Tuesday, April 7, 2026
The Harp, the Bow and the Guitar
Good morning! For this playlist we dive into some more unusual instrument combinations. Viola and guitar, violin and harp, flute, viola and harp, combinations that rarely meet in the concert hall, but could reward the curious listener very well.
We open with a selection from the Cine Sessions EP by Luosha Fang (viola) and Jacob Kellermann (guitar), featuring intimate miniatures by Joachim (his Hebräische Melodien op. 9), Liszt (Romance Oubliée) and Fauré (Après un rêve). Fang is the winner of the 2018 Tokyo International Viola Competition and the 2019 Classic Strings International Competition in Vienna; Kellermann is a Swedish Grammy-winning guitarist. Together they make the viola-guitar duo sound like the most natural thing in the world.
We follow up with Louis Spohr, a composer who wrote extensively for his harpist wife Dorette Scheidler Spohr. His Sonata for Violin and Harp No. 1 in C minor is performed here by Helga Storck and Kurt Guntner, from their 2024 album Chamber Music with Harp.
The playlist closes with Debussy's late Sonata for Flute, Viola and Harp (L. 137), one of the most luminous chamber works ever written for this combination. Magali Mosnier, Antoine Tamestit and Xavier de Maistre are among the finest players on their respective instruments today.
Joseph Joachim
1831 – 1907
Hebräische Melodien, nach Eindrücken der Byron'schen Gesänge, op. 9 (1854–1855)
Luosha Fang (viola) · Jacob Kellermann (guitar)
From the EP Cine Sessions: Luosha Fang & Jacob Kellermann
- "Sostenuto" — I. Sostenuto
Franz Liszt
1811 – 1886
Romance Oubliée, S. 132 (1880)
Luosha Fang (viola) · Jacob Kellermann (guitar)
From the EP Cine Sessions: Luosha Fang & Jacob Kellermann
- Romance Oubliée
Gabriel Fauré
1845 – 1924
Après un rêve, op. 7 nr. 1 (1878)
Luosha Fang (viola) · Jacob Kellermann (guitar)
From the EP Cine Sessions: Luosha Fang & Jacob Kellermann
- Après un rêve
Louis Spohr
1784 – 1859
Sonata for Violin & Harp No. 1 in C minor, WoO 23 (c. 1805)
Helga Storck (violin) · Kurt Guntner (harp)
From the album Spohr: Chamber Music with Harp
- I. Adagio – Allegro vivace
- II. Andante – Allegro
Claude Debussy
1862 – 1918
Sonata for Flute, Viola and Harp in F major, L. 137 (1915)
Magali Mosnier (flute) · Antoine Tamestit (viola) · Xavier de Maistre (harp)
From the album Debussy: Les Trois Sonates, The Late Works
- I. Pastorale. Lento, dolce rubato
- II. Interlude. Tempo di minuetto
- III. Finale. Allegro moderato ma risoluto
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