New Publication: Vivaldi Sonata in C for Violin & Harp

The latest addition to The David Watkins Collection
Sonata in C
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
for Violin (or Flute) & Harp with optional Cello part
Transcribed by David Watkins

Vivaldi was the most prolific of composers and very popular during his lifetime. J.S. Bach was fascinated by his energy and transcribed several of his compositions. Today we are captivated by his rhythmic vitality and descriptive creativity, most notably in his Four Seasons for violin and orchestra. I transcribed this beautiful Sonata from a Trio which was originally written for violin, lute and basso continuo. I found the Trio in 1961 when I was studying in Paris.  

Prof. David Watkins

Set of parts - £10.00 + p&p

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The David Watkins Collection:

Volume I - Adagio & Rondo K617 (Harp + quartet/string quartet/keyboard)
Harp part with cues 
Set of parts for quartet (Flute/1 Violin, Oboe/2 Violin, Viola, Cello) 
Keyboard accompaniment 

Volume IB - Adagio for Solo Harp K617A 

Volume II - Dialogue (harp & harpsichord) 

Volume III - Three Shakespeare Sonnets (voice & harp) 

Volume IV - Silent Night, Holy Night (Soprano, Harp, Optional Inst. Descant) 

Volume V - Lament of Mary Queen of Scots (voice & harp) 

Volume VI - Queen Mary's Escape (voice & harp) 

Volume VII - Eliza is the Fairest Queen (voice & harp) 

Volume VIII - Music for a Play 

Volume IX - Impromptu (1972) 

Volume X - Duo 
Set of parts (Harp 1 + Harp 2) 
Two performing scores 

Volume XI - Priest Composers
ARIA in D minor Padre Rafael Angles (1730-1816) 
SONATA in F Padre Narciso Casanovas (1747-1799) 

Volume XII - ‘PASTORALE’ and ‘SONATA’ Domenico Scarlatti 

Volume XIII - Three Folk Songs for Violin & Harp 

Volume XIV - Sonata V - Carl Friedrich Abel (violin & harp) 

Volume XIVA - Sonata V - Carl Friedrich Abel (harp & string quartet) 

Volume XV - Sonata in G minor - Philip Jacob Meyer 

Volume XVI - Sonata in C No IV - JS Bach (flute or Violin & harp) 

Volume XVII - Largo from the Concerto for Two Violins - JS Bach (2 Hp & 2 Violins) 

Volume XVIII - Aria Con Variazioni - GF Handel 

Volume XIX - Variations on a Theme of Spohr - Philip Jacob Meyer

Volume XX- Sonata in C K545 - WA Mozart 

Volume XXI - Sonata in C - Vivaldi (violin/flute & harp with optional cello) 

NEW EDITIONS: Savourna Stevenson

Creighton's Collection are now printing and distributing a further 6 works by Savourna Stevenson

Please click the links for further information about each score:

Mingulay Boat Song	for Intermediate lever harp
Blue Orchid	for Advanced lever harp
Parthenia	for Intermediate lever harp
Ye Banks and Braes O'Bonny Doon	for Elementary lever harp
The Dowie Dens of Yarrow	for Intermediate lever harp
The Dream	for SATB Choir & Piano

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The Mingulay Boat Song is a traditional Gaelic arrangement for solo lever harp. 

This piece is of an intermediate difficulty.

Blue Orchid is a Jazz composition for solo lever harp and is suitable for advanced players

Parthenia is a traditional arrangement for solo lever harp that features on Savourna’s album Tickled Pink. This piece is of an intermediate difficulty.

Ye Banks And Braes O’ Bonnie Doon is a arrangement of a traditional Scottish melody for solo lever harp. This piece is of an easy difficulty.

The Dowie Dens of Yarrow is a traditional Scottish Border ballad for solo lever harp. This piece is of an intermediate difficulty.

The Dream: Commissioned by Broughton Choral Society in 2013, ‘The Dream’ for SATB Choir & Piano is one of Stevenson’s most recent works. The original lyrics were written by Savourna’s long-time song-writing partner Les Barker and inspired by John Buchan’s short story ‘The Moorsong’ and the beauty of the Scottish Borders landscape where the composer lives.

