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  • October 21, 2009 at 1:19 am #151348
    elinor-niemisto
    Member

    I would appreciate some suggestions for a solo to play on Christmas Eve.

    October 21, 2009 at 9:29 am #151349
    steven-todd-miller
    Member

    Tournier’s 6th Noel. Very short, very simple, elegantly beautiful.

    October 21, 2009 at 6:50 pm #151350
    jennifer-buehler
    Member

    Suntia Staneslow’s Christmas books are nice and are super easy but sound impressive.

    October 21, 2009 at 7:03 pm #151351
    Misty Harrison
    Participant

    When I do midnight mass, I prefer to play some of the movements of Rousseau’s Variations Pastorales. They’re not hard and you can pick and choose, plus you can always play them slowly. I think they give the perfect ambience for mass and they don’t include songs that are not considered appropriate by the church since it’s al based on one christmas tune.

    October 21, 2009 at 11:26 pm #151352
    Karen Johns
    Participant

    I really like Carlos Salzedo’s version of “I Wonder as I Wander”. Simple, elegant, poignant- perfect for creating a meditative ambience.

    October 22, 2009 at 8:12 pm #151353
    rosalind-beck
    Participant

    May Hogan Cambern’s “Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming.” It is simple yet beautiful and perfect for midnight mass. Always one of my very favorite things to play.

    October 22, 2009 at 8:31 pm #151354
    tony-morosco
    Participant

    What I like about Salzedo’s I Wonder As I Wander also is that since it is written in Cb major you can play it on a lever harp tuned to C major simply by ignoring all the flats. The easiest transposition of a piece of music possible.

    October 22, 2009 at 9:27 pm #151355
    Karen Johns
    Participant

    And that is how I play it, Tony! :-)

    October 23, 2009 at 1:48 am #151356
    elinor-niemisto
    Member

    So many great recommendations!

    October 23, 2009 at 2:48 pm #151357
    Misty Harrison
    Participant

    Oh yes I forgot about the MHC arrangements. They’re great. Again you have to check as you know because some tunes we think are great are not okay with the church to be played at mass but her arrangements are beautiful and she has a lot of harp duets too in case you ever wnat to convince the church to have two harps.

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