WAR AND PEACE

Harp, flute and strings combine to perform peaceful music by the French Impressionists and the dramatic music of Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet ballet. Also featured is one of the most powerful anti-war pieces of classical music, the String Quartet no. 8 by Dmitri Shostakovich.

Program includes:

Debussy │ Danse sacrée et danse profane, for harp and string quartet

Shostakovich │ String Quartet no. 8 in C minor, Op. 110

Ravel/Wadsworth │ Adagio assai from Piano Concerto in G major M. 83., for harp, flute and strings

Prokofiev/Cohen │ Suite from Romeo and Juliet, for flute, viola and harp