Planning Ideas
Solo
Diva: A virtuosic display of Classical Harp Favourites
Louise Thomson (harp)
| Marcel Grandjany: Rhapsodie |
| Jean-Michel Damase: Sicilienne Variée |
| Albert Zabel: La Source, op. 23 |
| Ekaterina Walter-Kühne: Fantaisie Sur Un Theme De L’Opera Eugene Onegin par P. Tchaikovsky |
| Interval |
| Bedřich Smetana, arr. Hans Trnecek: The Moldau |
| Franz Liszt, arr. Henriette Renié: Un Sospiro |
| Henriette Renié: Légende, after Les Elfes by Leconte de Lisle |
Duo
Programme for two harps
Louise Thomson (Harp) and Anne-Marie O'Farrell (Harp)
| Franz Schubert, arr. Anne-Marie O’Farrell: Fantasie in F minor, op. 103, D. 940 |
| Jean-Michel Damase: Sonatine for two harps |
| Jean-Michel Damase: Sicilienne Variée OR Félix Godefroid: La Danse des Sylphes OR Franz Liszt, arr. Henriette Renié: Un Sospiro OR Bedřich Smetana, arr. Hans Trnecek: The Moldau |
| Interval |
| Caroline Lizotte: Raga |
| Claude Debussy: Six épigraphes antiques |
| Johann Sebastian Bach, arr. Anne-Marie O’Farrell: Chromatic Fantasia (lever harp solo) and Fugue in D minor (pedal harp duet), BWV 903 |
| Alternatives to the Chromatic Fantasia lever harp solo above are: Isaac Albeniz, arr. Anne-Marie O’Farrell: Asturias OR Caroline Lizotte: Suite Galactique, op. 39, selection OR Anne-Marie O'Farrell: Chorale Variations on 'Take My Life and Let it Be' |
| Philip Hammond, arr. Anne-Marie O’Farrell: The Beardless Boy |
Collaborations:
Welcome Joy: A Celebration of Women’s Voices
Corvus Consort (vocal ensemble) and Louise Thomson (harp)
Read the introduction to this programme...
| Imogen Holst: Welcome Joy and Welcome Sorrow |
| Gemma McGregor: Love was his meaning |
| Hilary Campbell: Our endless day |
| Elizabeth Poston: An English Day-Book |
| Interval |
| Judith Weir: We sekyn here rest |
| Olivia Sparkhall: Lux aeterna |
| Gustav Holst: Two Eastern Pictures |
| Shruthi Rajasekar: Ushās (Goddess of Dawn) |
| Shruthi Rajasekar: Priestess |
| Gustav Holst: Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda (Third Group) |
Christmas Concert – Welcome Joy plus Britten Ceremony of Carols
Corvus Consort (vocal ensemble) and Louise Thomson (harp)
Read the introduction to this programme...
| Imogen Holst: Welcome Joy and Welcome Sorrow |
| Judith Weir: We sekyn here rest |
| Olivia Sparkhall: Lux aeterna |
| Hilary Campbell: Our endless day |
| Elizabeth Poston: An English Day-Book |
| Interval |
| Elizabeth Poston: Jesus Christ the apple tree |
| Howard Skempton: Into this world, this day did come |
| Peter Maxwell Davies: The Fader of Heven |
| Trad.: Ther is no rose of swych vertu |
| Benjamin Britten: Ceremony of Carols |