NEW EU Publications: Sightreading for Harp

Sightreading for Harp by Anna Dunwoodie & Lisa Williamson
Creighton's Collection are delighted to announce that we are now printing and distributing EU editions of these acclaimed Sightreading books which were originally published in New Zealand by Anna Dunwoodie & Lisa Williamson. 

Sightreading for Harp Book One

A resource book designed for student harpists by two teachers to give beginning students practice in sightreading. These exercises are all original compositions, and can be easily taught or practiced on a daily basis. The 250 four and eight measure exercises are divided into four sections, progressing from very easy exercises to more advanced, with quarter notes being the shortest note. With a few exceptions, chords are not used. This book is suitable for lever and pedal harp, however there are frequent key signature changes from exercise to exercise. A must for every teacher to include in conditioning, and nurturing the young harpist! 50 pages. £15.00 + p&p click for further information


Sightreading for Harp Book Two

Book Two is approximately grades 3-5 progressively getting harder. The examples in this book have been written so lever harps have to set a lever (in about half of the examples) at the beginning and pedal harpist will have to change a pedal somewhere through it. We've achieved this by writing the accidental only in one octave and using it as a natural in the rest. By the end of the book they should be confidently playing in 2/4, 3/4, 4/4, 3/8 and 6/8, from 3 flats to 4 sharps, 3 note chords, all rhythms including all dotted notes and runs of 4 semiquavers and a wide range of dynamics, articulation and tempo marking. The first half of the exercises are only 8 bars long progressing to 16 bars for the last 25 or 30 examples! So there are 180 exercises in total! 97 pages. £20.00 + p&p click for further information

Sightreading for Harp Book Three - Lever Harp

Book Three contains exercises at approximately grades 6, 7 and 8 levels. Each book contains 90 exercises; these are based on the same material but altered to suit the different requirements of each instrument. The exercises demand technical skills as expected at this level such as etouffes, 4-fingered arpeggios, glissando, polyrhythms, pres de la table, xylophonics, harmonics, lever changes and slides and increasingly difficult pedal changes and pedal slides. The use of mixed meter, irregular beat divisions, and a wide range of tonality including bitonal, whole tonal, atonal and modal music gives variety to the exercises which increase in length throughout the book. As in the previous books, the lever and pedal pre-settings are indicated at the start of each exercise and there are explanatory notes for some of the technique. In an effort to move the music from the realm of an exercise into real music, some of the exercises have titles and become short programmatic pieces. 82 pages. £20.00 + p&p click for further information

Sightreading for Harp Book Three - Pedal Harp

Book Three contains exercises at approximately grades 6, 7 and 8 levels. Each book contains 90 exercises; these are based on the same material but altered to suit the different requirements of each instrument. The exercises demand technical skills as expected at this level such as etouffes, 4-fingered arpeggios, glissando, polyrhythms, pres de la table, xylophonics, harmonics, lever changes and slides and increasingly difficult pedal changes and pedal slides. The use of mixed meter, irregular beat divisions, and a wide range of tonality including bitonal, whole tonal, atonal and modal music gives variety to the exercises which increase in length throughout the book. As in the previous books, the lever and pedal pre-settings are indicated at the start of each exercise and there are explanatory notes for some of the technique. In an effort to move the music from the realm of an exercise into real music, some of the exercises have titles and become short programmatic pieces. 86 pages. £20.00 + p&p click for further information


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New Publication: Greensleeves arr. for 4 harps

Music for Harp Ensemble
Greensleeves
arranged by Creighton's Collection for 4 harps

This arrangement is for four harps (pedal or lever) in a mixed ability ensemble ranging from elementary to intermediate and comes with a score and instrumental parts for harps 1-4.

Published October 2014

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New Publication: Frère Jacques arr. for 4 harps

Music for Harp Ensemble
Frère Jacques 
arranged by Creighton's Collection for 4 harps

This arrangement is for four harps (pedal or lever) in a mixed ability ensemble ranging from elementary to intermediate and comes with a score and instrumental parts for harps 1-4.

