WHEN ENGLAND’S, OLIVER CROMWELL INVADED IRELAND, IN 1649, THE HARP HAD ALMOST DISAPPEARED FROM IRISH CULTURE BECAUSE THE PIANO CAME IN, AND BECAUSE THE ENGLISH CAME IN. SO, YOU KNOW, WHEN ...

I once asked a colleague who runs a concert series what came to mind when he thought of harp music. “A nothingburger,” he replied. I laughed, not because I was shocked but because I agreed.