December Concert

CELESTIAL STRINGS

December 6, 2017

The December concert features the harp students of Dr. Joy Yeh. The programme will include works by Handel, Britten, French harp composers such as Hasselmans, Grandjany, Tournier, Salzedo, modern harpist Deborah Henson-Conant Christmas tunes such as What Child Is This (Greensleeves) and a harp octet performing Pachelbel's Canon in D.

The concert displays harps in varying sizes and harpists ranging from 6-20 years of age.  Many of the musicians are medallion and scholarship winners from the Vancouver Kiwanis Music Festival.

Don't miss this rare opportunity to be serenaded by these Celestial Strings!

PROGRAMME

Alexa Reimer
Overture from Suite for Harp, Op. 83 - B. Britten
Vers la source dans le bois - M. Tournier

Erika Liu
Guitare - A. Hasselmans

Adina Ragetli
Bagpipe Jig - S. McDonald
Bonjour, Monsieur Rameau - M. Grandjany
Little Fountain - S. Pratt

Katelyn Chang
Greensleeves - Traditional (1580)/arr. by Milligan
Joyful Overture - M. Grandjany

Eileena Fan
Angelus - H. Renié 
Nataliana - D. Henson-Conant 

Alice Lee
Passacaglia - G. F. Handel
Seguidilla - C. Salzedo

Harp Octet: Erika Liu (leader), Alexa Reimer, Adina Ragetli, Katelyn Chang, Eileena Fan, Alice Lee, Tanka Fagbamiye, Kaela Hsu
Canon in D - J. Pachelbel