The harp family of Hana Müllerová and her three daughters is a revelation of the ancient elegance of the muses in today’s world. Let’s become sailors for an evening in the art gallery, where four carved decorative masts tower at the bow. On that voyage, we will put our fate in the gentle hands of four harpists, who will tame the strumming of an impressive 188 strings. Can you hear the whistle from the officer’s bridge? That’s Ellen Lee’s flute safely guiding us through the alluring mists of French Impressionism. Together with Prah-a-harP kvartet they will also play works by Antonín Dvořák and Czech contemporary composers written or arranged for this extraordinary ensemble.
Artists
Prah-a-harP Quartet:
Hana Müllerová
Hedvika Mousa Bacha
Kamila Jouzová
Mariana Jouzová
Ellen Hayun Lee – flute
Program
Claude Debussy: Arabesque No. 1 (arrangement by Harriet Adie)
Jacques Ibert: Entr’acte for flute and harp
Maurice Ravel: My Mother Goose – No. 3 The Ugly Woman, Empress Pagod (arr. J. B. Escosa)
Nino Rota: Sonata for flute and harp – Allegro molto moderato
Jaroslav Krček: Concertino (for four harps)
Pavel Hrabánek: Bells
Marc Berthomieu: Cing Nuances for flute and harp
Antonín Dvořák: Poetic Moods – No. 3. On the Old Castle
Antonín Dvořák: Poetic Moods – No. 8.
Bedřich Smetana: Vltava (arrangement by S. Chaloupka)