An original harp solo inspired by the March COVID 19 lockdown. Listen: https://shoshannagodber.com/track/2602874/lapwing Watch: https://youtu.be/r6bm6XjORt8
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Original harp solos
An original harp solo full of swooping arpeggios mimicking the flight of the Swallow. Watch: https://youtu.be/AUZA64bZ1eY?si=j4CvkeucNhsL4C7u
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River Work is an original composition for lever harp tuned to Eb. The piece is made up of two parts - "Reverie in Mist" and "Rock Water Jig" inspired by two of my favourite aspects of rivers. It was composed for a dance choreographed by the Method Dance Company as part of their Community Moves Modern Dance Festival. Watch: https://youtu.be/p0YnBsFXRuo?si=rRZ_38YuFqVH_w_V
C$6.00
Consists of the haunting traditional Scottish tune, "The Fisherman's Song for Attracting Seals" and my own more upbeat and playful composition, "The Seal's Response to the Fisherman". Watch: https://youtu.be/eahUgjYlXg8?si=IHJo5KFnzoYiwubj
C$5.00
An original lever harp solo inspired by indolent summer days and Henriette Renie's "Au Bord Du Ruisseau". Best for intermediate players with a 34 string (or larger) harp, comfortable with left hand harmonics and lever changes. In the key of G with three lever changes in the middle of the piece. Watch: https://youtu.be/0JAtVLtcHfc
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Classical harp solos
Vivaldi’s Largo is for solo lever or pedal harp. Largo is the second movement from the Violin Concerto in F minor, “Winter” from the Four Seasons collection. Can also be played as the Harp 1 part of the harp ensemble version. Listen: https://shoshannagodber.com/track/2608160/the-four-seasons-largo-from-winter-by-vivaldi
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The first of Erik Satie's Gnossienne. Originally written for piano.
Listen: https://shoshannagodber.com/track/2602891/gnossienne-no-1
Watch: https://youtu.be/_qtXwDjZtV4
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The Prelude in C major is from J.S. Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier. This transcription is for lever harp. Listen/watch here: https://youtu.be/2ZPAHogKPS4
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Traditional Harp Solos
This traditional Scottish song tells the story of silkie - a shape shifter who can be either a man or a seal. Watch: https://youtu.be/eahUgjYlXg8?si=IHJo5KFnzoYiwubj
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Consists of the haunting traditional Scottish tune, "The Fisherman's Song for Attracting Seals" and my own more upbeat and playful composition, "The Seal's Response to the Fisherman". Watch: https://youtu.be/eahUgjYlXg8?si=IHJo5KFnzoYiwubj
C$5.00
An early intermediate solo harp arrangement of the beautiful Scottish traditional song. Watch: https://youtu.be/yylArT2QKYg?si=GlAocHnGXpmFEvPG
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This cheerful march was written by Nova Scotian Pat Chafe. Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvbYy7RC3NI
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A traditional slip jig and slide with some fun damping effects. Watch: https://youtu.be/NM6ks0H6cWs
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Shoshanna's solo harp arrangement inspired by the Turlough O'Carolan Lockdown Challenge. Listen: https://shoshannagodber.com/track/2602875/master-o-connor Watch: https://youtu.be/NKn1Qt0gw8E
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I Gave My Love A Cherry (also known as The Riddle Song) is an English folksong which dates back to the 15th century. When I was arranging it Brahms' Wiegenlied kept popping into my head, so I decided to make the two lullabies into a medley. Also available as a voice/harp arrangement. Watch: https://youtu.be/haJCfOka9NQ Listen: https://shoshannagodber.com/track/3033755/i-gave-my-love-a-cherry-wiegenlied
C$4.00
Brochan Lom is a Scottish song from the mouth music tradition (Puirt a beul). It’s a strathspey, and as an instrumental is often called The Orange and Blue and Kitty Jones. Two versions included - one is an early intermediate version which includes the words and fingering/ brackets. The left hand is either single notes, octaves or 1,5,8 chords. The second version has a more advanced left hand with octaves, 1,5,8 chords and 10ths. Both are in the key of D with no lever changes. Watch: https://youtu.be/LjcqkBgc5rY?si=FETIa9gbVq5v4nKR
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This cheerful tune was written by the Irish harper Turlough O'Carolan in the 17th century. Late intermediate level. One copy with fingering/brackets and the other with chords. In the key of D with no lever changes. Watch: https://youtu.be/LjcqkBgc5rY?si=FETIa9gbVq5v4nKR
C$2.00
Although originally written for the fiddle, this beautiful melancholy tune works wonderfully on the harp. In the key of G major with no lever changes, suitable for late intermediate players with 34 string harps. Watch: https://youtu.be/jE9u4s2kGZc?si=9-Zfml8fOd2sp8BL
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Christmas solos
Two joyful Christmas tunes arranged for solo harp. The words of the Sussex Carol (also known as On Christmas Night) are from the 17th century and New Christmas was written by Niel Gow in the 18th century. Listen: https://shoshannagodber.com/track/2922838/sussex-carol-new-christmas Watch: https://youtu.be/7oyM8kxEBVw
C$4.00
Christmas Day in the Morning (also known as Christmas Ida Mournin' is a 19th century Shetland tune attributed to fiddler Fredamann Stickle, who is said to have played this tune to the laird every Christmas. I Saw Three Ships Come Sailing In is an older English tune - probably from the 17th century. I couldn't resist a medley of the two songs given that the refrain of I Saw Three Ships is "On Christmas Day in the Morning". They seemed to belong together! Watch: https://youtu.be/IOZpnJdhqBU
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In the Bleak Midwinter was originally a poem by Christina Rosetti first published in 1872 under the title "A Christmas Carol". Gustav Holst set the poem to music in 1906. The first verse of my arrangement is very similar to Holst's original setting arranged for congregational singing in the "English Hymnal". Watch: https://youtu.be/zJha_Be37tM
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Written by John Henry Hopkins Jr. in 1857 for a Christmas pageant in New York City. Arranged for intermediate harpists. Watch: https://youtu.be/rINBtgupQ8s
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“Orientis Partibus” is a French carol from the 13th century which was sung in Christmastide pageants praising the donkey who carried the Holy Family to Egypt. Over time the carol was brought to England and became “The Friendly Beasts” The lyrics were rewritten by Robert Davis and shifted to the role of the animals in the nativity. Watch: https://youtu.be/o8DErwohv28?si=1qrCe4hurrEyrBzD
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