Harpist

This grand opening to the Nash’s anniversary season features a world première from Julian Anderson, alongside a chamber transcription of Debussy’s sensuous Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune and works by Mozart and Schubert.

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Nash Ensemble; Martyn Brabbins conductor; Claire Booth soprano

Wigmore Hall

Principal woodwinds of the Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra take centre stage in a concert welding classical poise to unadulterated beauty. ‘Eight days of strenuous work and three sleepless nights have permitted me to complete it the best I could’ – so wrote the student Maurice Ravel of his Introduction and Allegro, a harp concerto in miniature and a bijou piece of exquisite sensuality. Before it come two works lined with the melancholy of a creative life nearing its end: Debussy’s eerie but cuttingly direct Sonata for flute, viola and harp, and Mozart’s glowingly introspective Clarinet Quintet.

Harpist

Lucy Wakeford

Events

Upcoming events

Feb 28, 2026

Ravel Introduction and Allegro · Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra

Past events

Oct 5, 2024

Nash Ensemble; Martyn Brabbins conductor; Claire Booth soprano · Wigmore Hall

Future and recently performed repertoire

Harp in Clarinet Quintet in A Major, K. 581 by Mozart

Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra

Harp in Sonata for flute, viola and harp, L. 137 by Debussy

Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra

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