Harp SKU: UT.HS-231 Arranged by Sara Simari. Saddle stitching. Classical....(+)
Harp
SKU:
UT.HS-231
Arranged by
Sara Simari. Saddle
stitching. Classical. Ut
Orpheus #HS 231.
Published by Ut Orpheus
(UT.HS-231).
ISBN
9790215324558. 9 x 12
inches.
Tarascon
e; Tarantella Capuanese;
Valzer; Polka di
Vittorio; Tarantella
Stiglianese
Th
e history of the
Viggianesi, strolling
musicians, winds over a
period of about four
centuries and esprimeun
‘unicum’
musically and
anthropologically. Heirs
of a travelling musical
tradition that from the
late Middle Ages
inhabited more than just
the streets of the
Kingdom of Sicily and
Naples, the harpists of
this extraordinary story
made their first
appearances as early as
the end of the 1600s
engaged in musical
practices at
shrines. Armed with an
urgent need to make a
living together with a
strong musical
inclination, adaptability
and versatility, the
groups of musicians,
almost always belonging
to the same family
circle, became the
promoters of the great
Italian musical tradition
(Southern in particular),
and with their harps on
their shoulders they
became the identification
symbol of a well-defined
and limited area of
Italy: the Agri Valley,
in Basilicata. From
the many documents
examined, a very wide and
varied musical repertoire
emerges mixing the
pastoral tradition with
classical tradition
(mainly opera, devotional
music with songs from the
cities (from the
Neapolitan tradition to
international
production). The pastoral
repertoire, the subject
of this publication,
consists of a strongly
characterized native
repertoire which the
Viggianesi had
consolidated in both
public and private ritual
occasions in their native
land, even if performing
in distant
lands.
This
collection is included
among the compulsory
pieces of The 7th
International Harp
Contest in Italy Suoni
D’Arpa, 2017,
Category A –
Associazione Italiana
dell’Arpa –
www.ass
ociazioneitalianarpa.it
Harp SKU: FG.55011-885-0 Composed by Lotta Wennäkoski. Classical, cont...(+)
Harp
SKU:
FG.55011-885-0
Composed by Lotta
Wennäkoski. Classical,
contemporary. Part.
Fennica Gehrman
#55011-885-0. Published
by Fennica Gehrman
(FG.55011-885-0).
Whizzing,
growling and rattling
– you can produce
all kinds of sounds with
the harp, not just the
fairy-tale shimmer and
glissandos that you first
think of. Lotta
Wennäkoski composed
Sigla for harp and
orchestra (2021-2022) in
close collaboration with
the harpist Sivan Magen,
to whom the concerto is
dedicated. The title of
the concerto, Sigla, has
different meanings in
different languages. In
Italian, it means a
jingle; in Icelandic, it
means sailing; and in
Tagalog, spoken in the
Philippines, it means
vivaciousness or
enthusiasm. Wennäkoski
has not specifically
referenced these in the
movements of the concerto
as such, but she does
allow that the various
meanings of the word may
be identified with the
music according to the
listener’s
perception.
The
recording of the work
(Ondine ODE1420-2) was
premiered with the
Gramophone award as the
the best release in the
contemporary category in
October 2023.
This
product is the solo
part.
The
orchestral material is
available for hire from
the
publisher.
Duratio
n:
19' Instrumentation:Harp solo –
equipped with paint
brush, tuning key and a
plastic hair clip 2
Flutes (2nd doubling
piccolo) 2 Oboes 2
Clarinets in Bb 2
Bassoons 2 Horns in
F 2 Trumpets in C
– trumpets and
trombone doubling an egg
slicer Bass trombone
attached to a piece of
wood or a flat cardboard
box Percussion (2
players) Percussion I:
crotales, vibraphone, 5
gongs (a#, bn, c’,
e’, f’),
bass drum, cymbal, guiro,
bell tree, shell chimes,
whip, lion’s roar
and different beaters
including a bow,
superball stck and wire
brushes Percussion II:
tam-tam, cymbal, snare
drum, 2 cowbells, 2
temple blocks (med/lg),
triangle (small/med),
vibraslap and different
beaters including a bow,
wire brushes and
superball stick Piano
– equipped with a
plectrum, wire brushes
and 2 soft percussion
beaters Strings.
