Earlier this month we were enthralled by a “piano four-hands” concert. On Feb. 5, Morristown will be treated to dueling harpists, courtesy of the Presbyterian Church.
Duo Scorpio, a tandem that has performed at Carnegie Hall and also with Florence + The Machine, kicks off a new series of free 4 p.m. concerts on the first Sunday of each month at the church on 57 Park Place.
Harpists Kathryn Andrews and Kristi Shade, both 29, named the duo after their November birthdays. They will play music for two harps by Boccherini, Massenet, Andres, Currier and Granado. In July, the ladies will premiere Scorpion Tales, a piece by composer Robert Paterson that they commissioned with a grant from the American Harp Society.
Our appreciation of the harp’s versatility and range was broadened over the holidays by the jazzy stylings of Merynda Adams. We’re pretty sure Duo Scorpio will be ear-opening, too.
But the musical surprises won’t stop there.
Charity Wicks, the new music director at the Presbyterian Church in Morristown, also will be reviving Friday lunchtime concerts, starting in March. Players to be announced.