GRANGER / HENDERSON DUO
“Their connection in performance is second to none.”
The enchanting combination of flute and harp unites two of Australia's vibrant young soloists, flutist Jonathan Henderson and harpist Emily Granger. Former principal flute of the Estonian National Opera, Jonathan Henderson is the newly appointed flutist of the Southern Cross Soloists, and Emily Granger is harpist with Omega Ensemble, Hourglass Ensemble and a founding member of the Chicago Harp Quartet. Despite a relatively short playing history, the duo have quickly earned a reputation for their kindred artistic partnership and charismatic musical chemistry. After their debut performing the world premiere of a new work written for the duo by Australian composer Tristan Coelho to sold out audiences at the 2019 Craven Creek Music Festival in Gloucester NSW, further engagements have included a residency at the Australian Institute of Music in Sydney and a national recital tour of Queensland & New South Wales in 2020.
“Stunningly poised music-making from both players”
FRANÇOIS BORNE/GEORGES BIZET | Fantasie Brillante on Themes from Carmen
EMMANUEL CHABRIER | Habanera, arr. J. Henderson
TRISTAN COELHO | Rustic Dances
RECITAL PROGRAMMES
SPANISH SOUVENIRS (60 minutes)
JACQUES IBERT
Entr'acte
MAURICE RAVEL
Vocalise-Étude en forme de Habañera
ALPHONSE HASSELMANS
Guitare Op.50
MARIN MARAIS
Les Folies d'Espagne
EMMANUEL CHABRIER
Habanera
ISAAC ALBENIZ
Recuerdos de Viaje Op. 71: No. 4 En la Alhambra
MANUEL DE FALLA
Nocturno
MANUEL DE FALLA
Selections from Seven Spanish Folksongs
FRANÇOIS BORNE/GEORGES BIZET
Fantasie Brillante on Themes from Carmen
Claude Debussy, Moldenhauer Archive (Library of Congress)
DIGITAL DEBUSSY (60 minutes)
CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Sonata for Flute, Viola and Harp, L. 137
TŌRU TAKEMITSU
And Then I knew 't Was Wind
TRISTAN COELHO
New Work for Flute, Viola, Harp & Live Electronics (2021)
Lili Boulanger, George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress)
VIRTUOSI (60 minutes)
PYOTR ILYCH TCHAIKOVSKY
Valse-scherzo Op.34
GEORGES BIZET/FRANÇOIS BORNE
Fantasie Brillante on Themes from Carmen
CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS
Fantasy for Violin and Harp Op. 124
LILI BOULANGER
D’un matin de printemps ILB 5
MEL BONIS
Scherzo Op. Posthume 187 Finale
IDA GOTKOVSKY
Perpetuum Mobile from ‘Eolienne’ for Flute and Harp
PAUL STANHOPE
phoSpheric Variations
Lili Boulanger, George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress)
NIGHT (60 minutes)
PETER SCULTHORPE
Night Pieces
LILI BOULANGER
Nocturne & Cortége
ANN BOYD AM
Red Sun, Chill Wind
KENT KENNAN
Night Soliloquy
CARLOS SALZEDO
Song of the Night
KATS-CHERNIN
Lullaby for Nick
CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Beau Soir
ASTOR PIAZZOLLA
Histoire du Tango: Night Club
NIGEL WESTLAKE
Beneath the Midnight Sun
REBECCA CLARKE
Midsummer Moon