Harp CD to be launched in Kangaroo Valley
18 Apr 2010
SHE - the Seven Harp Ensemble - will be launching their first CD at their Kangaroo Valley concert on April 18.
Called "Bolmimerie", it is being released on Belinda Webster's Tall Poppies label.
Two of the pieces on the CD are by Kangaroo Valley composer Martin Wesley-Smith. One of them - "Seven Widows at the Gates of Sugamo" - features local choir The Thirsty Night Singers.
Other tracks include Bach's ever-popular "Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring", arranged by the great French harpist and composer Carlos Salzedo.
It's Salzedo's piece "Bolmimerie" that gives the CD its title.
There's South American music ("Malagueña", "Venezolana"), and three more Australian pieces, including Ross Edwards' beautiful "Arafura Arioso".
Some of the CD will be performed live on April 18.
Other works that SHE will perform include Debussy's graceful "Clair de Lune" and a medley of popular themes and dances by Tchaikovsky.
For more information, see www.wesley-smith.info/she2010.html.