| 单词 | harp |
| 例句 | And while the archangels are preparing the courtroom and the blessed tune their harps and certain others lie hunching under their fires, the ladies will be dashing hysterically in and out of fitting rooms. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z At the welcoming feast, the prince had taken up his silver-stringed harp and played for them. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Still harping on that? If there was anything wrong, don’t you think we’d have heard about it by now?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z He stuffed his blues harp deep into his pocket. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z A song of love and doom, Jon Connington recalled, and every woman in the hall was weeping when he put down the harp. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Well then don’t get mad at her if she never does what you ask her to do,” Bertha harped, stirring some flour into a gravy base in a frying pan on the stove. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “But I didn’t pick it. Mr. Ash did. I’ll push him for a harp next time.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Clayton didn’t want to imagine the sound of his blues harp. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z The cop took out the silver blues harp, looked at it, looked at Clayton, then dropped it into a larger plastic bag. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z At this, two strings of his harp snapped with a resounding twang. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z She threw back the pillow where his silver blues harp lay. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z His hand went for his pocket, but his blues harp wasn’t there. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z He kept his arms at his sides, his ears open, his silver blues harp tight between his left thumb and pointer finger. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z “Sad to say, Yunkai has no faith in your promises. They keep plucking the same string on the harp, about some envoy that your dragons set on fire.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z So the young Shaper observes, singing to the few who remain, fingertips troubling a dead man’s harp. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z Clayton had slipped his blues harp in his pocket while he was getting dressed. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z A small string at the upper end of the harp broke with a high-pitched tinkle and curled up like an ivy tendril. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z He raised himself and his movement set the harp to jangling. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z ‘He can play the harp, too. Go tell him to get the ice cream ready and play you a tune.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Some Argie diplomat in New York, still harping on about the Belgrano being outside the zone, said Britain no longer rules the waves, it just waives the rules. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z The background was hazy, a sea of dim faces none of whom I knew, and there was the slow drone of the band harping out a waltz that never finished, that went on and on. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Although shivering in the chill and dampness, the bard put his harp to his shoulder and attempted to cheer the companions with a merry song. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z Everything he felt, everything his blues harp was to him, was coiled around his rapid breathing. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z This nun kept hearing harp notes in her ears and a voice saying over and over, "Alleluia!" The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z “I’ve got a musical message to deliver to ’Arry Potter in person,” he said, twanging his harp in a threatening sort of way. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z He couldn’t show them what he, Clayton Byrd on blues harp, really had to say, but he could play with the rhythm and speak their language. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z It was like counting while playing the blues harp. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z I heard her saying to me, in the candlelit darkness of my bedchamber, “‘By the rivers of Babylon, we sat down and wept....On the willows there, we hung up our harps…. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z To Thee, O God, my God, I will give praise upon the harp. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z A farmer played a one-stringed harp like a hunter’s bow and sang to himself as he waited for someone to buy his chickens. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z For instruments that can tune almost instantly, like voices, violins, and trombones, this is not a problem; but it is unworkable for pianos, harps, and other other instruments that cannot make small tuning adjustments quickly. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z “Nice catch,” Beat Box said, his eyes fixed on the blues harp. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z Since their school didn’t offer band or lessons on musical instruments, Ms. Treadwell let Clayton accompany the class on his blues harp a few times—something he’d never told his mother. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z He knoweth the sound of my harp, and the certain tune I play will tell him we have need of him. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z As he strode along, he began to sing, playing the tune on his harp. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z No sooner had this remark passed his lips than a harp string snapped in two. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z The prospect of having his blues harp taken was more than he could bear. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z He went to the window seat, picked up a harp, and ran his fingers lightly over its silvery strings. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Your banqueting young lords are here in force, I gather, from the fumes of mutton roasting and strum of harping—harping, which the gods appoint sweet friend of feasts!” The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z For those who remained, a singer was brought forth to fill the hall with the sweet music of the high harp. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z No one living understands dying, and no matter what they dream up—from harps and heaven to pickles in Big Macs—they can’t prove a thing until they’re on this side. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z The sound of the harp hitting metal had been more near than far. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z “These are just rumors and gossip. The proverbs say ‘He who harps on a matter alienates his friend.’ The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z A harp string snapped abruptly with a resounding twang. