Advanced Christmas Music

[Hannah White]

Hello all! I was wondering if anyone had good recommendations for advanced Christmas music for harp solo or harp duo/trio. Something on the same level as Concert Variations on Adeste Fidelis by Carlos Salzedo? Give or take a bit on the level.

[Elizabeth Volpé Bligh]

The first thing that springs to mind is the Interlude from A Ceremony of Carols by Britten, or one of the solos from Rutter’s Dancing Day.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-oa4O3WKRs (second solo at 12:54) Judy Loman wrote a little suite of Christmas carols, though I don’t know if she has published them. Kim Robertson’s collection of Christmas pieces have some quite challenging ones.

[Hannah White]

Ah yes! The Ceremony of Carols Interlude. That’s a great one. I’ll look into the Rutter, and Judy Loman for sure! I didn’t know she had done a Christmas Suite.

[Alison]

If you like Tournier, “Les Enfants a la Creche de Noel” is interesting and intriguing, but not everybody likes it, it’s characteristically quirky and I like it and it has the ‘Christmas sound’ !

[Elizabeth Volpé Bligh]

Tournier also wrote a lovely suite Six Noëls, and Saint-Saëns wrote Variations Pastorales sur un vieux Noël. The Saint-Saëns can be played either as a solo or with a string quartet.

[Anonymous]

That’s a great one.

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