Published October 2014

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Work Song (Nat Adderly) performed by Ben Creighton Griffiths (harp)

Chameleon (Herbie Hancock) performed by Ben Creighton Griffiths (harp)

Miles Davis So What / All Blues on harp

New: A Garland for the Harp by David Watkins

New score published by Adlais Music Publishers, printed and distributed by Creighton's Collection

A Garland for the Harp 
Six preludes for solo harp by David Watkins

I. The Rain Forest
II. Flights
III. Bells
IV. Games
V. Laments
VI. Dances

For further information visit Adlais on line

Published retail price £8.00

This Suite of six short and contrasted preludes can be performed consecutively or separately. These pieces can also be used as useful studies of medium difficulty. The score contains separate versions for Pedal Harp and Lever Harp as well as suggestions for division to enable performance by a Harp Ensemble.

I. The Rain Forest
This prelude evokes the continuous watery mist sparkling gently under the green canopy of the Rain Forest. Written to encourage a young harpist, the filagree nature of the harp writing looks complex but is in fact very easy to play and memorise.

II. Flights
These simple fragments, when linked together, imitate the flights of birds.

III. Bells
A short essay in sonority which captures the sound of pealing bells with all their attendant overtones.

IV. Games
A playful study with contrasting rhythms.

V. Laments
An ancient mode used to conjure up timeless feelings of sadness.

VI. Dances
Fragments of rhythms lead into a middle section which develops into a 'rumba' with ongoing rhythmic contrasts.

Total playing time 7 minutes approx.

Five Impressions

New co-production publication for solo piano from Creighton's Collection

Five Impressions (for piano) by Joseph Briggs-Ritchie
New original compositions for piano 

Melody
Whimsy
In the Style of Scriabin
Winter Prelude
Three-Part Invention

Published retail price £10.00

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Originally from Lincolnshire but now based in Oxford, Joseph Briggs-Ritchie completed his music degree at the University of Hull where he studied composition with Professor Alastair Borthwick and piano with Irina Glushenkova, herself a former student of Russian concert pianist Mikhail Pletnev. His music is influenced by a range of composers, from Bach and Brahms to Scriabin and Philip Glass and also by the modal qualities and melodic contours of folk and world music. Aside from piano he also plays harp and accordion with his band.

New CD: Evocations - Piano music by Peter Heron

Evocations 
Piano music by Peter Heron
Performed by Mark Smith

Evocations is a collection of twenty-four outstandingly beautiful pieces for solo piano composed by Peter Heron. They evoke feelings of nostalgia, romance, yearning and tranquillity. Heard for the first time on this album they are a beguiling mix of melodic and contemplative pieces performed by Mark Smith.

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Track listing:

1. Prologue 1:54
2. Odyssey 3:34
3. Stolen Moonlight 4:43
4. A Song of Skye 2:06
5. Star Dance 1:44
6. Butterfly 0:53
7. Forgotten Village 2:02
8. Night Piece 3:56
9. Meteora 3:13
10. Barcarolle 3:14
11. The Angel’s Vigil 2:59
12. Canzonetta 2:38
13. Labyrinth 3:13
14. Lullaby 1:31
15. Evensong 2:09
16. La Speranza 1:28
17. Ballad 2:55
18. Minor Waltz 1:45
19. Athena 1:59
20. Portrait 2:40
21. Where Blue Begins 2:43
22. September Waltz 1:29
23. Chorale 1:50
24. Epilogue 1:14
Total time: 57:53

New in stock: Big Book of Exercises for Harp

New in stock at Creighton's Collection

Big Book of Exercises for Harp 
by Isabelle Frouvelle 

This Big Book of Exercises is intended for harpists and harpers of all abilities, from their very first year of practice (to be used along with Play the Harp with Charlie the Kitten), up to year 6 and beyond. 

All technical aspects of harp playing are covered in progressive chapters. 

