Planning Ideas
Solo
New recital programme for 2023
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)
Read the introduction to this programme...
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 |
Around the World
Louise Thomson (harp)
Read the introduction to this programme...
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 |
Contemporary Harp
Louise Thomson (harp)
Read the introduction to this programme...
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 |
Collaborations:
"Eastern Pictures"
Read the introduction to this programme... Louise Thomson (harp) and the Corvus Consort (vocal ensemble)
Josef Rheinberger - Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen |
Gustav Holst - Two Eastern Pictures |
Hilary Campbell - Our endless day |
Esther Swift - Time Spinner (harp solo) |
Amy Beach - Dusk in June (choir only) |
Imogen Holst - Welcome Joy and Welcome Sorrow |
Interval |
Gustav Holst - Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda: Third Group |
Marcel Grandjany - Rhapsodie (harp solo) |
Olivia Sparkhall - Lux aeterna |
Gustav Holst - Ave Maria (choir only) |
John Hearne - Alba |