New Harp Music: Die Birke (The Birch) by Monika Stadler

Harp Sheet Music from Creighton's Collection
New Publication 19 November 2015

Die Birke (The Birch) by Monika Stadler
for Advanced Pedal Harp

This piece was written as a commissioned work for the Northern Light project by the Brucknerhaus Concert Hall, Linz, Austria. Monika chose the Birch tree to represent Scandinavia, and as a symbol of Spring and new beginnings. Her inspiration was the interplay between sunlight, wind and leaves. 

Published retail price £9.00

Available from Creighton's Collection 




Recording available:

Die Birke (The Birch) is recorded on the CD
"Everything will be all right" by Monika Stadler. 

Lever Harp Music: Golden Jubilee Collection

Golden Jubilee Collection
(1947-1997) 2015 Revised Edition
Bristol and West of England Branch of the Clarsach Society 

These harp pieces were collected together in 1997 as a celebration of harp playing in our area over the last fifty years. The pieces themselves were written by harpers who have been inspirational to us and the pieces vary in difficulty, as we are all at different stages in our harp playing. Our thanks must go to the people who have donated these pieces. This new edition has been re engraved but in a style to match the first edition. 

Published price £12.00 and is available directly from the Branch or from Creighton's Collection



Tunes in the book

Marsaili Stewart Skinner by Corrina Hewat
Kenmure’s up and awa’ arranged by Alison Kinnaird
A Welsh Medley arranged by Anne Macdearmid
Miss Violet Hooper by Anne Macdearmid
Auld Lang Syne arranged by IsobeI Mieras
Buain na Rainaich arranged by Isobel Mieras
Catriona by Isobel Mieras
The Lea Rig and The Cradle Song arranged by Hilary Middleton
The Horse’s Branle arranged by Pam Radford
Polca Rheilffordd Aberdâr arranged by Llio Rhydderch
The Music of Spey arranged by Patsy Seddon
Dancing Feet arranged by Patsy Seddon
The Spey in Spate arranged by Patsy Seddon
High Road to Linton arranged by Wendy Stewart
Roslin Castle arranged by Wendy Stewart
Breuddwyd y Frenhines arranged by Lon Wright
Bwthyn Fy Nain arranged by Lon Wright
Fead an Iolair arranged by Gráinne Yeats

Sample page from the book

New Harp Music: Diadem by David Evan Thomas

New Publication from Adlais Music Publishers

Diadem - Fantasy on the Welsh hymn-tune
David Evan Thomas

For intermediate/advanced pedal harp
Published retail price £8.00
Catalogue number Adlais 215
ISMN 979-0-57032-233-6


Further details at Adlais on line
www.adlaismusicpublishers.co.uk



Printed and distributed by Creighton's Collection
www.creightonscollection.co.uk

Composer's Note

Diadem, a fantasy on the Welsh hymn-tune, was written for the eminent Welsh harpist Elinor Bennett for premiere at the closing Gymanfa Ganu (hymn festival) of the 2014 North American Festival of Wales. The tune “Diadem” is most often sung in English to the words “All hail the power of Jesus's name”. The work breaks the tune into recognizable fragments, moving from rather free tempo to vigorous syncopations to a grand final presentation.

David Evan Thomas

David Evan Thomas has been honored with two McKnight Foundation Fellowships, an Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and commissions from the Minnesota Orchestra and Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra. Born in Rochester, New York in 1958, Thomas studied at Northwestern University, Eastman School of Music, and with Dominick Argento at the University of Minnesota. Thomas has written several works on Welsh themes, including From the Land of Song for cello and piano, and Three Welsh Folk Songs for flute and piano (ALRY Publications). Thomas is the great-grandson of Rev. Thomas Bennett Thomas of Aberaeron, Wales. He lives in Minneapolis.

www.davidevanthomas.com

Pedals & Paws - Ben Creighton Griffiths

NEW CD RELEASE September 2015

Pedals & Paws 
Electro-Acoustic Jazz Harp
by Ben Creighton Griffiths

Recorded in 2015 Pedals & Paws is Benjamin's second Jazz Harp CD and features his own composition "Pedals & Paws" a suite for jazz harp as well as a selection of his arrangements of jazz standards. The CD also includes three bonus tracks where Ben is joined by Mathew Williams on percussion.

Buy this CD now - £12.00+ p&p

YouTube clip of one of the tracks from the CD

filmed at the studios during the recording of the CD

Tracks - Harp
1 Georgia On My Mind - Hoagy Carmichael     
2-6   Pedals And Paws - Ben Creighton Griffiths  
        Wake Up Call - Morning Walk - At the Top of the Stairs - Sleeping Schnauzer - Midnight Madness    
7 Chameleon - Herbie Hancock   
8 Dark Eyes - Traditional arranged Ben Creighton Griffiths
   
Bonus Tracks - Harp & Percussion
9 Fly Me to the Moon - Bart Howard    
10 So What - Miles Davies   
11 Chameleon (Alternate Take) – Herbie Hancock

CD Notes

Pedals and Paws My main difficulty with composition has often been struggling to find a character or an inspiration for my pieces. I had experimented with the idea of a jazz suite, moving through many different sub-genres, for a while, but the character of the piece had eluded me. In August of 2014 the character presented itself to me in the form of the pitter patter of tiny paws – Charlie Parker, the miniature Schnauzer. The suite, Pedals and Paws, chronicles a typical day in the life of Charlie. We start off with a relaxed swing movement, as he gradually wakes up and decides to start his day. Then he goes on an exciting mid morning walk, this is a funky riff based movement with a Bossa Nova feel. After lunch Charlie loves to sit at the top of the stairs and watch the world go by, the third movement takes us on a jazz waltz, followed by a slow ballad as he succumbs to an evening snooze. However he nearly always gets his energy back late at night before bed, and so we finish with an uptempo Blues.