Teachers will find it useful to select exercises from several chapters at a time, according to their pupil`s progress and need. 


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This bilingual (French/English) Big Book of Exercises was designed to be a companion to harpists, be it at the very first stage of playing, moving on from Play the Harp with Charlie the Kitten, or at a more advanced level. It provides numerous exercises, clear and easy to memorize, which cover every technical aspect of harp playing, i.e. position, placing, focus on the thumbs, suppleness, pressure, evenness, jumps, chords, agility, strengthening, stamina, accuracy, rhythm, pedals, scales and arpeggios in all keys, visual and hearing instincts needed for improvisation, control of all registers...

Exercises are laid out in 24 thematic chapters, and sorted, in terms of difficulty. Almost every single chapter can be started at a beginner`s level, then put aside, and reintroduced later on when some progress has been made.

Teachers have the option to map out their technical guidance, picking out exercises here and there, according to what needs to be learned, reinforced, worked on as a preparation for an upcoming piece, or straightened out (e.g. a temporary weakness).

"I wrote this book after years of teaching and compiled afterthoughts, workshops and classes with the Masters. All exercises have been tested by numerous students, carefully processed, and improved many a time over the years... I hope you will enjoy playing with it." Isabelle Frouville

CONTENTS

BASICS
Chapter 1 One Finger Exercises
Chapter 2 Intervals
Chapter 3 Three Finger Exercises
Chapter 4 Four Finger Exercises
Chapter 5 Scales
Chapter 6 Three Finger Arpeggios
Chapter 7 Finger Independence
Chapter 8 Chords
Chapter 9 Hands Crossing
Chapter 10 Thumb and Fourth Finger Slides
Chapter 11 Cross-Fingering

AGILITY - STRENGTHENING
Chapter 12 Hands Crossing on Four Finger Arpeggios
Chapter 13 Thumb Agility
Chapter 14 Four Finger Drills
Chapter 15 Cross-Over/Under on Three Finger Arpeggios
Chapter 16 Large/Small Stretches
Chapter 17 Cross-Fingering on Linked Arpeggios

HARPISTIC EFFECTS
Chapter 18 Muffled Sounds
Chapter 19 Harmonics
Chapter 20 Glissandos
Chapter 21 Ornaments
Chapter 22 Pedals

MORE
Chapter 23 Keys - Scales and Arpeggios
Chapter 24 Rhythms

Waltz of the Flowers arr. for Flute & Harp Ensemble

New Publication from Creighton's Collection

Music for Flute & Harp Ensemble
Waltz of the Flowers from The Nutcracker Suite - PI Tchaikovsky

For 4 Flutes & 2 Harps (all intermediate level) 
Harp 2 is suitable for pedal or lever harp
Arranged by Jane Groves
Supplied as score with parts for Flutes 1 - 4 and Harps 1 - 2 

Published retail price:  £12.00 + p&p

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CD Release: Bijoux de la Harpe by Mai Fukui

Now available from Creighton's Collection
Bijoux de la Harpe 
by Mai Fukui

Mai Fukui's debut CD, "Bijoux de la Harpe" has been chosen as the "CD of the Highest Honor" from the Record Geijutsu Magazine (Aug, 2014), the most prestigious record/CD magazine in Japan. "I feel so honored and I'm very happy to hear such wonderful news. Thank you very much. I would like to take this as an encouragement to further spread the charm of the harp as much as possible!" Mai Fukui

Audio clips and more information at
Creighton's Collection



Tracklisting:
1-3) Sonata [I Allegro brillante II Adagio III Allegretto vivo] - GB Viotti 
4) Une chatelaine en sa tour Op 110 - G Faure 
5) Rhapsodie - M Grandjany 
6) Prelude pour Harpe - A Jolivet 
7) La Danse des Sylphes - F Godefroid 
8) Legende, d'apres "Les Elfes" de Leconte de Lisle - H Renie
9) Arabesque No. 1 - C Debussy 
10-12) Rokudan for harp [I Adagietto III Lento V. Allegretto] - T Mayuzumi

