Music of Four Centuries with Peter Fletcher

Award-winning classical guitarist Peter Fletcher returns to Moraga to perform a diverse program, "Music of Four Centuries."  

This concert will feature selections from Fletcher's 2008 CD release on Tower Hill Records: Music of the Baroque.   

Other repertoire will include  Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring from Cantata No. 147 as well as the Chaconne in D minor by J. S. Bach; Usher-Waltz, an unusual and intense piece by Russian guitarist and composer Nikita Koshkin; two works from Maurice Ravel's exquisite Mother Goose Suite, and music of Weiss, Albeniz, Villa-Lobos Ponce, Reusner, and Grieg.

The program will culminate with Koyunbaba, by composer/guitarist Carlo Domeniconi. This is one of the most unique and exciting works in the classical guitar repertoire.

Wrote Steven Rings of The American Record Guide: "[Peter Fletcher] has a strong technique, a consistent tone, and a strong interpretive imagination." Proclaimed Peter Burwasser of Fanfare Magazine: "Fletcher plays it all with a gracious virtuosity that makes for a very pleasing hour plus of unaffected musical poetry."

In demand as a performer in cultural venues throughout the country, Mr. Fletcher has been invited to give recitals at the George Eastman House in Rochester, NY; Cincinnati‟s Memorial Hall; St. Philip Cathedral in Atlanta; Furman University in Greenville, South Carolina; the Schwartz Center for the Arts in Dover, DE, and many others. He made his New York Debut at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall in February 2007, returned in 2008 and 2009, and in March of 2010 played the venue to a completely sold out audience.

Fletcher's many radio and television appearances have included Storyline on the Turner Broadcasting System (TBS); Fox-affiliate WAGA-TV‟s "Good Day Atlanta"; NBC Lima News WLIO in Ohio; KCSC in Oklahoma City and Long Island‟s Public Radio WLIU 88.3 FM. Peter Fletcher‟s three recordings, The Art of Classical Guitar, A Peter Fletcher Recital and Federico Mompou: Guitar Works (Centaur Records CRC 2588), have received critical acclaim. He lives in New York City.

Presented by the Friends of the Moraga Library.