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  • November 19, 2011 at 12:10 am #146756
    David Ice
    Participant

    I’ve done a harp part for Leroy Anderson’s SLEIGH RIDE. I’ve been asked so many times at rehearsals, “Oh, you’re not playing on this?” that I decided to create a sight-readable part. If anybody wants it, I can email the .pdf file to them.

    November 19, 2011 at 3:34 pm #146757
    Sylvia Clark
    Member

    I always play it with the band, but I just improvise off the score.

    November 20, 2011 at 2:10 am #146758
    Sid Humphreys
    Participant

    Like!

    November 22, 2011 at 11:41 pm #146759
    Elizabeth Volpé Bligh
    Participant

    Wow! We’ve been playing Sleigh Ride for years and I never knew that there was supposed to be a harp part. It must have been lost years ago and never replaced.
    I’ll email you for sure! Thanks, David!

    November 22, 2011 at 11:44 pm #146760
    Elizabeth Volpé Bligh
    Participant

    Oh, I just read this again and I see that there wasn’t a part in the original. You know, it would still be fun to have this for the last concert of a long run of Christmas concerts.

    December 19, 2011 at 4:44 pm #146761
    diane-michaels
    Spectator

    David –
    When I played this on Wednesday, the conductor audibly laughed with delight when he heard the 1st gliss and later asked that it stay in the folder for the next 5 shows. Thanks for sharing!!!

    December 20, 2011 at 6:21 pm #146762
    Alison
    Participant

    I’d like one, can;t count the number of times I have had to sit out during this piece, the conductor liked it so much….!

    December 20, 2011 at 6:51 pm #146763
    Elizabeth Volpé Bligh
    Participant

    I brought this out for the 13th and last concert and the orchestra nearly jumped out of their skins when I did the first gliss! It got a great reaction; thanks, David!

    December 21, 2011 at 1:28 am #146764
    David Ice
    Participant

    Great Elizabeth!

    December 26, 2011 at 10:06 pm #146765
    Brian Stevenson
    Participant

    David, thanks so much for this harp part!

    December 28, 2011 at 2:58 am #146766
    David Ice
    Participant

    Thanks for the kind words, Brian!

    December 28, 2011 at 11:53 pm #146767
    Fearghal McCartan
    Participant

    I agree with you re having a willing conductor there. Saying that, I get called in to play with the university concert band and am often handed a score, asked to listen at the first few rehearsals and then told to ‘add what feels suitable’. The conductor will then check through it, listen & make a few

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