How do you play that then?

I asked this charming musician how she gets that huge violin under her chin. She told me that she has only heard that joke a million times. She patiently explained that it is a harp and she gave a demonstration.

What a beautiful sound. I said that I thought harps are played by angels and that she certainly looks an angel. "And I have only heard that chat-up line a thousand times" was her riposte.

So I wasn't doing too well with my conversation. She concentrated on her playing and I made an excuse and moved on.

She is one of the group "4Girls4Harps" who have a new Christmas CD out now and are being featured all week on Classic FM. Track them down, its all warm and cosy and Christmassy.