Join the Middleton Public Library from 1 to 2 p.m., Oct 17, for Music of Four Centuries with Peter Fletcher.

Peter Fletcher is an American classical guitarist based in Detroit and New York City. His recordings on the Centaur Records and Towerhill Recordings labels have been critically acclaimed. He is a graduate of the Eastman School of Music.

Peter will play an audience-friendly recital that runs the gamut from the Renaissance Period through the 20th Century. His program features Bach’s Third Lute Suite and Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring; Suite Española by Gaspar Sanz and Spanish guitarist and composer Francisco Tárrega’s extraordinarily beautiful Capriccio Arabe. Peter is especially excited to perform Simple Gifts, a Traditional Shaker Hymn arranged for guitar by guitarist Christopher Parkening. He will play a captivating work entitled Usher – Valse by Russian guitarist and composer Nikita Koshkin. Composed in 1984, this piece has taken inspiration from the short story The Fall Of The House Of Usherby Edgar Allen Poe.The concert will culminate with Spanish composer Isaac Albeniz’s Córdoba and Leyenda from Cantos de España, arranged by Fletcher from piano to classical guitar

His interests outside of music include reading, gardening, running, long distance cycling and fountain pens.

We invite you to visit www.peterfletcher.com for more information.

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