Spivey Hall

on the campus Of Clayton State College & University

will play host to two rising stars and a highly regarded

veteran in the classical music scene this weekend.

Saturday,

flutist Emmanuel Pahud and pianist Eric LeSage will

perform an all French program, and classical guitarist

Manuel Barrueco will play Sunday.

Pahud and

LeSage have performed and recorded together many times.

The show, cosponsored by the Swiss and French consulates

and the Alliance Francaise d'Atlanta, will consist of

four pieces by Claude Debussy, two by Francois Poulenc,

and one each by Pierre Sancan and Cesar Franck. Pahud, of

Swiss and French descent, started his six-year tenure as

principal flutist of the Berlin Philharmonic at the age

of 23. He is noted for stretching the capabilities of his

instrument and has been dubbed the "new flute

sensation" by the New York Times.

LeSage is

regarded as one of the most original young

representatives of the French school of pianism. He is a

noted interpreter of Schumann and has captured several

awards, namely the Choc de Monde de la Musique and the

Diapara D'Or.

The two

musicians are most famous, though, for their work

together. The performance begins at 8 p.m. and tickets

are $25.

Sunday's

performance by Manuel Barrueco will be a very special

show. Barrueco is a classical guitarist with taste and

talent so deep and versatile that it is unfair to

pigeonhole him into one style. Barrueco has recorded

pieces by Bach and Mozart, as well as pieces by Lennon

and McCartney. His new disc, "Cuba!,"

celebrates the music of his homeland.

Barrueco

was born in Cuba in 1952 and started playing guitar at

age 8. He began his studies at the Esteban Salas

Conservatory in Santiago, Cuba. In 1967 his family moved

to the United States and he completed his studies at the

Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore. It was not until 1974

that Barrueco made his debut, though, and what better

place to make it than Carnegie Hall in New York.

Since that

first performance at Carnegie Hal, Barrueco has recorded

many CD's, working with great jazz musicians like Stanley

Clarke and Chick Corea, and yet still feeling at home

with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center.

Recently, Barrueco has been seen in a Lexus commercial,

as the guitarist playing and recording in the back seat

of the speeding car.

In addition

to his performing career, Barrueco also finds time to

teach. He teaches at the Peabody Institute of Johns

Hopkins University and offers masters clsses at the Royal

Academy of Music in London.

The

performance will begin at 3 p.m Sunday, Nov. 7. Tickets

are $40 and $30. For ticket information, phone

770-961-3683.

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