Contemporary Compositions for Harp
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compositions.
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Gilad Cohen:
Trio for a Spry
Clarinet, Weeping Cello and Ruminating Harp (2010);
duration 12 minutes. Grand winner of the International Composition
Competition of the American Harp Society in Dallas. Commissioned
and recorded by the Israeli Chamber Project. Video/recording: https://youtu.be/d2NVpSkUnqg.
Score and parts: visit www.giladcohen.com or http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/.
Firefly Elegy (2017)
for clarinet, harp, violin, viola and cello. Duration: 13 minutes.
Commissioned by Adele and John Gray Endowment Fund for the Israeli Chamber
Project. Live video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8URYVXxUic. Score
and parts: visit at or contact through www.giladcohen.com (also
at http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/ starting September
2018).
François Couture:
La Suite au Chalet, Harp and
Oboe or English Horn
(2019) ; Duration 38 minutes – Suite of twelve movements. Recorded by
Antoine Malette-Chénier and Jean-Luc Côté.
Audio:
http://www.boghei.com/accueil-home/la-suite-au-chalet.html
Score and parts:
http://www.studiofc.com/partitionssheets.html
La Suite Foraine, Harp, Flute
and Viola (2015) ;
Duration 57 minutes – Suite of twenty movements. Recorded by Trio Beau Soir.
Audio:
http://www.boghei.com/accueil-home/la-suite-foraine.html
Score and parts:
http://www.studiofc.com/partitionssheets.html
Music: François Couture &
Lyrics: Denis Veilleux
1917 Fatima 2017, Harp,
Flute,Viola,3 voices(2 girls and 1 boys)and French Narration
(2017) ; Duration 65 minutes –
Suite of twenty six movements. Recorded by Trio Beau Soir. Gabrielle
Lapointe, Félix-Antoine Lanthier, Eugénie Tremblay, Marie-Hélène Vézina.
Commissioned by La Fondation Radio Galilée.
Audio:
http://www.boghei.com/accueil-home/1917-fatima-2017.html
Score and parts:
http://www.studiofc.com/partitionssheets.html
info@studiofc.com
www.studiofc.com
Michael Daugherty:
(http://www.michaeldaugherty.net/)
"Tell Tale Harp" for two Harps and Orchestra
(2002) (second movement of Philadelphia Stories) commissioned by the
Philadelphia Orchestra, duration: 10 minutes. For information contact:
Michael Daugherty mkd@umich.edu or
http://www.michaeldaugherty.net/
John Eaton:
In the Cave of the Sibyl: Sonority Movement"
for 9 harps (or any multiple of 3) and flute; (1971); duration: 9 minutes;
for information contact
johneaton1@earthlink.net - recorded on Music by John Eaton, a CD by
Indiana University Press.
Ajax for 3 harps, bass-baritone and large chamber
ensemble; (1972); duration: 12 minutes; Music Sales (AMP) or contact
johneaton1@earthlink.net - recorded on Music by John Eaton, a CD by
Indiana University Press
Ars Poetica for harp, flute, violoncello and mezzo soprano;
(1986); duration, 15 minutes; contact
johneaton1@earthlink.net - recorded on Music by John Eaton, a CD by
Indiana University Press.
Songs of Despair for harp, large chamber ensemble and
mezzo-soprano; (1987); duration 22 minutes; contact
johneaton1@earthlink.net
Notes on Moonlight for harp, flute, oboe, Bb clarinet,
bassoon, percussionist, piano, string quartet, coloratura soprano and mezzo
soprano; (1991); duration 24 minutes; contact
johneaton1@earthlink.net
Lettere for harp, flute, string quartet and mezzo
soprano; (1994); duration, 17 minutes; contact
johneaton1@earthlink.net
Elegy for Jane for harp, mandolin, guitar and
mezzo-soprano; (1999); duration, 12 minutes; contact
johneaton1@earthlink.net
Dennis Eberhard:
To the End of the Dreamtime, concerto for harp
and large orchestra, duration: ca 34 minutes (1988-91). For information,
contact Dennis Eberhard at
deneb@core.com
Especially... for solo Harp, Peters
Corporation, NYC., duration: ca 12 minutes (1983).
newmusic@editionpeters.com
Berceuse for Clarinet, Harp and String
Orchestra, Shawnee Press, Marshalls Creek, PA , duration: ca 10. minutes
(1989).
shawnee-info@shawneepress.com
Encontros (Cadenzas & Interludes) for violin,
cello and harp, duration: ca 24 minutes (1990). To contact Dennis Eberhard:
deneb@core.com
Fatrock Ink Music Publishers: (www.fatrockink.com)
New solo and chamber works for harp by
20th and 21st century composers. Includes student repertoire and recordings.
The President and founder of Fatrock Ink
is Marcia Dickstein, harpist of The Debussy Trio. Marcia is very active in
encouraging and commissioning composers to write for the harp, especially in
chamber music. Fatrock Ink endeavors to make sure that this music is made
available to harpists around the world. Additionally, they are constantly
adding new works at various levels of difficulty, including music that is
appropriate for non-pedal harp and for harp students to play with school
orchestras.
