Countertenor Keith Wehmeier brings a program of 17th-century songs and arias to Early Music Missouri’s stage. Keith is joined for this program by Baroque violinist Celina Boldrey, Baroque cellist Stephanie Hunt and lutenist Jeffrey Noonan. The concert features music composed for solo voice with violin and includes works by John Dowland, Claudio Monteverdi, Henry Purcell and George Frideric Handel. In addition, violinist Celina Boldrey will play Heinrich Biber’s “Passacaglia” for solo violin from his famed Rosary Sonatas.
The concert will take place on April 12, 2026 at 3:00 PM at Second Presbyterian Church, 4501 Westminster Place in St. Louis’s Central West End. Free off-street and street parking is available immediately adjacent to the church. Admission to the concert is $20 (cash, card, or check) at the door with special discounts for students.
An up-and-coming singer on the national music scene, St. Louis native Keith Wehmeier continues to garner critical recognition for his many concert and operatic performances across the country. Reviews have praised his “bright, agile vocal technique,” noting that Keith’s “voice was both strong and dulcet and he phrased the text with subtlety.” At home on both recital and concert stages, Keith has also quickly carved out a niche for himself in the bravura roles of Handel’s operas. This concert is the second appearance by Keith with Early Music Missouri this season, and in early May 2026, he will sing the role of the Sorceress in Early Music Missouri’s concert production Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas.
The three instrumentalists accompanying Keith have been regulars with Early Music Missouri since its creation. A core member of Early Music Missouri’s instrumental ensembles, Baroque violinist Celina Boldrey appears regularly as a soloist and in chamber ensembles. In addition, she and lutenist Jeff Noonan have performed numerous duo recitals of 17th-century violin music across the state and region. Baroque cellist Stephanie Hunt has performed with Early Music Missouri since its earliest concerts as both a featured soloist and as an integral part of the basso continuo in chamber and orchestral settings. Lutenist Jeffrey Noonan, founder and director of Early Music Missouri, has played early plucked instruments across the region for over forty years.
Early Music Missouri is the region’s foremost promoter and presenter of Early Music concerts. Its performances feature Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque repertoire performed on period instruments by expert performers from the region and nation.
