Maureen Thiébaut Concert

Tuesday 30 April 2013 - 1.15pm
Weston Gallery - Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama - Cardiff
Tickets £6 in advance, £8 on the day

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Maureen Thiébaut - Harp

Pécou Harpe de Jade
Faure Impromptu and Une chatelaine en sa tour
Sacarlatti Sonatas
Britten Suite for Harp in C major, Op. 83
Rossini-Bochsa Zitti Zitti

For lunchtime relaxation, no sound is quite as enchanting as the harp. But there’s more than just magic in this rare Cardiff recital by one of France’s foremost young harpists. Expect poetry, virtuosity and a breath of fresh air, as Thiebaut toasts Britten’s centenary with his bracing Suite.

Concert sponsored by Telynau Vining Harps

New Harp Composition

Indiana by Andres Izmaylov
New Composition for advanced pedal harp

This work was written for the USA International Harp Competition 2012 Composition Contest, Bloomington, Indiana, USA and, incorporating authentic North American Indian tunes as it does, inevitably, it could only be called Indiana. 

However, Indiana was actually composed on the other side of the world in a small village called Angen-Lakhta in Karelia, Northwestern Russia, 450 Km (300 miles) north of St. Petersburg, where there is no electricity or even a road - just a dirt track through the woods. It was to this remote and very silent place that Andres Izmaylov took his harp and created Indiana.




Published by Adlais Music Publishers

Score: £10.00 + p&p available from Creighton's Collection

Sample - first page of the score

New Clarsach Society Folios

New Edition printed & distributed by Creighton's Collection


The Clarsach Society Folio
Folio 33 Jean Campbell Memorial Folio 
Mixed Ability Level 

Wire bound folio - £12 + p&p (members £10)
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Jean Campbell - An Appreciation (written June 1974)

Jean Campbell, whose death occurred this week at her Edinburgh home, made a notable contribution to the musical life of Scotland over the past 25 years by her dedication and devotion to the cause of Scotland's old national instrument, the clarsach. 

As a performer, arranger, accompanist and teacher, she spared no effort in fostering within her pupils and international festival audiences a love of the best in our heritage of songs and ballads. 

Trained at the Royal Academy of Music in London, she returned to Scotland after commissioned Army service in the Second World War. For a number of years she continued this Service interest in her spare time and was awarded the Territorial Decoration. 

During her long association with the Saltire Music Group she made many Festival appearances at Gladstone's Land (the most recent only last year despite the onset, even then, of the cruelly disabling illness which eventually claimed her life). 

She was Convener of the Edinburgh Branch of the Clarsach Society and her pupils had conspicuous successes at the National Mod. She gave a lesson at her bedside only a week or two before her death. 

To the memory of her characteristic humour, forthrightness, and kindness, her many friends will now add the remembrance of her courage. 

Tom Fleming 

June 1974 (reproduced with permission)

Tunes in the Book: 
1. Mnathan A' Ghlinne Seo (Women of this Glen) - 3 harps
2. Caol Muile (The Sound of Mull) - 3 harps
3. S'trusaidh mi na Coilleagan (The Cockle Gatherer) - 3 harps
4. The Peat Fire Flame (Lasair Teine Mònach) - flute, cello & 2 harps
5. The Skye Boat Song (Seòladh don Eilean Sgìtheanach) - fiddle / recorder & 2 harps
6. St Columba's Homesailing Prayer and Alleluia (Ùrnaigh Seòlaidh Cholm Cille) - voice & harp
7. Churning Song (Òran Ime) - recorder, fiddle & 2 harps
8. Cattle Croon (Island of South Uist) Crònan Cruidh (Uibhist a-Deas) - flute, cello & 2 harps
9. Iona Boat Song (Caol Muile) - fiddle / recorder & 2 harps
10. Spinning Song (from Lewis) Òran Snìomh (à Leòdhas) - fiddle / recorder & 2 harps

Healing Harmony - Essence of Joy

Healing Harmony - Essence of Joy
Sharone Stevenson 
Author - Poet - Harpist


The “Healing Harmony - Essence of Joy” album has five inspirational pieces from Easy Intermediate to Advanced Intermediate. Included with her music is her original art and poetry that compliments the music. This music is for adults and children. For lever harp pedal harp or piano

Tunes in the book

1. Essence of Joy Key of C major and D sharp. 
2. Fairy Footprints Key of C major and F major. 
3. Angel of the Sky Key of F major and C major. 
4. Angel of the Clouds Key of F major and C major. 
5. Angel of the Dawn Key of C minor.


Canadian Import £15.00 + p&p

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A Collection

A Collection of the most favourite minuets, marches, airs and songs with accompaniments taken from the "New and compleat instructions for the small harp" By Mr Peter Augé’ c. 1775
Edited by Mike Parker

Contents

1. Ha je di rai je maman
2. Tempo di minueto
3. Fischer’s Minuet
4. March
5. Minuet
6. March
7. Minuet
8. Poloneise
9. Water parted (instrumental)
10. Water parted (vocal)
11. Scotch Song (with/without lyrics)
12. I do as I will with my swain (with/without lyrics)
13. Guardian Angels now protect me (with/without lyrics)
14. Pastoralle



Price £8.50 + p&p

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Airs with variations for the harp - Dussek

Favourite airs with variations for the harp

with flute or violin accompaniment ad lib
Sophia Dussek (1775- c.1831) 
Edited Mike Parker 

This set of airs is believed to date from between 1800 - 1812 and is number 7 of 9 sets arranged by Sophia Dussek. The three Airs are light, charming and well considered for the instruments. ‘Drink to me only’, is a slight variant of the tune commonly used for the poem ‘To Celia’ by Ben Johnson, ‘’La mia crudel tiranna’, is Italian, the tune later used by Shield for his song ‘The maid of Lodi’. And the last air is a Scottish song and dance tune, ‘My ain kind deary o’. The first two are set with distinct, numbered variations whilst the last is set more in the style of a rondo. This publication benefits from a comprehensive Forward, including notes on ornamentation by Mike Parker

Price £8.50 + p&p click to buy now

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Sonata for the Harp - Abel

Sonata for the Harp Carl Friedrich Abel (1723 - 1787)  Edited Mike Parker

This sonata is a perfect example of harp writing of the period. Intended for the ‘French’ single-action instrument with its light and crisp tones, the resonance's of the instrument are well used and the beautifully crafted phrases fall easily under the fingers. With care and subtlety, however, the work will transfer to the modern pedal harp or the period chromatic harp and well deserves to be heard once more in both salon and concert hall. This publication also benefits from a comprehensive Forward, including notes on ornamentation by Mike Parker. Price: £6.50 + p&p click to buy now For further information visit  www.creightonscollection.co.uk