Monica
Houghton:
(www.monicahoughton.com)
Villa Dallas (Pantoum) for harp, soprano voice
and clarinet (2001); duration 8 minutes. Interested persons may visit
www.monicahoughton.com and
choose the contact feature to request a copy of the score and parts.

Nigel Keay
(www.nigelkeay.com)
Terrestrial Mirror, a 3-movement piece for
flute, viola and harp. (2008). 15+ minutes. Go to
http://www.nigelkeay.com/terrestrialmirror.htm for an audio of the 2nd
movement as well as a free download of the complete score and parts.
Igor Krivokapič:
(www.krivi-skladatelj.si)
Zvočne pripovedi ozarjenega
večera /Sonic Tales of Sunset Evening for English horn and harp (1999);
comissioned by harpist Nicoletta Sanzin and English horn player Melina
Todorovska, duration: 5 minutes 10 seconds. For information and recording
contact: Igor Krivokapič
krivi@siol.net or
www.krivi-skladatelj.si
Capriccio for E-flat
clarinet and harp (2001); comissioned by clarinetist Jože Kotar and harpist
Nicoletta Sanzin; dur: 9 minutes 15 seconds; recorded on CD Collage
by Jože Kotar and Nicoletta Sanzin by ZKP RTS (for information contact:
www.rtvslo.si/zkpprodaja/ ); published as Sloway No. 0070 by Sloway
Music Editions (for information contact:
www.slowaymusic.com )
Jesenske Povedi/ Autumn Tales
for flute, viola and harp (2001); comissioned by Trio Mélisande, duration:
18 minutes 33 seconds. For information and recording contact:
igor.krivokapic@siol.net or
www.krivi-skladatelj.si

Suite Barboletta for
marimba and harp (2002); comissioned by marimba player Barbara Kresnik and
harpist Nicoletta Sanzin; dur: 15 minutes 18 seconds. Published by HoneyRock
(for information contact:
www.honeyrock.net ). For recording contact:
igor.krivokapic@siol.net or
www.krivi-skladatelj.si.
Fredric
Lissauer:
Trio Fantasia, Op. 23 for flute
(alt. g-alto), viola and harp (1992), duration: 10 minutes. For information
contact
flissauer@aol.com
Portrait. Op. 33 ('New York in
September') for b-flat clarinet, dbl. e-flat alto saxophone, violin,
harp, piano, chanteuse or crooner (2000-01), duration: 9 minutes. For
information contact
flissauer@aol.com
Etude, Op. 40 ('Morning Glories on a
Stone Wall') for two pedal harps (2004), duration: 5 minutes. For
information contact
flissauer@aol.com
Lior
Navok (http://www.liornavok.com)
Lior Navok has
written extensively for the harp;
each of the links lead to a
specific page of the work, where people can listen and purchase:
East of the Cane Fields
Instrumentation: Harp solo
Duration: 8 Minutes
A'l Mishcavi Baleylot
(Upon my
bed by night)
Instrumentation: soprano and Harp
Text from “The Song Of Songs II”
Duration: 5 Minutes
Veiled Echoes
Instrumentation: flute, viola and Harp
Duration: 15 Minutes
Quartet for flute,
clarinet bassoon and Harp
Instrumentation: flute/piccolo;
clarinet; bassoon and Harp
Duration: 27 Minutes
Spring Calls
Instrumentation: soprano, flute, viola,
cello and harp
Text from “The Song Of Songs III”
Duration: 11 Minutes
Joseph Russo (http://josephmrusso-composermusician.blogspot.com/)
Septet "Distant Light" (2007)
Instrumentation: Flute, Clarinet, Harp, String Quartet (2 violins, l viola,
1 cello)
Type: tonal, 3 movements -- Allegro, Andante, Allegro (Variations)
Duration: 23 minutes
To hear the audio sound files of my Septet visit my website.
F L Dunkin Wedd (www.myspace.com/dunkinweddcomposer)
Duologue (2002) - 4 movements for flute and harp 16’.
- First performance: 1 February 2003, Anna Wynne & Rachael Osborn-Smith,
Tudeley, Kent.
Of Men and Buses (2004) - an unserious song for
soprano and harp, 3’.
- First performance: 13 November 2006, Sarah-Jane Dale & Luisa-Maria Ovett,
The Banqueting House, Whitehall, London.
Love, 1916 (2006) - Setting of poetry by May W Cannan
and others. SSA & harp, with soprano solo, 4’.
- First performance: 31 March 2007, The Thursday Choir, Sue Wight, Tudeley,
Kent..
Benoit Wery
benoitwery1@orange.fr
Sonatine pour Flûte et Harpe 2014
Barcarolle Concertante for Celtic harp and
string orchestra or quartet
Concertino Mystique for harp and string
orchestra 2012
Several more compositions for concert hall and
pedagogy.
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