related works

Nine Poems from "Meeting the Comet" : for countertenor or mezzo-soprano and piano / Ross James Carey; poems by Fleur Adcock

Genre: Vocal music
Subgenre: Voice and piano
Scoring: voc pf

XVIII : outward bound -, for harp solo, '71 / Jos Kunst

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Harp
Scoring: hp

Sonantia : quatre pièces pour deux harpes, 1984 / Nico Hermans

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Harp
Scoring: 2hp

Ballade : per arpa solo / Henri Zagwijn

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Harp
Scoring: hp

composition

...valse oubliée... : for three-octave wire-strung harp or harp / Ross James Carey

Other authors:
Carey, Ross James (Composer)
Description:
...valse oubliée... refers in its title to the series of Liszt’s four piano pieces with the same name. In translation ‘forgotten waltz’ ...valse oubliée... explores memory and the way music can jog both individual and collective memories. In this case, the waltz-like fragments heard in the work create a mood of wistful longing. Given that the wire-strung harp is unable to be re-tuned during performance, the piece is written in an unequally spaced scale (G-Ab-BC#-D-Eb-F) that in its unique construction enables various tonalities to be explored in the course of the work.