Emmanuel Ceysson, harp & Tartini String Quartet

Tartini String Quartet 
Miran Kolbl, violin; Romeo Drucker, violin; Aleksandar Milošev, viola; Miloš Mlejnik, cello
 

Programme:
André Caplet, Conte Fantastique pour harpe et quatuor a cordes
Marius Constant, Harpalycé 
Louis-Claude Daquin (transcription: Henriette Renié), Le Coucou
Franz Liszt (transcription: Henriette Renié), Le rossignol
Mili Balakirev (transcription: Mikhail Glinka), The Lark
Henriette Renié, Légende  
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Paul Hindemith, Sonata for Harp 
Gabriel Fauré, Une châtelaine en sa tour, Op.110
Marcel Tournier, Vers la source dans le bois
Claude Debussy, Danse sacrée et danse profane
 

Emmanuel Ceysson, winner of some of the world’s most prestigious competitions (USA International Harp Competition, ARD competition in Munich, etc.), a former principal harp at Opéra National de Paris, and the legendary New York MET Opera Orchestra, is the new Los Angeles Philharmonic principal harpist. Emmanuel Ceysson is a leading exponent of the harp, sweeping away all the clichés associated with his instrument as an angelical but marginal orchestra instrument: His infectious enthusiasm reveals the harp in all its sparkling splendour, as an expressive vehicle for a broad spectrum of emotions and colours.

The versatile virtuoso will be accompanied by the Tartini String Quartet (Godalni kvartet Tartini), Slovenia’s first truly representative ensemble of its kind that is celebrating its fortieth anniversary in 2023. The stylistically varied and carefully chosen programme navigates a less familiar musical terrain, luxuriating and losing itself in contemplation of nature with a view to finding a way into the light.