I would like to thank the following: Kristian Evans for the recording and mixing of the solo session, and Cardiff University for the use of their studio and equipment. Alex Hawkes for filming and editing the videos that have gone up on Youtube in the run up to this album. Meurig Hailstone for mastering the album. Matthew Williams for his brilliant playing, recording, and mixing of the duo tracks, and Cathays Community Centre for providing a venue and studio gear for recording those tracks. My partner Sara-Jane Waters for the fantastic photos on the CD, and also for her amazing love, support, and patience with me. Julian Martin for his tireless tuition, support, inspiration, and enthusiasm for the harp within the genre, without his input there is no way this would've happened. My parents, who are the main driving force for me – literally, they drive me everywhere, as well as dad's production of the graphics, design, and printing of the CD. Finally I do have to thank the mutt himself – Charlie Parker – for being a dog and providing the inspiration for Pedals & Paws. Not that he can actually read this of course...

Ben Creighton Griffiths, September 2015

CD Credits

Musicians: Ben Creighton Griffiths (harp), Matthew Williams (percussion)
Harp: Camac 47 Big Blue Electro-Acoustic Pedal Harp

All tracks composer or arranged Ben Creighton Griffiths 
except 9 &10 arranged Ben Creighton Griffiths & Matthew Williams

Produced & Self Released: Ben Creighton Griffiths
MCPS: BJCG04

Tracks 1-8 recorded at Cardiff University
Recording & Mixing: Kristian Evans
Tracks 9-11 recorded at Cathays Community Centre
Recording & Mixing: Matthew Williams
Mastering (Tracks 1-11): Meurig Hailstone

Cover Design & Printing: Creighton’s Collection www.cccd.co.uk

Photography: Sara-Jane Waters 
Except colour photo of foot pedals: Lukášem Jancinou

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 
Unauthorised public performance, broadcasting and copying of this recoding prohibited.
Copyright ©2015 Ben Creighton Griffiths.

Ben Creighton Griffiths - web site: www.bjcg.co.uk

 

Concerto for Pedal Harp - Savourna Stevenson

We are delighted to announce the publication of the CONCERTO for PEDAL HARP by Savourna Stevenson which Creighton's Collection is printing and distributing on behalf of Savourna Stevenson.

Concerto for Pedal Harp by Savourna Stevenson - Celebrating 200 years of the modern pedal harp and dedicated to the composers and players who championed the pedal harp through the 19th and 20th centuries. Commissioned by Holywell Music and subsidised by Creative Scotland.

This work was first premiered by international soloist Catrin Finch and the Scottish Ensemble in the summer of 2012 to mark the bicentenary of the invention of Erard’s double action mechanism for the pedal harp. Savourna’s concerto was well-received by audiences at performances in both Edinburgh and Glasgow, the Herald’s Michael Tumelty describing it as:

“…direct music, from the heart and to the heart, absolutely open and totally honest in its integrity and expressive qualities…The concerto, full of whole-tone and pentatonic implications, and lovingly played by Finch with expressive delicacy and an alluring sense of elan, is actually a voluptuously Romantic piece, unashamedly gorgeous in its first movement, with more than a hint of tango, a wonderfully touching sense of yearning, perhaps melancholy, in its second, and a darker, striking flavour of Bernard Hermann in the harmonies and mood of its finale.”

The cadenza in the first movement of the concerto is likely to be particularly interesting to those wishing to study or teach the work at an institution such as the Royal Academy of Music and would be an ideal audition piece.

For further information about the music please go to our information web site 
To purchase copies of the music please go to our online shop

Sarah Deere-Jones harp music

Creighton's Collection is delighted to announce that we are now printing and distributing harp sheet music on behalf of Sarah Deere-Jones and The Cornwall Harp Centre.

We have just completed work on the following 11 volumes all of which are now available as A4 stapled scores.

Please click the titles below for further information about any score or click here to view all the books in our on line shop.

Title	Instrumentation
Traditional Tunes from Cornwall	Lever / Pedal Harp
Twenty-one Easy Pieces for small Lap Harps	Lap / Lever Harp
Loch Coruisk Rhapsody	Lever / Pedal Harp
On Selworthy Beacon	Lever Harp
Cascaron	Lever / Pedal Harp
By a Woodland Stream	Lever Harp
'Fantasie' for Celtic Harp	Lever Harp
Twelve Tudor Pieces	Lever / Pedal / Historical Harp
Twelve Medieval Pieces	Lever / Pedal / Historical Harp
23 Pieces for Starters	Lap / Lever / Pedal Harp
Twelve Easy Pieces for Traditional Harp	Lap / Lever / Historical Harp

Sue Rothstein - Sheet Music for harp

We are pleased to announce that we now stock Sue Rothstein's music for harp. 

Beginner to Grade 5
A Walk in the Forest  - Lever / Pedal Harp
Animals on the Harp - Lever / Pedal Harp
Magical Animals on the Harp - Lever / Pedal Harp
The Dinopaur Duet Book - 2 Lever / Pedal Harps 
Intermediate
Dance of the Young Swan  - Pedal Harp  
Advanced
The Dream Studies - Pedal Harp
Three Moods - Pedal Harp
Lament - Pedal Harps & Strings
The English Patient - Pedal Harp



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