Called “the Yo-Yo Ma of the harp world,” riveting harpist Bridget Kibbey makes her Mistral debut with artistic director and flutist Julie Scolnik in a diverse program that ranges from harp solos from her new CD by jazz legend Paquito D’Rivera who morphs the instrument into a bandoneon to evoke Argentinian tango, to Boston composer Kati Ágocs, a modern-day Benjamin Britten, who treats her own native Canadian folk music as found objects for a new work for solo harp, to David Bruce’s enchanting music-box-like Caja de Musica. Scolnik and Kibbey will offer a set of duo gems by French composers Ravel, Debussy, Saint Saens, and Chaminade. “Kibbey made it seem as though her instrument had been waiting all its life to explode with the gorgeous colors and energetic figures she was getting from it.” The New York Times
Program:
J.S. BACH (1685-1750) Sonata in E flat Major (arr. for fl. & hp: Kibbey)
PAQUITO D’RIVERA (b. 1948) Bandoneon for solo harp
CAMILLE SAINT SAENS (1835-1921) Fantaisie, Op. 124 for vln & hp
DAVID BRUCE (b. 1970) Caja de Musica for solo harp
CLAUDE DEBUSSY (1862-1918) 10” Prélude à L’ Après-Midi d’un Faune (arr. for fl. & harp by J. Loman)
KATI AGÓCS (b. 1975) Northern Lights (2011) 15”
MAURICE RAVEL (1875-1937) Pavane pour une enfante défunte. 7
CÉCILE CHAMINADE (1857-1944) Concertino op. 107
