A flute and harp concert taking you from Vivaldi to Mozart and from Debussy to Dr Zhivago
Zoë Rasmussen
Drawn to music from a young age, Zoë Rasmussen began her formal training at Chetham’s School of Music.
She went on to complete her Bachelor’s degree in Cologne under Robert Winn and Aldo Baerten, and recently graduated with distinction from the Royal College of Music, where she held a scholarship, studying with Sue Thomas and Emer McDonough.
A dedicated orchestral musician with a strong passion for the repertoire, Zoë has performed as principal flute with the RCM Orchestra under conductors including Vasily Petrenko, Antonio Pappano, and Nicholas Collon, and works regularly with the Fidelio Orchestra. She has also appeared as soloist with the Piccadilly Sinfonietta in Mozart’s Flute Concerto in G major.
An avid chamber musician, Zoë’s recent highlights include performing Ravel’s Introduction and Allegro at Wigmore Hall, collaborating with the National Wildlife Photographer of the Year at the Natural History Museum, and being invited to perform at the British Library as part of a lecture celebrating Gustav Holst.
FLUTE & HARP
C. Debussy - La Fille Aux Cheveux de Lin, Arabesque no. 1
A. Vivaldi - Winter
M. Jarre - Lara’s Theme, Dr Zhivago
W. A. Mozart Flute Quartet in D Major, ii Adagio
J. Ibert - Entr’acte
C. Saint-Saëns- Le Cygne
G. Fauré - Sicilienne,
J. S. Bach - Flute Sonata in E major, BWV 1031: II. Siciliano
J. Massenet - Méditation, Thaïs
SOLO HARP
E. Walter-Kühne/ P. I. Tchaikovsky- Fantasy on themes of Eugene Onegin
S. Prokofiev- Pièce pour Harpe
J. Sibelius- Le Sapin, opus 75/5
E. Grieg - I hjemmet, Erotikon from Lyric Pieces, op. 43
M. Glinka - Barcarolle in G major
SOLO FLUTE
J. Ibert - Pièce
C. Debussy - Syrinx
E. Salvador - Argos
Abigail Millar Todd
Abigail Millar Todd is a musician from the north of Scotland. The first years of her life were spent on the Shetland Islands, and from early on her obsession with music was evident- between an addiction to a Swan Lake cassette tape, constantly writing songs in nursery, and being impossible to drag away from any ceilidh band she was exposed to- it was clear that music was an inevitability for her. After moving to the Scottish Highlands she began playing the clarsàch (folk harp) through the Gaelic cultural organisation the Fèisean nan Gàidheal. From the age of 9 she was working playing concerts and background music in a variety of settings, such as at European Commission dinners, Clan Donald gatherings, Culloden Battlefield commemoration events- anything you can imagine asking a child harpist to play at- she was there. With the support of the Agar Trust she was able to travel for lessons with musicians all over Europe. She became desperate to play classical music after being exposed to opera through the serendipitous link to Scottish Opera provided by her Primary 3 teacher’s daughter working in their costume department. In 2012 Abigail began attending Aberdeen City Music School, whereupon she began to play the ert harp, and studied under acclaimed jazz harpist, and then professor of classical harp at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Alina Bzhezhinska Lazorkina. A year into her study of classical music, at 13 Abigail became a member of the National Youth Orchestra of Scotland. At 14 years old she studied with harp legend (and student of Jacqueline Borot) Urszula Mazurek in Poland. During this time Abigail worked with conductors such as Ilan Volkov, James MacMillan(CBE), James Lowe, Tecwyn Evans, all the while beyond performance she was gaining attention for her compositions, which were winning competitions, being noted for their unique lyricism and the gentle handling of elements of traditional Scottish harmonies in classical forms. She went on to attend the Music School of Douglas Academy (Glasgow) and Chetham’s School of Music (Manchester) before moving to Norway at 17 to study classical harp performance at Norges Musikkhøgskole (Oslo) under director of the World Harp Congress and member of the French Knighthood of the Order of the Arts, Isabelle Perrin. In Norway Abigail developed her solo repertoire and technique while beginning her exploration of alternative genres and different approaches to music. Abigail went on to continue her studies under the tutelage of the extraordinary harpist Gabriella Dall’Olio at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance. She has participated in masterclasses with Fabrice Pierre, Henning Kraggerud, Sylvain Blassel, Virginie Gout-Zschäbitz, Maho Yamamoto, and more. She is currently working on an MA in Music and the Environment at the University of the Highlands and Islands, developing new compositional techniques pertaining to geopoetics and collective identity in relation to sound and landscape. Abigail has performed solo and chamber music recitals at all manner of beautiful venues across Europe, and is well known for bringing piano repertoire to the harp. Recently she has performed solo concerts at venues such as the Reform Club, St Mary-le-Strand, the Royal Overseas League and Gallery Marquess Mayfair, and the National Liberal Club. She is a member of the Nivalis Duo with Zoe Rasmussen, a harp and flute project. Abigail has worked in some of Europe’s leading orchestras as a member and as a soloist, most recently with ensembles such as the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, Highland Chamber Orchestra and Oslo Kammerorkester. In 2026 she performed Gliere’s masterful Harp Concerto in the Scottish Highlands. She is a member of the innovative chamber orchestra project the “Madhouse Orchestra”. She has performed and played background music at iconic London venues such as the Mandrake Hotel, the House of Koko, Bacchanalia, the Shangri-La and the Grove as well as playing at exclusive private parties across the city. Alongside classical music, she works in a variety of jazz, folk and pop music settings; which includes composition, arrangement and lyric writing.written and directed multidisciplinary performances relating to community and environment- composing music and choreographing dance. She has performed and recorded with bands and artists such as Heidi Vogel (of the Cinematic Orchestra), Sanyu, Fieh, Ine Hoem, Olivia Morreale, Bård Berg, Julie Henrikke, New Banke, Plant, Eminzada and more, with some of her work being Spellemannsnominert. She has collaborated on various projects writing music for TV and Film. In 2022 she played the headline concert of the Oslo Jazz Festival, as part of a reimagining of the works of Radka Toneff. Presently she is finalising an album of folk music and original compositions with acclaimed violinist Zoe Hodi.