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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260913T150000
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URL:https://www.earlymusicamerica.org/events/early-music-missouri-presents
 -music-from-the-romantic-parlor-19th-century-songs-and-sonatas-for-voice-p
 ianoforte-guitar/
SUMMARY:Early Music Missouri presents "Music from the Romantic Parlor: 19th
 -Century Songs and Sonatas for Voice\, Pianoforte &amp\; Guitar"
DESCRIPTION:Early Music Missouri’s 2026–2027 Mainstage concert series o
 pens with an intimate recital of songs and instrumental music from the fir
 st quarter of the 19th century for solo voice\, pianoforte and the early s
 ix-string guitar. Charles Metz returns to our Mainstage concert series wit
 h his recently restored 1806 Clementi square pianoforte performing solos b
 y Muzio Clementi (whose company built the instrument) and Wolfgang Mozart.
  He will be joined by soprano Samantha Arten as well as guitarist Patrick 
 Rafferty\, playing a guitar built in the early 19th century. Both Metz and
  Rafferty will accompany Arten in songs from Scotland\, England and German
 y that range from ballad arrangements based on traditional tunes to intima
 te lieder by Franz Schubert. Rafferty will contribute guitar solos by the 
 foremost guitarist/composers of the era\, Fernando Sor and Mauro Giuliani.
  A tantalizing feature of the program will be a set of duos for pianoforte
  and early guitar by Fernando Carulli\, music rarely heard in modern conce
 rts.\n\nThe concert will take place on September 13 at 3:00 PM at St. Mark
 ’s Episcopal Church (4714 Clifton Ave.\, St. Louis\, MO 63109). Parking\
 , including several handicapped spots\, is available on the streets surrou
 nding the church (Clifton\, Murdoch\, and Locke Avenues).  The entrance o
 n the east side of the building is accessible for those with special mobil
 ity needs\, and includes an elevator. Admission to the concert is $20 (cas
 h\, card\, or check) with special discounts for students.\n\nAll three per
 formers are well-known to Early Music Missouri’s audiences. Both Charles
  and Samantha contributed to Early Music Missouri’s successful launch wi
 th their performances in our earliest seasons. Charles has returned regula
 rly to perform with St. Louis’s best local Early Music musicians\, inclu
 ding in a memorable performance of Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto 5. Samant
 ha not only sings regularly as a soloist and in Early Music Missouri’s V
 ocal Ensemble but serves as the organization’s Associate Director. In re
 cent years\, Patrick has become the Midwest’s foremost proponent of the 
 early guitar\, performing across the region on Renaissance\, Baroque and 1
 9th-century guitars\, including in many of Early Music Missouri’s ensemb
 les.\n\nEarly Music Missouri is the region’s foremost promoter and prese
 nter of Early Music concerts. Its performances feature Medieval\, Renaissa
 nce and Baroque repertoire performed on period instruments by expert perfo
 rmers from the region and nation.
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