Parisienne Festival: Duets for Two Harps

A showcase concert by students and staff from the Conservatoire, this promises to be one of the highlights of the festival. The Ravel Septet is a masterpiece of ravishing sensuality, and the Mask of the Red Death by Caplet is a superb and dramatic musical portrayal of one of Edgar Alan Poe’s celebrated Tales. The concert will be introduced by Eleanor Turner, with fascinating facts about the harp and its history.

Tsvetelina Likova harp
Ellena Taylor flute
Luke English clarinet
Wai Lam and Katarzyana Deja violins 
Qiuhan Kang viola
Joanna Cartwright cello

Ravel Introduction and Allegro

Eleanor Turner harp

Guerre Unmeasured Prelude and Gigue from Suite No.3 in A Minor

Georgina Taylor harp
Helena Bowen piano

Bochsa Duo Sur l’air Soyez sensibles, des Mystères d’Isis, avec variations

Birmingham Conservatoire Harp Quartet

Saint-Saëns (transcribed for four harps by Eleanor Turner) Danse Macabre

Eleanor Turner

Yann Tiersen (arr. Turner) Suite from the film Amelie

Natasha Gale and Eleanor Turner harps

Franck Prélude, Fugue and Variation in B minor

Rita Schindler and the Fitzroy String Quartet

Caplet Le Masque de la Mort Rouge Conte Fantastique d’après une des histoires extraordinaires d’Edgar Allan Poë