New CD: Who is.. The Lion, The Wolf and The Donkey?

New CD available from Creighton's Collection
Who is .. The Lion, The Wolf and The Donkey?
Park Stickney, Dino Contenti, Gigi Biolcati (Harp, Bass, Percussion)

2014 Trio recording led by American jazz harpist Park Stickney, alongside Italian bassist Dino Contenti and percussionist Gigi Biolcati. They perform two original compositions - Swiss Miss & Second Breakfast, plus their own interpretations of standards by Miles Davis, Thelonious Monk, Bill Evans along with "Hotel California" by the Eagles.




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Track listings
1 Nardis - Miles Davis 
2 Swiss Miss - Park Stickney
3 Second Breakfast - Lion/Wolf/Donkey
4 Amarcord - Nino Rota 
5 Think Of One - Thelonious Monk 
6 Alone Together - Arthur Schwartz 
7 Time Remembered - Bill Evans 
8 Remembering The Rain - Bill Evans 
9 Hotel California - The Eagles

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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To purchase this music please visit our online shop:
www.creighton-griffiths.co.uk 

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