Program​
Hector Berlioz: Trio for two Flutes and Harp

Anselme Vinée : Trio serenade for Flute, Oboe and Harp

ChiaYu Hsu: Trois patisseries de Paris (Saint Louis Premiere)

Macel Tournier: Féerie for solo harp 

Heitor Villa-Lobos: O Canto do Cisne Negro 

Gabriel Faure: Sicilienne, Op. 78

Winter Ayres arr. by Kathryn Carter and Sandy Duffy Norman
I. Inis Oirr/Boat Song
II. Hush My Babe, Lie Still and Slumber
III. Month of January/When the Snow and Frost Are All Over
Date: April 11, 2025
​Time: 7:30pm
Location: Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church
Address: 1919 S 7th St, St. Louis, MO 63104
Admission: Free
Concert Artists
Tzuying Huang, Clarinet
Nadine Hur, Flute
Jennifer Gartley, Flute
Megan Stout, Harp
Tamara Winston, Oboe
Program Highlights

​Trios Patisseries de Paris ​
​Saint Louis Premiere - April 11, 2025
Ophélie Bares
Inspired by the exquisite pastries of Ophélie Bares, owner of Encore bakery-pâtisserie in Asnières, Paris, composer Chiayu Hsu crafted this enchanting piece upon returning from Paris.

Each of the three movements is based on a specific dessert: Pistachie Oranger, Éclairs Chocolat, and Tarte aux Fraises. With few wind trios (flute, oboe, and clarinet) composed by female artists, this work is a rare gem.

Tzuying Huang, the Artistic Director of the Ariel Concert Series had the privilege of joining the Commission Consortium in May 2024, supporting the creation of this trio. The piece was debut at the 53rd Annual International Double Reed Conference in July 2024, followed by its Saint Louis premiere at the Ariel Concert on April 11, 2025.

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Chiayu Hsu, a Taiwanese-American composer, blends Eastern and Western musical traditions. She studied at the Curtis Institute of Music, Duke University, and Yale University, and now teaches at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. Hsu's works, spanning orchestral, chamber, and vocal music, have been performed globally, earning her numerous awards and commissions.
Chia-Yu Hsu
Hector Berlioz: Trio for two Flutes and Harp
Berlioz (1803-1869) was a French composer and conductor. Today, his best known works include Symphonie Fantastique, Harold in Italy, and The Damnation of Faust. Berlioz was the son of a doctor. Following in his father’s footsteps, he attended medical school before leaving the field completely and taking up music as a profession. Berlioz was a controversial figure in the composition world during his lifetime. Some thought he was an absolute genius while others found his music missing organization and the use of coherent compositional form. Trio for two flutes and harp is the Trio of the Young Ishmaelites from part three of Berlioz's oratorio L’enfance du Christ, composed between 1850 and 1854.

Anselme Vinée : Trio serenade for Flute, Oboe and Harp
Vinée was born in Loudun, France in 1847. He died in Paris at the age of 73. He made a living as a composer, music theorist, and musicographer. Vinée composed a variety of works including orchestral suites, chamber music, duos for various instruments and piano, and vocal songs. He also published two music theory books.

ChiaYu Hsu: Trois patisseries de Paris (Saint Louis Premiere)
Inspired by the exquisite pastries of Ophélie Bares, owner of Encore bakery-pâtisserie in Asnières, Paris, composer Chiayu Hsu crafted this enchanting piece upon returning from Paris. Each of the three movements is based on a specific dessert: Pistachie Oranger, Éclairs Chocolat, and Tarte aux Fraises. With few wind trios (flute, oboe, and clarinet) composed by female artists, this work is a rare gem. Tzuying Huang, the Artistic Director of the Ariel Concert Series had the privilege of joining the Commission
Consortium in May 2024, supporting the creation of this trio. The piece was debut at the 53rd Annual International Double Reed Conference in July 2024, followed by its Saint Louis premiere at the Ariel Concert on April 11, 2025. 

Chiayu Hsu, a Taiwanese-American composer, blends Eastern and Western musical traditions. She studied at the Curtis Institute of Music, Duke University, and Yale University, and now teaches at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. Hsu's works, spanning orchestral, chamber, and vocal music, have been performed globally, earning her numerous awards and commissions.

Marcel Tournier: Féerie for solo harp
Marcel Tournier was a French composer born in Paris in 1879. He grew up in a musical family of seven siblings. Tournier and his four brothers were required to play a musical instrument. Apparently, his sisters were left off the hook. Tournier chose the harp and started lessons at a young age. He became a successful teacher, composer, and performer. To this day, many of his harp compositions are used in performance competitions.

In 1912, three years after winning the Second Grand Prize of the Prix de Rome, Tournier would succeed his harp teacher as the Professor of Harp at Paris Conservatory. He wrote Féerie that same year. The work is very virtuosic for the harpist and requires a harpist with advanced technical skills!

Heitor Villa-Lobos: O Canto do Cisne Negro
Villa-Lobos (1887-1959) was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He made a living as a composer, conductor, cellist, and guitarist. He was the most prolific and successful Brazilian composer of the 20th century, and is still considered one of the most important South American composers of all time. Villa-Lobos was influenced by a wide variety of cultures and music including Brazil’s indigenous cultures, American Indian culture, Brazilian street music bands, Brazilian cinema and theatre orchestra music, and Western European classical music. Villa-Lobos met Darius Milhaud in 1917, who introduced Villa Lobos to the music of Debussy, Satie, and Stravinsky. That same year, Villa-Lobos also wrote O Canto do Cisneros Negro, meaning Song of the Black Swan. The song was originally written for cello and piano.

Gabriel Faure: Sicilienne, Op. 78
Gabriel Fauré, born in 1845, was a leading French composer of his time. He was also an organist, pianist and professor. His composition, Sicilienne Op. 78, was originally commissioned in 1893 as incidental music for a play. Unfortunately, the theatre company went bankrupt before the first performance. Subsequently in 1898, Fauré rewrote the piece for piano and cello. The piece became one of Fauré’s most famous compositions. It has been arranged (not by Fauré) for an endless combination of instruments. Some of the more adventurous arrangements are written for saxophone quartet, tuba and piano, flute and guitar, and panpipes and piano!

Winter Ayres arr. by Kathryn Carter and Sandy Duffy Norman
Winter Ayres (Airs) refers to a collection of traditional and folk songs, often referring to winter or the Christmas season. Most of the songs in the collection are familiar Christmas carols such as Here We Come a Wassailing, Jeanette Isabella,What Child is This, etc.
Kathryn Carter is a harpist, composer, teacher, and recording artist from Oregon. Sandy Duffy Norman is a flutist and teacher in Salem Oregon and an adjunct flute professor at Western Oregon University.