“Towards the Light”
\n“Perpetual Dream”
\n“Distant Horizons”<\/p>\n
This collection of pieces is written with \u2018artistic freedom\u2019 as its focal point. Each piece can be played on its own, or coupled with one other, or as an entire suite in whatever order chosen by the performer.\u00a0 In this way, the player moulds the music to his or her own mood or musical journey \u2013 to end strongly or quietly, defiantly or serenely….<\/p>\n
“Towards the Light” is an episodic work beginning with the dark, deep awakenings of Planet Earth followed by the onset of both calm and torrid waters over the land masses.\u00a0 Storms and tranquillity vie for supremacy leading to a tantalising dance -like movement with a driving, persistent 3\/4 – 6\/8\u00a0 rhythm, finishing with a fiery volcanic dramatic ending. Contemporary jazz influences play their part in conjunction with modern day harp effects such as tuning key and nail glissandi, percussive nail flicks as well as pedal slides, \u2018inverted-scale\u2019 glissandi and chromatic pedal motifs.<\/p>\n
“Perpetual Dream” is based on a hypnotic ostinato sextuplet figure, which murmurs throughout the work as a backdrop to the widely-ranging expression of the left hand in elusive melodic fragments with the juxtaposition of harmonic and chromatic tensions and the use of harp harmonics to enhance the atmospheric imagery. The whole piece is based on a jazz scale of Db minor with #11ths and #13ths relentlessly providing the underlying restlessness of the work, which finally disappears into space and timelessness.<\/p>\n
“Distant Horizons” ventures more into a freer contemporary idiom with even greater use of all manner of harp effects, such as pedal slides, percussive soundboard rhythms,\u00a0 gong effect of hitting the lowest wire strings, and\u00a0 \u2018brushing fingertips\u2019 glissandi. The constantly changing meters give a timeless feeling of constant searching with some dramatic interruptions. The piece ends serenely with a pure harmonic resolution signalling the hope of enduring peace.<\/p>\n
These pieces are dedicated to my many wonderful students over the years.<\/p>\n
\u2014Skaila Kanga, London, 2010.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Towards the Light<\/em> is an\u00a0original three-movements suite for the intermediate to advanced pedal harpist, by Skaila Kanga. The movements can be played alone, or together in any order.\u00a0Included are:<\/p>\n “Towards the Light” This piece is available as a PDF download for $15.00.<\/strong><\/p>\n Length<\/em>: 24 pgs. total; “Towards the Light” is 12 pgs.; “Perpetual Dreams” is 5 pgs.; “Distant Horizons” is 6 pgs.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1818,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[446],"product_tag":[8411,477,354,320],"class_list":["post-1814","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-skaila-kanga","product_tag-split-products","product_tag-harp-solo","product_tag-inspirational","product_tag-original-solos","pa_artist-skaila-kanga","pa_composer-kanga-skaila","pa_genre-contemporary","pa_harp-type-harp-pedals","pa_instrumentation-harp-solo","pa_level-advanced","pa_level-intermediate","first","instock","downloadable","taxable","shipping-taxable","purchasable","product-type-simple"],"exclude_global_add_ons":[],"addons":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/1814","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=1814"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1818"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1814"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=1814"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=1814"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=1814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n“Perpetual Dream”
\n“Distant Horizons”<\/p>\n