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z The double basses and timpani are rolled in, and helping to wheel in a harp is a woman with a turquoise scarf over blond hair, wearing sunglasses and deep red lipstick. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Whenever you see pictures of saints, men or women, they’re always looking up to heaven where there are clouds filled with little fat angels carrying flowers or harps giving praise. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z She showed me the shapes they held: a rose, a harp, a waterfall. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “We were in seventh grade, and my dad was harping on me real bad. Patrick and his dad were there. It was deer season. I hit one.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z The dogs fall silent at the edge of my spell, and where the king’s hall surmounts the town, the blind old Shaper, harp clutched tight to his fragile chest, stares futilely down, straight at me. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z Toys and harps and kittens, cakes and crowns and butterflies. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z With his precious harp held above his head, Fflewddur plunged into the river, and the others followed. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z He stuck his blues harp in his pocket and followed the Beat Boys to the other end of the platform. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z The harp tensed and one string showed signs of giving way. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z Six harp strings broke at once, and the others strained so tautly they looked on the verge of snapping. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z Robin put on his warmest under tunic and carefully put away the little harp and all the parts and tools so that they would be safe. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z The bard, as lean as eyer, despite the huge amount he had eaten, repaired his harp strings. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z Isagol, reaching into your soul and playing your emotions like a harp. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z But between the chanting, the harp chords, and the train rumble, the magician was losing his audience. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z That Train Ear was holding the blues harp with the wrong side up. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z The boy sits solemn and hears the harp behind closed eyes. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z Don’t care how good anybody could play a harp, God would rather to hear a guitar. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z The sly harp rasped like snakes in cattails, glorifying death. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z “No more blues,” she said, waving the silver harp. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z When the boys had been safely delivered to the keep, Robin remembered the little harp which lay unfinished in the workshop under the south wall. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z I hoped the subject would be left at that, but Beatrice had to harp on it. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z “A harp will not bring my companion to life.” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z “I thought I heard my harp down here,” he said. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z He’d make that harp start from a deep place, then turn around the corner until that bent note came up crying. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z Robin told him about the Saxon harp he was making. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z Cool Papa sat First Guitar on her stand, and Clayton shook the spit out of his blues harp, wiped it with his pajama sleeve, and tucked it under his pillow. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z But for many instruments, such as piano, organ, harp, bells, harpsichord, xylophone — any instrument that cannot be fine-tuned quickly — tuning is a big issue. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z So he sang—or intoned, with the harp behind him— twisting together like sailors’ ropes the bits and pieces of the best old songs. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z “Your gallant tales are worth all the harp strings in Prydain. And you, Taran and Doli, must promise to tell me more of your famous deeds. But first, I must find Lord Gwydion.” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z Then the wings are bigger Father said only who can play a harp. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z I told her she would hear music of all sorts, that her father could find some master to help her learn the high harp. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z On the boulder lay Fflewddur’s harp, which played of itself as the wind stirred the strings. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z It drives me crazy when my own father—who loves me—harps on my future. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z Quietly she wished he might one day again spend as much time holding and touching her like a little harp as he did his incredible books. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z The harp jogged on his back; his shabby cloak was rolled over his shoulder. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z She recalled the constant harping on education in the family. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “Your harp is in a better state than you are,” said Eilonwy, taking the bard’s instrument from his shoulder and putting it in his lap. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z There was a slow colored song in her mind—one Portia’s brother used to play on his harp. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Guyard the Green, who fancied himself a singer, diddled a harp and gave them a verse about tying lions' tails in knots, parts of which rhymed. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z It wasn’t fun being away from things, especially if his mother stayed home with him and he couldn’t play his blues harp. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z She would brush it into such a tower of beauty, people all over heaven would drop their harps just to admire it. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He had just gotten his blues harp back, and he wasn’t ready to let go of it. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z Hunger and soreness from running, climbing, wailing on his blues harp, and plain old not-eating. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z He didn’t remind her it was a blues harp. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z Beat Box said, “Wish you had your harp, man. Wish we could make some noise.” Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z “And we were talking. She asked me if I would show her some harp fingerings, but it’s been a long time since I played harp.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z A herald gave a shapely cithern harp to Phemios, whom they compelled to sing—and what a storm he plucked upon the strings for prelude! The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s not my arm that worries me! It’s my harp!” