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UNACCOMPANIED HARP MUSIC

EAST OF THE CANE FIELDS

for solo harp

Duration:

8 minutes
 

Instrumentation:   

harp

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Year Composed:  

2001
 

Written For:            
Franziska Huhn

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Premiere Performance:

Boston, USA,
21 October 2001
Franziska Huhn, Harp

UNACCOMPANIED HARP MUSIC

solo harp pieces

THEMES:

Program Notes:

East of the Cane Fields for solo harp is influenced by the cane field found in Boston’s Fenway Park. When blown by the wind, the canes move in such a way that produces a special visual effect and a mysterious whistle. The flexibility of the canes makes their movement change constantly from one direction to the other. I translated this visual effect into sound and applied it to the harp. East of the Cane Fields was written for harpist Franziska Huhn.

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Score of East of the Cane Fields for unaccompanied harp

Selected Solo Harp Works (20th and 21st Centuries)

  • Bernard Andrès (French, b. 1941) – Automates, Chant du cygne, Duke, Narthex

  • Luciano Berio (Italian, 1925-2003) – Sequenza II (1963)

  • Benjamin Britten (British, 1913-1976) – Suite for Harp, Op. 83 (1969)

  • David Bruce (British, b. 1964) – Caja de Musica (2009)

  • Howard J. Buss (American, b. 1951) – Awakening (2010)

  • Garrett Byrnes (American, b. 1971) – Valley of Butterflies (2011)

  • Alfredo Casella (Italian, 1883-1947) – Sonata for Harp, Op. 68 (1943)

  • Elliott Carter (American, 1908-2012) – Bariolage (1992)

  • David Conte (American, b. 1957) – Marian Variations (2006)

  • Carson Cooman (American, b. 1982) – Sun Figment for Harp (2002)

  • Jean-Michel Damase (French, 1928-2013) – Sicilienne variée, Thème et variations (1995)

  • Ross Edwards (Australian, b. 1943) – The Harp and the Moon (2008)

  • Gabriel Fauré (French, 1845-1924) – Impromptu, Op. 86, Une châtelaine en sa tour, Op. 110

  • Peggy Glanville-Hicks (Australian-American, 1912-1990) – Harp Sonata (1951)

  • Alphonse Hasselmans (Belgian-born French, 1845-1912) – Etude-Caprice, La Source, Op. 23, Trois Préludes, Op. 51–53

  • Paul Hindemith (German, 1895-1963) – Sonata for Harp (1939)

  • Alan Hovhaness (American, 1911-2000) – Harp Sonata, Op. 127 (1954), Nocturne, Op. 20, No. 1 (rev. 1959), Suite for Harp (1973)

  • Elena Kats-Chernin (Uzbekistani-Australian, b. 1957) – Chamber of Horrors (1995), Wild Swans (2002)

  • Caroline Lizotte (Canadian, b. 1969) – La Légende de l'Eau, Rhapsodie sur le Pont, Suite Galactique

  • Lior Navok (Israeli, b. 1971) – East of the Cane Fields

  • Vincent Persichetti (American, 1915-1987) – Parable for Harp, Op. 153 (1973)

  • Henriette Renié (French, 1875-1956) – Ballade Fantastique, Danse des Lutins, Légende, Pièce Symphonique

  • Carlos Salzedo (French-American, 1885-1961) – Chanson dans la nuit, Five Preludes, Scintillation, Variations on a Theme in Ancient Style, Whirlwind

  • Josef Tal (Israeli, 1910-2008) – Intrada (1959)

  • Marcel Tournier (French, 1879-1951) – Féerie, Images (Suites 1-4), Quatre Préludes, Vers la source dans le bois

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