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  • November 17, 2016 at 8:24 pm #198232
    Gretchen Cover
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    I have been asked by our high school orchestra director to accompany a soprano singing the Schubert Ave Maria in Bb.  My concern is the auditorium seats about 700 people and without amplification, I don’t think the harp sound will carry well enough.  I suggested perhaps harp with strings or other accompaniment. The orchestra director is concerned about an arrangement being too note-y or mushy. The one I heard on youtube that was very pleasant and enhanced the singer was by Andre Rieu.  But, it is a proprietary arrangement and not available.  Does any one have suggestions for a Bb arrangement?  Thank you.

    November 17, 2016 at 10:20 pm #198244
    carl-swanson
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    Somebody, I can’t remember who, published a book of arrangements of the Schubert Ave Maria in every possible key. See if you can find that.

    November 18, 2016 at 12:25 am #198246
    Gretchen Cover
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    Thank you, Carl. You are thinking about the harp arrangements of Ave Maria in multiple keys by D. Rees-Rohrbacher. There is also a new one on HC Music by Jaymee Haefner. I am looking for an arrangement for harp and other instruments to accompany a soprano in Bb.

    November 18, 2016 at 3:44 pm #198255
    balfour-knight
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    Hi, Gretchen–sorry I do not know of an arrangement of the Ave Maria with other instruments to suit your need.  Is there some reason you cannot amplify your harp?

    November 18, 2016 at 5:05 pm #198260
    Gretchen Cover
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    Big orchestra and singers taking up the entire stage and a lot of shuffling go on during the program.   It may come to amplifying but the preference is not to, especially just for one 5 minute piece of music.

    November 19, 2016 at 2:42 pm #198270
    Sylvia
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    Maybe your director could get an orchestra version of the Ave, and you could just play your usual one along with them.  The orchestra version would probably also be in Bb, since that’s the original key.

    November 19, 2016 at 3:38 pm #198273
    Gretchen Cover
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    Thanks, Sylvia. I have ordered from Kalmus the only orchestra version I could find. The string versions I found mimic the piano accompaniment.  I was hoping someone has played the Ave Maria with a chamber orchestra or string ensemble.  It is time consuming and expensive to guess what might work.  The program is in mid-January.

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