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DESCRIPTION:May 11\, 2026\nThe harp is a lovely piece of musical carpentry
 —a fact not lost on those who play it. The French harpist Xavier de Mais
 tre\, who could double as James Bond at the casino\, makes an effortlessly
  and classily sensational impression while at work\, and the play of his f
 ingers as they waken the strings (not to mention that of his palms as he g
 ently mutes them) is a visual pleasure of a high order. Still\, it’s the
  music that’s paramount\, and few vehicles give him a better chance to s
 hine brighter than the Harp Concerto in E-flat major\, op. 74\, of Reinhol
 d Glière (1875–1958). Perhaps most familiar to Western concert audience
 s for the gung-ho pops encore “The Russian Sailor’s Dance” from his 
 Soviet agitprop ballet The Red Poppy\, Glière deserves a more comprehensi
 ve look. Of German and Polish descent\, he was born to a maker of brass in
 struments in Kiev. A prolific composer and faculty kingpin in the conserva
 tories of Kiev and then Moscow\, he came to be known as “the father of S
 oviet composers.” Among the dozens who passed through his studio were Se
 rge Prokofiev and Aram Khachaturian (of “Sabre Dance” fame)—but also
  the high-born Vladimir Dukelsky\, better known in America as Vernon Duke\
 , tunesmith for lyricists like Ira Gershwin\, E. Y. (“Yip”) Harburg\, 
 Johnny Mercer\, and Odgen Nash. Glière’s own output in all the major ge
 nres was voluminous—yet for his celebrated Harp Concerto\, he relied hea
 vily on the technical advice of Ksenia Alexandrovna Erdely\, a harp virtuo
 so in excelsis. So significant was her contribution that Glière offered t
 o credit her as co-composer. She declined but is acknowledged as editor in
  the original edition of the score.
LOCATION:Grazer Philharmoniker\, Musikverein Graz\, Sparkassenpl. 3\, 8010 
 Graz\, Austria\, Austria
SUMMARY:Xavier de Maistre plays Reinhold Glière's Harp Concerto
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