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This topic has 5 replies, 6 voices, and was last updated 14 years, 5 months ago by eliza-morrison.

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October 22, 2009 at 3:15 am #145967

Saul Davis Zlatkovski
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The new concerto by John Williams, On Willows and Birches, can be heard in part on YouTube, in a promotional sort of video made with the harpist, Ann Pilot, the composer, John Williams, and the conductor, James Levine.

I believe it is likely to become a piece we will all have to learn and adopt as standard repertoire. It seems like an expansion of the harp writing he did in his movie scores, for better and not. I kind of wish Ann had told him

October 30, 2009 at 9:41 am #145968

HBrock25
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Fantastic Saul, Thanks for drawing our attention to this, very exciting.

Best wishes,
Camilla

November 3, 2009 at 4:31 am #145969

Brandee Younger
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And the piece is absolutely beautiful! 1st mvmt is based on the text, “we hanged our harps upon the willows” from Psalm 137 and is marked ‘dreamily’.

December 5, 2011 at 3:03 am #145970

Donna O
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I actually purchased this for download this afternoon off of Amazon website today.

December 6, 2011 at 1:52 am #145971

rosalind-beck
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Thank you so much for this information, Clinton. It is available for download at a cost of $2.58 at iTunes ($1.29 for each of two movements).

April 1, 2012 at 3:32 am #145972

eliza-morrison
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Ann truly deserves this honor. She is a great musician teacher and person, and has had a wonderful career, worthy of celebration.
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