Ron & Maureen Ashley Oasis Chamber Music Series: Harp and Friends

Thursday, August 6 at 5:00 PM Ron & Maureen Ashley Oasis  Led by harpist Emmanuel Ceysson, this program highlights the harp’s remarkable range and color in intimate and luminous chamber selections. From the refined elegance of French Baroque gems by Couperin and Rameau, heard here on solo harp, the concert unfolds through Jean Cras’s richly textured Quintet and Cynthia Lee Wong’s evocative Shoreline, culminating in Ravel’s shimmering Introduction & Allegro, a masterpiece of a “mini harp concerto” that places the harp at the center of a kaleidoscope of sound. Artists Emmanuel Ceysson, solo harp Érik Gratton, flute Nathan Hughes, oboe Daniel Gilbert, clarinet Laura Hamilton, violin Laura Lutzke, violin Katie Kadarauch, viola Zoë Martin-Doike, viola Anne Richardson, cello Program François Couperin: Les Barricades mystérieuses (1717) Jean-Philippe Rameau: Menuet from Nouvelles suites de pièces de clavecin (c. 1726-1728) Jean Cras: Quintet for flute, violin, viola, cello, and harp (1928)… View Source