Tasmanian musician and 19th century guitar specialist Claire Angel Bonner presents a journey through Napoleon’s Europe in this solo concert featuring works by Sor, Giuliani, Regondi, Coste and Mertz.

The early to mid 19th century was a time of political and social change across Europe. Musical change was underway, linked to the political climate and artistic and literary ideals of Romanticism. And the guitar was taking its place as a vital social instrument. Played everywhere from the streets to the courts, it was in the salons that it truly came into its own, bringing music home from the opera houses and concert halls through operatic fantasies and orchestrally inspired works.

This concert brings together the historical events and political figures of early-mid 19th century in Europe with works by the finest guitarists of the time, focusing on three important musical and political capitals of the time: London, Paris and Vienna.