New Harp Publication: Festive Bells / Clychau'r Wyl

New Publication by Creighton's Collection
Festive Bells / Clychau'r Wyl 
arranged for three harps by Sian Morgan Thomas

Four well known traditional seasonal tunes arranged for three harps (pedal or lever) by Sian Morgan Thomas. This is a new and revised 2014 edition of this popular arrangement which is now published by Creighton's Collection. 
The tunes in the book are:-

Ding Dong! Merrily on High
Little Donkey 
Brightly Shining Stars
Mary’s Boy Child

Published retail price £10.00 + p&p

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The Horror! The Horror! The Final Curtain

Music & Lyrics Song Book & Original Cast Recording

The Horror! The Horror! The Final Curtain 
Music & Lyrics by Jeffrey Mayhew

Song Book

The music and lyrics from the 2012 sell-out smash 
The Horror! The Horror! 
Published to coincide with a new run of performances the song book is printed & distributed by Creighton's Collection.

The final curtain hangs like a guillotine over Alfred Brownlow's variety troupe. Creditors are at the door, the death of music hall is just round the corner and a terrible revelation is waiting in the wings. But there's always time for one last show...

"A home grown Little Shop of Horrors" ***** Exeunt 
"Oozes wicked glee" The Times 
"A rambunctious mixture of Victorian variety theatre and eerie magical malady" Time Out 

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Also available


The Horror! The Horror!
Original Cast Recording 

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2014 TOUR DATES

25th & 26th July 2014 (7.30pm) - Wilton’s Music Hall, London
4th-24th August 2014 (7.45pm) - Bedlam Theatre, Edinburgh

For ticket information please go to the Theatre of the Damned web site

THE CAST

Music and Lyrics: Jeffrey Mayhew

Book: Tom Richards and Stewart Pringle

Dramatis Personae Original cast in order of main appearance

Mr. Alfred BROWNLOW (Bass) – Low Comedian and Manager – Tom Richards
Mr. ARCHIE Cox (Tenor) – Light Comedian – James Utechin
Miss SALLY Summerill (Soprano) – Ingénue – Alicia Bennett
Miss NANCY Quick (Mezzo) – Soubrette – Kate Quinn
Professor Harold CLOSE (Baritone) – the Pianist – Jeffrey Mayhew 
CASSANDRA Fay (Mezzo) – the Medium – Stephanie Walls

Musical Numbers

The Little Button Hook – Brownlow
Here We Go – The Company
The Horror! The Horror! – Nancy, Archie, Close, Cassandra
Keep Your Hand On Your Penny – Sally, Nancy
The Old Song – Sally, Nancy
Take A Good Look At The Mother – Brownlow, Archie
Chung Lee’s Chinese Brew – Brownlow, Archie and Company
No More A Home – Sally
One Knock For Yes – Archie, Cassandra, Nancy, Brownlow
We Never Stood A Bloomin’ Chance – Sally, Brownlow
Finale – Sally, Nancy, Cassandra, Archie, Close

A Word From The Writers

The Horror! The Horror! began with a battered paperback passed between the two of us, and the opportunity to produce a show for one of London’s most exciting venues. The book was J. B. Priestley's magnificent Lost Empires, recommended to us by the writer of these songs Jeffrey Mayhew, and the venue was Wilton’s Music Hall, which had invited us to create a performance to take place in its nooks, crannies and hidden corridors while the main house underwent renovation. Having previously worked largely in the ‘Grand Guignol’ tradition of gruesome naturalist short plays, Priestley’s book and Wilton’s itself suggested a very different approach.

We started putting together the story of a music hall company gradually absorbed by dark invisible forces, and Jeffrey began to write the score. From the first draft of ‘Keep Your Hand on Your Penny’ that Jeff played for us, we were bowled over. It’s a song that could easily have fallen through time from those days before the Empires were lost, when great halls up and down the company played to packed crowds twice-nightly and the best of the bill-toppers were true household names. Jeff has an enviable knowledge of late 19th and early 20th century popular music, but it’s his ability to not only emulate the tone and the rhythms of that period, but to create wickedly clever, extremely naughty and irresistibly catchy new compositions which blend the traditional with the slyly arch that makes his score for The Horror! such a joy to listen to.

