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Lyons releases new single

Lyons releases new single

Irish harpist, concertina player, and composer Aisling Lyons releases her new single “Sunbeam” on March 15th. According to a press release, this “heartfelt and original contemporary harp composition… is a poignant tribute to her late friend Sarah and showcases...

Englichová releases new album

Englichová releases new album

Czech harpist Kateřina Englichová released her new album As Time Goes By on the Arco Diva label on Jan. 26. The album is available from Multiland.cz and directly from Englichová at katerina@englichova.cz. In addition, As Time Goes By will soon be available on Spotify....

Toczko releases debut album featuring rock song covers

Toczko releases debut album featuring rock song covers

Harpist Kristan Toczko will release her debut album featuring rock song covers on Feb. 16. Recorded on the Leaf Music record label, Rock Echoes will be available on all streaming platforms and via Bandcamp. Toczko will also release a few singles before Feb. 16. Her...

Whiting releases new album on First Word Records

Whiting releases new album on First Word Records

Harpist Amanda Whiting will release her new album, The Liminality of Her, on March 22. It will be available on vinyl from all distributors and via Bandcamp as well as streaming on Spotify and Apple Music. This 10-track album showcases Whiting as both a performer and a...

Lenaerts releases new arrangement and recording of “Silent Night”

Lenaerts releases new arrangement and recording of “Silent Night”

Vienna Philharmonic harpist Anneleen Lenaerts has published an arrangement of “Silent Night” for harp, available from Universal Edition. Listen below to her new recording of the arrangement on the Warner Classics label. https://youtu.be/blyvzZSw7kg?si=Wy_1Nghd1hZaQVcV...

Lenaerts releases single from new album

Lenaerts releases single from new album

Anneleen Lenaerts has released a single from her upcoming album. Her single “Morgen” is available now on streaming platforms. The complete new digital album, More Stories, will be released on Warner Classics & Erato on January 26, 2024. The album features...

Di Nicola releases album of musical miniatures

Di Nicola releases album of musical miniatures

Francesca Romana Di Nicola has released a new album titled Miniature, a compilation of 27 short pieces for solo harp, which she composed in 2020. According to her website, each musical miniature “tells a personal story inspired by an emotion, a reflection, a childhood...

Plank featured on Mozart flute and harp concerto recording

Plank featured on Mozart flute and harp concerto recording

Harpist Elisabeth Plank and flutist Diren Duran, accompanied by the ORF Radio-Symphonieorchester and conducted by Howard Griffiths, will release a new recording of Mozart’s Concerto for Flute and Harp. The Nov. 10 release is the seventh volume of the “Next Generation...

de Vries releases album inspired by Gaelic epic

de Vries releases album inspired by Gaelic epic

Scottish composer and musician Hilary de Vries is releasing her new album The Knockbain Road on Oct. 8, available as a CD and in digital format via Bandcamp. The Knockbain Road features a set of original compositions for wire-strung clarsach, inspired by Alasdair Mac...