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Women’s Voices

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Corvus Consort (vocal ensemble) and Louise Thomson (harp)

Imogen Holst - Welcome Joy and Welcome Sorrow
Hilary Campbell - Our endless day
Carol J Jones - All shall be well
Amy Beach - Three Flower Songs, Op. 31 (choir only)
Gustav Holst - Two Eastern Pictures
Esther Swift - Time Spinner (harp solo)
Gemma McGregor - Love was his meaning
Olivia Sparkhall - Lux aeterna
Gustav Holst - Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda: Third Group
Solo

Dances

Louise Thomson (harp)

Antoine Francisque, arr. Marcel Grandjany - Pavane et Bransles
Franz Liszt, arr. Henriette Renié - Un Sospiro
Dalwyn Henshall - Three Welsh Dances
Manuel De Falla, arr. Marcel Grandjany - Spanish Dance No. 1, from the opera La Vida Breve
Henriette Renié - Légende, after Les Elfes by Leconte de Lisle
Interval
Félix Godefroid - La Danse des Sylphes
Manuel De Falla, arr. David Watkins - Danse du Meunier
Catriona McKay - The Swan LK243
Catriona McKay - Loon Mountain Moose
Esther Swift - Time Spinner
Pat Metheny, arr. Louise Thomson - Letter from Home
David Hellewell, arr. Catrin Finch - Chicken-Pickin' Rag
Louise Thomson Harp

Current Recital Programme

Louise Thomson (harp)

Esther Swift - Time Spinner
Pierick Houdy - Sonata for Harp
Paul Patterson - Bugs!
Henriette Renié - Légende, after Les Elfes by Leconte de Lisle
Interval
Bedrich Smetana, arr. Hans Trnecek - The Moldau
Andy Scott - Crossing Waves
Sally Beamish - Awuya
Marcel Grandjany - Rhapsodie

Classical Showpieces

Louise Thomson (harp)

Mikhail Glinka - Nocturne
Louis Spohr - Fantasie in C minor op. 35
Marcel Grandjany - Fantasie sur un theme de J Haydn, op. 31
Marcel Tournier - Jazz Band
Ekaterina Walter-Kühne - Fantaisie Sur Un Theme De L’Opera Eugene Onegin par P. Tchaikovsky
Interval
Claude Debussy - Estampes no. 2, La Soirée Dans La Grenade
Gabriel Fauré - Une Chatelaine en sa Tour, op. 110
Gabriel Pierné - Impromptu Caprice
Manuel De Falla, arr. Grandjany - Spanish Dance no.1 from the opera La Vida Breve
Marcel Grandjany - Rhapsodie
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Around the World

Louise Thomson (harp)

Mikhail Glinka - Nocturne
Nino Rota - Sarabanda e Toccata
Dalwyn Henshall - Three Welsh Dances
Benjamin Britten - Suite for Harp op. 83
Manuel De Falla, arr. Grandjany - Spanish Dance no.1 from the opera La Vida Breve
Interval
Claude Debussy - Estampes no. 2, La Soirée Dans La Grenade
Egberto Gismonti - Maracatu
Sergiu Natra - Sonatina
Mary Ann Kennedy - Cruit Gun Cheis Ceall Gun Aba
Pat Metheny - Letter from Home
Marcel Grandjany - Rhapsodie
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Contemporary Harp

Louise Thomson (harp)

Nino Rota - Sarabanda e Toccata
John Weinzweig - 15 Pieces for Harp (selection)
William Alwyn - Crepuscule
Pat Metheny - Letter from Home
Dalwyn Henshall - Adagio Cantabile from Three Welsh Dances
Interval
Benjamin Britten - Suite for Harp op. 83
Sergiu Natra - Sonatina
Marcel Tournier - Jazz Band
Ekaterina Walter-Kühne - Fantaisie Sur Un Theme De L’Opera Eugene Onegin par P. Tchaikovsky
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Collaborations:

Women’s Voices

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Corvus Consort (vocal ensemble) and Louise Thomson (harp)

Imogen Holst - Welcome Joy and Welcome Sorrow
Hilary Campbell - Our endless day
Carol J Jones - All shall be well
Amy Beach - Three Flower Songs, Op. 31 (choir only)
Gustav Holst - Two Eastern Pictures
Esther Swift - Time Spinner (harp solo)
Gemma McGregor - Love was his meaning
Olivia Sparkhall - Lux aeterna
Gustav Holst - Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda: Third Group
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05/12/2023