This score represents a brand new version of the show, subtitled The Final Curtain, with six new songs, revised lyrics for several of those that return, and a completely reconceived book. The production is travelling up to the Edinburgh Fringe this summer via a brief stop-off at Wilton’s, and it’s packed with superb numbers from start to finish. There are peppy up-tempo pieces, saucy rabble-rousers and tender ballads, unfolding the story of a tragic romance caught in the calcium glare of the footlights.

We hope you’ll enjoy them as much as we do.

Tom & Stewart
May 2014

New: Sight-Reading Exercises For Harp Grade 5

Sight-Reading Exercises For Harp - Grade 5
Fiona Clifton-Welker

After the the success of her Sight-Reading Exercises for Harp for grades 1, 2, 3 and 4 Fiona has recently published a new volume for Grade 5 harpists.

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Classical Arrangements for Bass Guitar

New Publication by Creighton's Collection

Classical Arrangements for Bass Guitar 
arranged by James Strange

Keeping true to the harmonies, texture and timbre of the original piano composition, these magical pieces have been arranged to be performed within the limits of the four stringed bass guitar.

1 Sarabande – from Pour le Piano – Debussy
2 Prelude in C# Minor – Rachmaninoff 
3 Clair de Lune – Debussy

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New CD: The Cherished Harp by Shelley Fairplay

The Cherished Harp
Songs from around the British Isles 
by Shelley Fairplay

"I greatly enjoyed bringing together a collection of my favourite traditional tunes and creating my own arrangements reflecting influences arising out of my musical journey so far. I greatly enjoyed working with the tunes and with this wonderful instrument, The Cherished Harp. I truly hope you will gain enjoyment listening to the resulting music." Shelley Fairplay

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Track Listing:
1) Skye Boat Song | Scotland 
2) Ash Grove – Llwyn Onn | Wales 
3) The Water is Wide | English 
4) Cader Idris | Wales 
5) Keel Row | England 
6) Scarborough Fair | England 
7) Brian Boru’s March | Ireland 
8) Amazing Grace | American Visitor 
9) Myfanwy | Wales 
10) Sumer Is Icumen In | England 
11) Down by the Salley Gardens | Ireland 
12) Londonderry Air | Ireland 
13) Lullaby – Suo Gân | Wales
14) All Through the Night – Ar Hyd y Nos | Wales

Sioned Williams - Concert in Cardiff on 29 June 2014

United Kingdom Harp Association 

50th Anniversary Concert in Cardiff 

SIONED WILLIAMS 

A Welsh harpist’s spiral of English delights 

Sioned Williams – eminent international soloist and Principal Harpist of the BBC Symphony Orchestra for over 24 years – a Welsh­‐speaker originally from Mold, Flintshire, makes a welcome return to Wales. The United Kingdom Harp Association is proud to showcase their President in a 50th Anniversary Celebration at 1pm on Sunday 29th June 2014 in the Victor Salvi Room at the Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 

‘Williams’s performance was a breathtaking and beautiful display of musicianship and research . . .’ Ashleywood Festival, 2013 

Sioned’s recital for solo harp comprises an amazing array of music by English composers spiralling the centuries. Sioned, who is renowned for her charismatic presentations, will introduce the programme from the platform and will include information and anecdotes about each work. The concert will be followed by an informal discussion on ‘Creative Programming for Solo Harp’. Challenge your perceptions, expand your knowledge and see how exciting a harpist’s world can be! 

As we in Wales celebrate our National instrument, this year marks the 50th Anniversary of the United Kingdom Harp Association, a unique organization run by volunteers, which brings together all those interested in the harp in all its forms, including amateur and professional players, children and adult beginners, teachers, and businesses providing services for the harp. 

Tickets for this concert are £9.50 (concessions £7.50) and can be booked on line

via: www.wegottickets.com/UKHA. 

