French sounds for symphonia

As winter settles in, Bay of Plenty Symphonia is whisking residents away for a romantic interlude to France.

Under the baton of musical director Justus Rozemond, guest harpist Ingrid Bauer will serenade the audience with cheerful, playful and typically French pieces in the company's next Sunday concert ‘Enchantee'.

Guest harpist Ingrid Bauer.

On Sunday, July 7 Baycourt at 2pm, Ingrid will play Ravel's ‘Introduction' and ‘Allegro, and Debussy's ‘Danses Sacree et Profane'.

Symphonia spokesperson Merle Fausett says both pieces were written more or less at the same time, commissioned by two competing harp manufacturers trying to push their harp design.

The show also features a work by Jean Franciax which Merle belives has never been performed in New Zealand.

'Although one of the main composers of the late 20th Century, Francaix's symphonic music is rarely heard in New Zealand.”

Ingrid will be joined by the company's own harpist Margaret Harper.

SunLive has four double passes to Enchantee to give away to lucky readers who can tell us where the show is being performed.

Enter online under the competitions section before Wednesday, July 3.

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