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Mysterious Gardens of Asia: Music for Four Harps
Meditative music from Japan, China, Indonesia and France
Program and Colorado Chamber Players biography

Colorado Chamber Players present

Mysterious Gardens of Asia

Inspired by Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

With harpists Lily Primus, Zane Mallett, Sophie Kim and Kelsey Sham

 

Chinese Folk Song “Jasmine”……….Traditional, transcribed by Teresa Suen-Campbell

Lily Primus, Harp

En Bateau, Rêverie and Valse romantique……….Claude Debussy, transcribed by Yolanda Kondonassis

Zane Mallett, Harp

Rokudan……………………………………………………………Toshiro Mayuzumi

Sophie Kim, Harp

 

Chinese Folk Songs, transcribed by Zhe-Zhi Xie

Amid Flowers Beside the River

Under a Spring Moon

Kelsey Sham, Harp

 

Pagodas from Estampes………..Claude Debussy, transcribed for four harps by Michael Maganuco

Zane Mallett, Sophie Kim, Kelsey Sham and Lily Primus, Harps

 

With grateful thanks to Professor Paula Page

Faculty, Shepherd School of Music at Rice University

And

Zane Mallett, Video Editor

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Named one of the top five chamber groups in Colorado by the Denver Post, the Colorado Chamber Players celebrates its 29th Season in 2022-2023. The CCP’s 29th Season will be presented in both a live and virtual format.

The ensemble has received numerous awards, including the prestigious Chamber Music America Residency Awards (2000 and 2008). The CCP has received awards from the Argosy Foundation, Denver Mayor's Fund, Colorado Creative Industries, National Endowment for the Arts, National Endowment for the Humanities, Energize Colorado, Xcel Energy Foundation, and the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District (SCFD).

The CCP has a core of string quartet, double bass, piano, harp, clarinet and flute.  Favorite guest artists have included cellists Lynn Harrell and David Geber, clarinetist Derek Bermel, guitarist Sharon Isbin, violists Jesse Levine, Patricia McCarty and Roger Tapping, and pianist Jeffrey Kahane. 

Critic Marc Shulgold wrote of a performance with Lynn Harrell in 2018 (from thescen3.org):

"From the hushed opening chords, growing majestically out of silence, the ensemble played as if with a single voice, the two cellos and then two violins soaring exquisitely through the First Movement’s unforgettable theme. The gorgeous Adagio unfolded with a wisely chosen tempo – not too fast, but just slow enough to maintain momentum and keep our focus on the subtly emerging melody. The final two movements bubbled with confidence, each of the numerous transitions managed with solid control. No surprise that the audience, clearly engaged in Schubert’s heavenly music, barely made a peep during the performance."