For more information, please email Cardiff-based harpist and UKHA committee member 

Shelley Fairplay at: info@harpwales.com.

CD RELEASE: Fantasien by Sivan Magen

Fantasien by Sivan Magen
SACD Album released 10th February 2014

Recorded at the famous Yehudi Menuhin School in Surrey "Fantasien" is a showcase of the modern concert harp demonstrating the powerful expression, dynamic range and sheer excitement this popular instrument can generate in the right hands. Featuring transcriptions of works by J.S. Bach, C.P.E. Bach, Mozart and Brahms plus original harp compositions by Henriette Rénie and Ekaterina Walter-Kühne, ‘Fantasien’ is united by the theme of fantasy.

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‘Magen had a formidable technique, a lovely sense of color, and masterful musicianship.’ 
Boston Music Intelligencer

Track listing:

1. Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Fantasie in E-flat Major, H. 277, Wq. 58/6

2. Johannes Brahms: 7 Fantasien, Op. 116 - No. 2 Intermezzo in A minor

3. Johannes Brahms: 7 Fantasien, Op. 116 - No. 4 Intermezzo in E Major

4. Johannes Brahms: 3 Intermezzi, Op. 117 - No. 1 in E flat Major

5. Johannes Brahms: 3 Intermezzi, Op. 117 - No. 2 in B flat minor

6. Ekaterina Walter-Kühne: Fantasie on Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin

7. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Fantasie in D minor, K. 397

8. Johann Sebastian Bach: Chromatische Fantasie in D minor, BWV. 903

9. Henriette Renié: Ballade fantastique d'après Le Coeur révélateur d'Edgar Poe 

New Harp Publication: Origami by Athy

Origami
For Electric Lever Harp in Eb, Pedal Harp or Piano
by Athy

"Dedicated to the victims of the terrible tsunami that hit Japan in 2011, this piece represents first, the Japanese woman, secondly, the Japanese man, and thirdly, it's beloved people's resurrection, represented by their symbol of hope the crane...made in origami. This final, heavily rhythmic part invites us to both remember each life lost in this catastrophic event, and turn from that pain and toward the power of the art and music." Athy 

View more info at www.creightonscollection.co.uk 

New Harp Publication: Entwined Hearts by Athy

Du'n Geimhin - Entwined Hearts
for Lever Harp, Pedal Harp or Piano
by Athy

Entwined Hearts - Starting as a free air, with some melody "guidelines" the music develops into two rhythmical dances. The first dance was written after performing in Ireland and the second, inspired by Celtic traditions was written for the Celtica 2011 festival in Italy.

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New Score: Spirit of Harp - Monika Stadler

New harp sheet music in stock: 
Spirit of Harp by Monika Stadler

"Spirit of Harp" offers a wide variety of types of music in my characteristic style. The inspiration for this new book derives from different moods, nature, meditation, jazz and dance rhythms.

Contents:

1. The Dragonfly
2. Song of the Welsh Hills 
3. Take a Break
4. Thankful 
5. Avenue Classique
6. I look at the Candle
7. Dear to my Heart
8. Everything will be Alright
9. Bohemian Waltz
10. Tibetan Prayer Wheel
11. Tango del Passado
12. Spirit of Air

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All the tunes in this book have been recorded by Monika Stadler and are available as free downloads

During my many years teaching at international harp festivals and workshops I was very frequently asked if my music books were also suitable for the single action harp. As I was not always able to answer this in the affirmative, but being increasingly aware how many single action harp players live in German-speaking countries, I have tried to accommodate them in this present volume.

I was extremely delighted to play these compositions both on the concert and single action harps, to switch between them and to experience the difference in sound and playing technique. Maybe you, too, want to try this — in case you are fortunate enough to own both harps.

"Spirit of Harp" offers a wide variety of types of music with the unmistakable style of Monika Stadler.

The playing technique is ever evolving, and the music for the harp enriched beyond clichées. The inspiration derives from different moods, nature, meditation, Impressionism, Jazz and Tango.

You can play these compositions on a single action harp or a concert harp.

Monika