guitarist will never get to play in their lifetime. So, just do what you do and be happy!

The harmony tremolo part was lovely.

Thank you very much for putting it here. It reminds me in some places of the farruca by Sabicas called Los Caireles. Anyway magnificent so again gracias. Saludos Tomás

epic, can't enough of that piece!

Este video es extraordinario, que maravilla, es un placer inmenso escucharlos. Alberto Abella

excellent..!!!:) and good comp.

Stunning.

Wonderful! Two gods of guitar.

Two people playing tremolo at the same time makes my head explode. Amazing stuff though.

I interviewed him yesterday, and his English these days is excellent! He lives in London a lot of the time.

just amazing!

Man I just love the Farruca ...

My brain just melted. One day I'll play like Paco.

Great synergy. I have seen a video of williams playing with Bream, and they didnt have this sort of synergy. These guys compliment each others playing very delicately. Top watch. Top tune.

BRILLIANT!

Wonderful!!!

Awesome!!!

ole la farruca bien toca¡¡¡

ole ole!

I'm always excited with John Williams, he will always be an open mind musician that never dichotomy a music that should be in this or that like the old fart segovia did! His duet with his best flamenco guitarist mate Paco Pena is always be wonderful! I love with those two humble musicians playing together!

Una auténtica maravilla !!

amazing

gotta love old school flamenco!!

This is freaking gooooooooooooooooood!!!!!

really awesome

perfection

Your head will feel it's in heaven, really.

wow! they lived close to each other..... both = virtuosic

damm iam glad ! ilearned to finger pick so fun hard work too takes dedication great work !

Not often you see Williams with his geet on his right knee. Good to see. I'm Gonna learn flamenco

fucking amazing

Bravo 👍👍👍

Wonderful.

INCREIBLE, QUE DUO,¡¡¡¡¡

bravo and bravo

magnificent

i aspire to play like this

this farruca is how it should really sound...........it i s the right way to play farruca,,,,,,,,

Williams is very good at playing this piece, even if his repertoire often doesn't include flamenco pieces.

It's amazing how John Williams can play flamenco and classical very very well.

Hai nguoi vi dai trong lang ghi ta nhan loai cam on youtube. Thanhk....

Its nice to see a classical guitarist playing on the right leg for a change.

When we listened to true music ...

Sensational.

Well, Paco Pena is called the ambassador of flamenco, and has done a lot to structurize it etc, and is more of the traditional type. It is a great way to learn to understand the different forms etc, because he stays really close to it. Paco de Lucia on the other hand has his own style, somewhat more free. Both are great guitarists, it is a matter of taste. I prefer Paco de Lucia, but I am gratefull to Paco Pena for the work he has done, and have his lesson book.

Acojonante.

Bravo.

Bravo !

Music for the king

esta si es una cancion flamenca jonh wlliams es un gran guitarrista

alip geturdu geri de getirmiyor nasil bir parcadir boyle fantastica!

ما شا الله بسيار زيبا بود هر چند سبك دو نوازنده بسيار متفاوت است، معمولا نوازنده هاى موسيقى كلاسيك مثل جان ويليامز يا جولين بريم در بداهه نوازى و فلامنكو خيلى متبحر نيستند، بنده ٧،٦ پيش ايران بودم و اگر ميدانستم اين بزرگ مرد فلامنكو كنسرت دارد حتما ميرفتم، افسوس :(

Great!!

que buena!! al final todos son musicos

Of course. Sooo great! *-*

great.

in questo video si nota la apertura mentale di tutti e due a fare music insieme

Đỉnh cao của Guitar. Ép-phê đến tận xương tủy.

Great video of a beautiful Farruca. Original by Sabicas and his cousin Mario Escudero. Paco Pena does a great version with Eduardo Falu (CD) and in concert with Elliot Fisk.

This is note for note from the old Decca LP by Sabicas and Escudero.

yep, that's right... i just wanna add a bit... flamenco comes from various cultures that have inhabited spain over the ages, it takes a piece of the music from the groups that have made espana home... generally we call a style such as the farruca, solea, or sevillana a palo, each palo follows a strict rythmic meter or in some cases more than one rythmic meter called compas...

is there a decent studio version of this masterpiece?

Genius!!

He's still playing! Just search for videos of him - look for ones from 'The Seville Concert' especially. He has to be one of the best guitarists ever!

Man i wish i could play like that...

2 cây dai thu vĩ dai của dòng guita cổ diển tôn vinh 2 ngài

NICE..

que linda esa guitarra con clavijero de palo

COOOL!!!

flying with fingers