1794 Meetinghouse presents Peter Blanchette, guitarist, composer, arranger, conductor and inventory of the 11-string archguitar, plus his musical partner Mané Larregla. Together, they are Archiguitar Duo.
Blanchette’s extraordinary repertoire of internationally acclaimed arrangements and compositions spans from the medieval, renaissance and baroque music to world music, new music and his own original pieces. He performs and records in solo recital or with selected other instrumentalists to form the Virtual Consort. He has been heard on hundreds of recordings, film and television scores, public radio in the U.S., Canada, Europe and across Asia, on his own 17 archguitar albums for the Dorian label and his own imprint, Archguitar Music.
Since his late teens, Blanchette has been devoted to the music of Johann Sebastian Bach. He has made archguitar arrangements of hundreds of the Bach’s music composed originally for solo violin, solo ‘cello, and lute, as well as archguitar duo arrangements of keyboard and orchestral works. Blanchette is a veteran performer at such high-profile venues as NPR’s “A Prairie Home Companion,” and The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and has performed in nearly all countries in Western Europe, from Norway to Portugal.
This concert will include music of Domenico Scarlatti, J.S. Bach, John Dowland, Pierre Attaingnant, Franciscus Bosinensis, Eric Satie and Jean-Philippe Rameau.
For more information visit https://bit.ly/2lUfQRs. Tickets are $15 for those ages 18 and up, $10 for teenagers 13 to 17. Admission is free for children under 12. Tickets can be purchased online at bit.ly/2lYfmtx, at the New Salem General Store and at the door on the day of the show. The concert begins at 4 p.m.