Faber Music The Origin Of The Harp For Chamber Ensemble Of Ten Players

Faber Music

The Origin Of The Harp

For Chamber Ensemble Of Ten Players

Gentle, Subtle, Refined And Romantic, Thomas AdÈS&Rsquo;S&Nbsp;The Origin Of The Harp Takes Its Inspiration From A Painting By Daniel Maclise Whose Subject Is The Celtic Legend Of A Water Nymph Who Falls For A Mortal And Struggles Hopelessly To Leave Her Element And Join Him On Land. The Gods, Taking Pity On Her Failure, Intervene And Turn Her Into A Harp, Transforming Her Weeping Into A Gentle Music Of Wind Through Strings. The Painting Shows Her In The Moment Preceding The Metamorphosis, The Strands Of Her Hair Framed By A Triangle Of Her Body, A Rock And Her Arm. In This Piece, Too, The Harp Itself Is Not Featured But Suggested, At The Start Of The Fourth And Final Section, After A Flash Of Divine Intervention.&Nbsp; A Brief Nine Minute Tone Poem For Trios Of Clarinets, Violas And Cellos, And Percussion, This Work Was First Performed By The HallÉ Orchestra In 1994.&Nbsp;