what’s your favorite youtube video at the moment?

[John McK]

Pretty sure it’s nylon. I can;t tell on the technique question.

[deb-l]

Maybe the strings are flurocarbon, they always sound a little like wire to me.

[patricia-jaeger]

I keep returning to hear Angels’ Carol by John Rutter many times. About six or seven choices of videos can be made but most have piano accompaniment; two seem to have harp with the choir and the St Olaf choir is my favorite with the harpist (unseen) playing the accompaniment. The beauty of this composition stays with you making you want to return. What a gifted composer.

[patricia-jaeger]

Here is the link to the video I like so much because the harp is so well miked you can hear each note in Angels’ Carol:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fb6GMv0ZJ1Y&feature=related

[deb-l]

Gloria, I like the sound of the Carolan ballads on the Prelude but not sure about the faster pieces, probably because I’m not adept enough to carry it off on concert tension yet.

[deb-l]

found it Gloria!

[harpglo-jean]

Hi Deb,

The link to the Loreena McKennitt performance of Bonny Portmore on YouTube is:

[helen-rudd]

If you like her version (Loreena Mckennits) you can purchase the sheet music directly from her at her website. She sells the sheet music for all of her music arranged for harp and piano.

[deb-l]

thanks for posting that Gloria.

[jessica-wolff]

Thank you on behalf of the harp! (I have the same ebony Troubadour, albeit without the snazzy gold Loveland levers. No, alas, I have the cantankerous original levers.) I love this video too, and I also play “She Moved Through the Fair.”

[deb-l]

One of my favorite things about Loreena is she plays a Troub and displays it proudly on her cd covers.

[Ken H.]

My fav at the moment now is: Kathleen Ferrier and Celtic Harp.

[carl-swanson]

I know you’re talking about youtube harp video’s. But my favorite youtube video at the moment has nothing to do with the harp. It’s soprano Karina Gauvin singing Lascia ch’io pianga by Handel. Just type in her name on youtube and then hit the top selection(the above mentioned title). I listen to it every night just before I turn in.

[catherine-rogers]

Just listened to that, Carl. Phenomenal!

[carl-swanson]

She’s a wonderful singer. She takes that aria slower than I’ve ever heard it, but it works.

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