This unique collection of harp music focuses on the works of Italian composers from around the turn of the nineteenth century. It opens with music by Clementi, Viotti and Pollini, a pupil of Mozart, whose works all share a refined and graceful melodious quality. The second half concentrates on the operatic composers of the bel canto school. The elegant melodies and melismatic vocal display, characteristic of Rossini and Donizetti, are apparent in their works for the harp. The programme closes with two fantasias on music from Bellini’s operas I Capuleti e Montecchi and the famous Casta Diva from Norma.