Posted: Dec 28, 2020 4:51 PM NT | Last Updated: December 28, 2020
The flugelhorn and the cello aren t the most common pairing, but Mike Herriott and Ofra Harnoy say they blend well and make beautiful music together.(Mark Cumby/CBC)
In the repertoire of classical music, there aren t many duos for the cello and the flugelhorn.
But that hasn t stopped husband and wife musicians Mike Herriott and Ofra Harnoy from pairing them. They re both very vocal instruments, and I think they do blend, says Herriott. Not a lot of people would really naturally think about combining these two instruments.
But that s exactly what Herriott and Harnoy did, breaking with tradition and performing a piece by German baroque composer Georg Philipp Telemann together.
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Lapp, artistic director of Victoria’s Chwyl Family School of Contemporary Music, says he hopes the concert provides a much-needed sense of connection, perhaps triggering memories of “those times when we could be together.” “It’s a way of carrying us through this particular season, which is going to be a tough one.” Lapp has pre-taped performances by nearly 150 students and alumni in his many student ensembles for the Victoria Conservatory of Music event, which will be packaged together for Home For Christmas’s two-hour broadcast on YouTube at 3 p.m. on Sunday. Many of the projects Lapp is involved with, including the B.C. Fiddle Orchestra, Folkestra!, the Joy of Life Choir, Fiddleharmonic, Old-Time DanceBand, the Shiny H’ornaments, the Strings of Lights and the Swing’n Shepherds will be featured on the program.