{"id":150853,"date":"2023-04-17T17:12:48","date_gmt":"2023-04-17T21:12:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/music\/?post_type=product&#038;p=150853"},"modified":"2023-11-26T07:08:27","modified_gmt":"2023-11-26T12:08:27","slug":"avian-airs-and-carols","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/music\/all-music\/artists\/kathleen-blackwell-plank\/avian-airs-and-carols\/","title":{"rendered":"Avian Airs and Carols"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Listen<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Whence Comes This Rush of Wings\" width=\"1020\" height=\"574\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/h3kpid0RFLA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Kathleen Blackwell-Plank performs Whence Comes This Rush of Wings. The music is coupled with avian photos by Gail Gibson.<\/p>\n<h3>Additional notes<\/h3>\n<p>&#8220;The Carol of the Birds&#8221; (&#8220;Curoo, Curoo&#8221;) in D major (2-sharps) is from Ireland and dates to at least the mid-nineteenth century. This arrangement included lyrics in English and uses occasional rolled chords, glissandi and left-hand harmonics.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Song of the Birds&#8221; in D minor (1-flat) is a traditional Catalan Christmas lullaby that was made famous by cellist, Pablo Casals who chose this piece of his native land to open each of his concerts and recitals. Lyrics are provided in Spanish. This piece utilizes grace notes, rolled chords, arpeggios and frequent but well-marked lever changes (involving F# and C#).<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Whence Comes this Rush of Wings&#8221; (&#8220;No\u00ebl des Aus\u00e8ls&#8221;) in G minor (2 flats) is an old carol from the Bas-Quercy region of southwest of France. This carol tells of the birds who flew to Bethlehem to sing their joy at the birth of the Christ child. They followed the \u201cNo\u00ebl Star\u201d and flew into the stable to sing by the manger. Kathleen Blackwell-Plank\u2019s arrangement for harp utilizes rolled chords, glissandi and grace notes in the introduction and interludes to create the ethereal sounds of birds\u2019 wings and songbird calls to set off this joyous melody. Several E naturals are set before playing but no lever changes are required. All three pieces have chord symbols.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<h4>Scroll down to listen.<\/h4>\n<p><em>Avian Airs and Carols<\/em> is a collection of three traditional avian carols from different countries, arranged by Kathleen Blackwell-Plank for lever or pedal harp with optional voice. &#8220;There are carols of the birds in many cultures,&#8221; says Blackwell-Plank. &#8220;This collection contains three unique examples: a lilting carol in 6\/8 from Ireland, the hauntingly beautiful Catalan melody which has become a symbol of peace, and a sprightly song from France.&#8221; These lovely arrangements would be a welcome addition to the harpist&#8217;s Christmas repertoire but would also be suitable for use at other times of the year. Scroll down for additional notes.<\/p>\n<p>This collection is available as a PDF download for <strong>$12.00<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Pages to print:<\/em> 15 pgs.<\/p>\n<p><em>Duration:<\/em> each piece @ 2:30<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":150858,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[8361],"product_tag":[481,477],"class_list":["post-150853","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-kathleen-blackwell-plank","product_tag-harp-and-others","product_tag-harp-solo","pa_artist-blackwell-plank-kathleen","pa_collection-collection","pa_composer-traditional","pa_genre-folk-traditional","pa_genre-sacred","pa_harp-type-harp-lever","pa_instrumentation-harp-and-voice","pa_instrumentation-harp-solo","pa_level-intermediate","pa_nationality-french","pa_nationality-irish","pa_nationality-other-european","pa_nationality-spanish","pa_occasion-christmas","first","instock","downloadable","purchasable","product-type-simple"],"exclude_global_add_ons":[],"addons":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/150853","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=150853"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/150858"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=150853"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=150853"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=150853"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=150853"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}