PETER FLETCHER Performs At Asheville's St. Matthias Church 7/26

Award-winning classical guitarist Peter Fletcher will perform at St. Matthias Episcopal Church (1 Dundee Street in Asheville, NC), on July 26th at 3PM. The program 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, and the E minor Lute Suite of J. S. Bach; Fletcher's transcriptions of Erik Satie and Edvard Grieg; Usher-Waltz, an unusual and intense piece by Russian guitarist and composer Nikita Koshkin; the ever popular Cavatina from the movie The Deer Hunter composed by Stanley Myers and music of Weiss, Albeniz, Villa-Lobos and Reusner The concert will culminate with Koyunbaba, by composer/guitarist Carlo Domeniconi, one of the most unique and exciting works in the classical guitar repertoire.

A $10.00 suggested donation is requested for the artist and the church restoration fund.

Peter Fletcher began guitar study at the age of seven under classical guitar instructor, John Sutherland. In December, 1983, he made his formal debut at the age of fifteen under the auspices of The Brasstown Concert Association in North Carolina. In 1990, the Music Teacher's National Association (MTNA) awarded Fletcher a prize at its National Level Competition. In 1995, he received the Master of Music degree from the Eastman School of Music under Nicholas Goluses, and was twice the recipient of an Eastman Graduate Award.

In demand as a performer in cultural venues throughout the country, Mr. Fletcher performs over 100 concerts every year. He made his New York Debut at Weill RecitAl Hall at Carnegie Hall in February 2007, and returned in 2008 and 2009. Peter Fletcher will return to Weill RecitAl Hall in March 2010.

His 2002 Centaur Records release, Federico Mompou: Guitar Works (Centaur Records CRC 2588), received critical acclaim. Fletcher had the privilege of meeting Mompou's widow, Carmen Bravo, at her home on the Paseo de Gracia in Barcelona, where Fletcher performed from his recording and discussed interpretation. On their meeting, Carmen Bravo states, "On that occasion, I heard him play the music of Federico Mompou and was able to observe in him a refined sensibility, much affinity for this music, plus a high technical level that justifies his excellent artistic trajectory." After the release, Peter Burwasser of Fanfare Magazine proclaimed: "Fletcher plays it all with a gracious virtuosity that makes for a very pleasing hour plus of unaffected musical poetry."

In September '05 Centaur Records released "Peter Fletcher plays Erik Satie" (CRC 2731), an all-Satie project featuring Fletcher's guitar transcriptions. States Steven Rings from The American Record Guide: "The works all sit very nicely on the guitar, and Fletcher's performances are taut and incisive, counteracting The Common tendency to play Satie's music like sleepy New Age."

His latest release, "Peter Fletcher Plays Baroque Music for Guitar" was released last October on the Towerhill Recordings label. Mr. Fletcher's next recording project for Centaur involves an all-Grieg album, for which he himself is writing the guitar transcriptions. Scheduled release date is Fall '09.

 

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