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z “We don’t need Clay Bird and his harp,” Train Ear said. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z She figures it does no good to harp on mistakes in a routine that’s over and done with when I’m trying to get my head ready for the next event. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Normally they make you feel floaty and think of puffy clouds and hear harps, but right now they look just plain scared. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z “I chose you,” Gwydion said, not unkindly, “more for your sword than for your harp.” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z Peanut butter crackers were bad for playing the blues harp, but they were okay after a day of anger and starvation. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z It has a mournful harping note sometimes, and the very persistence of it, that eternal roll and thunder and hiss, plays a jagged tune upon the nerves. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z The tray was faded but still pretty, with a big rainbow in the middle and three cherubs with harps floating above it. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z And now the suitors gave themselves to dancing, to harp and haunting song, as night drew on; black night indeed came on them at their pleasure. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z He noticed the smooth wood of the harp and how the strings were held with wooden pegs. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z I always imagined my herald—their official name, not mine—would sound sympathetic and ease me into this news, maybe even harp on how it’s especially tragic because I’m so young. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z The young man, the attendant sitting with the harp, does not play. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z He kept his blues harp in his jacket pocket and rubbed his fingers across the holes every now and again. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z He reached for his blues harp, deep in his new pocket. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z My father recited it as gravely as if it were the Modegan royal lineage while accompanying himself on a half harp. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z And then Cool Papa taught him his first blues scale on the harp. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z The harp sighed, the old man sang, as sweet-voiced as a child. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z And yet there was such color and sound, such life: wren men with their caged birds, dream men blowing colored dust, children with their shoe harps making music just by running. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Against one wall stood a large loom and a harp. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z He stood now with his harp, holy and clear, in the wall’s recess, under the window, wondering if he should flee that way to the courtyard altar, sanctuary of Zeus, the Enclosure God. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z To be sure, he wiped it again before sinking the blues harp deep into his mouth. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z Each voice faded out: keyboard, bass, percussion, blues harp, and blues guitar. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z They were talking in the past tense because Tristram had finally been murdered, while playing the harp to La Beale Isoud, by the exasperated King Mark. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Chester flexed his legs, and as quickly as you could run your fingers up the strings of a harp, he had played the whole scale. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z “This is not the time to harp on my fashion sense.” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z But he spins it all together with harp runs and hoots, and they think what they think is alive, think Heaven loves them. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z The musicians, with strange orchestras of bells, large horns, harps, viols, zithers and organs, were playing as the people ate. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z He raised his harmonica to his lips, cupped his hand around his blues harp, and sucked in hard to show his grandfather. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z He stopped harping on how long it would take to get home. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z The squire brought down, and gave Demodokos, the clear-toned harp; and centering on the minstrel magical young dancers formed a circle with a light beat, and stamp of feet. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The last time he was in the park with Cool Papa, he’d played When, Cool Papa, when? on his harp. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z When he opened his eyes he was lying on a hard, smooth surface, his hand tightly gripping Fflewddur’s harp. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z This time he led the way, for the bard admitted—after a number of harp strings had snapped—that he had not been able to keep all Medwyn’s directions in his head. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z It was like a quick stroke across the strings of a violin, or like a harp that has been plucked suddenly. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z I thought about it for a while, remembering the harp, then shook my head. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z It was my mom who was always harping on her, but this sort of feels like maybe Lucy got the last word. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z We are instructed in the finer points of the harp and the lute, the bow and the blade. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z When they got around to the front door, they found the grimy old hag playing a mouth harp with one hand while making her limberjack dance with the other. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z The Bluesmen agreed that they could sure use a man on blues harp. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z But he slid his hand into his pocket and felt his blues harp. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z A harp with a beautiful, sweeping curve was slung from his shoulder, but otherwise he looked nothing at all like the bards Taran had learned about from The Book of Three. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z "Brienne, I am no fit company. Go join the revels, if you would. Drink a horn of ale and dance to Rymund's harping." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z But there was the cross over his bed, and there on the workbench the little harp just as he had left it, waiting for the strings to be fastened to the keys. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z At this, a harp string broke, but the bard gave it no heed, busy as he was in holding his side of the swaying cauldron. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z He pulled his harp out of his pants pocket and wiped Train Ear’s spit and fingerprints off its body. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z Sometimes Robin told them tales, or sang songs, but he spent most of the time in the chamber where he slept, working on the Saxon harp. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z He showed him how they were drawn tightly to the upper arm of the harp by wooden keys which just fitted the tapered holes tightly enough so they stayed whichever way they were turned. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z He spotted a harp in one corner, a loom in another, and a big cooking pot where the stew was bubbling, filling the cavern with luscious smells. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “I count twenty-four strings. How does that even work? That’s more than some harps.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “Look sharp. Be cool. When it rains down on you, you won’t have to ask because you’ll be crying the blues on that harp.” Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z Other amusements later, with song and harping that adorn a feast.” The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The music of the harp and the happy shouting of the warriors echoed out across the dark fen and drowned the crying of birds that flew in the night. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z A great Taonian harp stood in one corner of the main room, and Yarrow’s tapestry-loom in another, its tall frame inlaid with ivory. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z And the way she held the harp between her legs made me think of... well, the things that every boy of fifteen thinks about incessantly. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “And wilt be able to play the harp when ’tis done?” The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z Tossed the blues harp to Clayton, who didn’t expect it, but caught it. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z “I can carry thee right well, as the good friar did. The harp and the crutches we shall strap on so they will not cumber us.” The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z Clayton did have his blues harp, and that was the main thing. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z And his grandfather never called the blues harp a harmonica. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z “Each of you would have given up what you treasured most, for my sake. I’m glad Orddu didn’t take your harp, Fflewddur,” he added. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z “Fflewddur!” he called, while the bard, his beautiful harp slung over his shoulder, raised a hand in greeting. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z He could reach high notes on one end of the harp, or run with the train in the middle notes, and draw in deep and way down for low notes. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z “The only other known jinn harp has her own shrine in a Tibetan sanctuary,” Grandpa explained. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z She shifts on her pouf, repositioning the harp onto the floor, and reaches into her sweater. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z He hung his outdoor hat on a harp, so that every visit to the garden was marked by the sound of a single, crystalline note. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z “Yes, absolutely. Not like a heaven where you ride unicorns, play harps, and live in a mansion made of clouds. But yes. I believe in Something with a capital S. Always have.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z Clayton put on his baseball jacket, tucked his blues harp in the jacket’s deep pocket, and then sat by the window. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z “See that milky streak there? That’s the Milky Way. And on one side you see Aquila. That’s Latin for eagle. And on the other side you see Lyra, the Lyre—that’s a kind of harp.” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Rymund played his harp, accompanied by a pair of drummers and a youth with a set of reed pipes. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z As soon as Milton saw the bridge strung like a giant, glittering harp over the river, panic seized his soul. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Some sense of the grimly-ludicrous moved me to a fretful laugh, as I replied, “I have looked over it. In Heaven’s name, don’t harp upon it!” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z Why don’t I just learn to mind my place, like Miss Anderson is always harping on about? Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z The officer got up, went to a cubby, and returned with a plastic bag containing the book bag and the blues harp, which he placed on the desk. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z Nearby, Marillion the singer sat oiling his wood- - harp, complaining of what the damp was doing to his strings. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He wanted to hold his blues harp and sink it down between his lips while he savored those notes and chords. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z He fastened the crutches to his side and the harp around Robin’s neck, so it hung down his back. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z Taran found the bard strapping his beloved harp more securely to his shoulders. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z “Yes,” the bard sighed, glancing at his harp. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z In my mind I watched her freckled hand move on the old man’s arm as once I’d listened to the sigh of the Shaper’s harp. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z Little poufs and tables of knickknacks spring up like mushrooms, and the walls are lined with Stratocasters and Flying Vs, violins, an assortment of harps, one stout cello propped up in the corner. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Teece grasped the man’s suspenders like two harp strings, playing them now and again, contemptuously, snorting at the sky, pointing one bony finger straight at God. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Octavian spread his arms, revealing his harp tattoo, the symbol of his godly forefather. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z I never had one hour’s happiness in her society, and yet my mind all round the four-and-twenty hours was harping on the happiness of having her with me unto death. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z While she dined, sweet music breathed around her: a great choir seemed to sing to a harp, but she could only hear, not see, them. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “Pa and Miss Hendrix are too old to have a fairy-tale wedding with flower girls and harps playing.” P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z We had all heard Miranda harping for months about how Naomi was greasing up the school. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z He didn’t have his blues harp in his hand or in his pocket so he kept that observation to himself. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z Reaching the gate, Odysseus and the forester halted and stood outside, for harp notes came around them rippling on the air as Phemios picked out a song. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z His attendant, the boy who came here with him—a grown man now—sits by the old man’s bed and plays pale runs on the old man’s harp. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z But his blues harp might as well have been an ocean away. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z Yet he, the old Shaper, might make it true, by the sweetness of his harp, his cunning trickery. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z With a large key he tightened the wooden peg holding the newly repaired harp string. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z Such was the power of the Shaper’s harp! Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z She played the high harp and the bells. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He took his blues harp out of his pocket. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z There’s a false beast that takes the form of instinct and harps on the pointlessness of everything that happens. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z “Yes, well, I don’t deny a certain reputation along those lines. A Fflam is always valiant! I’ve slashed my way through thousands”—he glanced uneasily at the harp—“well, ah, shall we say numerous enemies.” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z When the song was finished Willie polished his harp on the front of his shirt. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z I backed away till the honeysweet lure of the harp no longer mocked me. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z It was the sort of gaze that reached into the tight strings of the soul and plucked, like the strings of a harp. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z The Shaper sings—the harp soughing out through the long room like summer wind—“By deeds worth praise a man can, in any kingdom, prosper!” Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z "Shall I name my longship after you, and play you the high harp, and keep you in a tower room in my castle with only jewels to wear, like a princess in a song?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Through the door came the soft sound of the high harp, mingled with a trilling of pipes. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Later that night they passed a harp—not the old Shaper’s instrument, no one touched that—and the queen’s brother sang. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z He kept harping on the fact that he was hearing that segregationists were going to do something to somebody’s family. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z So he sings, looking down, recalling and repeating the words, hands light on the harp. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z Octavian’s mark was a harp, the symbol of Apollo. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “My father sends greetings and asks how you fare with the harp he gave you. I can see it wants repair,” he added, with a friendly laugh. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z He didn’t understand why he was thanking the pastor, but he understood his mother was mad and embarrassed and would blame his blues harp for his rudeness. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z They passed through a music room where a harp stood sternly apart from them, with never a jangle of strings to mark their footfalls. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z He walked away with his harp in his pocket, and his empty school bag on his back. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z She’d forgotten about taking Clayton’s blues harp away and kissed him on the forehead, which he wiped with his jacket sleeve. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z I harped on this so loud and long that my exhausted father, in desperate need of peace, said, “All right, Callie. I’ll pay you a nickel.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z “But honestly, I was thinking more about your harp. You lost your lyre in that fire. I know what it’s like to be without an instrument.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The old Shaper, a man I cannot help but admire, goes out the back window with his harp at a single bound, though blind as a bat. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z Train Ear held the blues harp aloft, ready to throw it onto the tracks. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z “We does think angels are white robes and harps and all kinds of pretty things, but chile!” Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z The spider rubbed her front legs over her chest as if she were playing the harp. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Without thinking twice, Clayton took his harp from his pocket, found a spot, and came in with the beat, but not on top of the beat. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z “Still harping on my daughter! He calls me a fishmonger? He knows me not Truly, he is mad.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z “How you do harp on that!” said Uncle Andrew. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z He cradled the instrument in one arm and, almost before his fingers touched the strings, a gentle melody, as beautiful as the curve of the harp itself, lifted like a voice singing without words. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z The sounds of lilting speech reached them, along with the gentle strumming of a harp. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z He almost reached for his blues harp but let it stay in his pocket. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z She played the high harp and the bells. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The bard wrapped himself in his own tattered garment and set his harp carefully on a gnarled root. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z “So everything happens for a reason and we’ll all go live in the clouds and play harps and live in mansions?” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z He wore a black velvet doublet and carried the Saxon harp on his back. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z It made all the fast-paced punk songs Dad normally listened to sound like harp music. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Silver oars propelled the craft, each stroke keeping time to the music of flutes and harps. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z The walls are made of glass, the air smells of mint, and harps are playing through the speakers. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z He longed for the music to continue, but Adaon stopped, almost abruptly, and with a grave smile handed the harp back to Fflewddur. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z They dodged acrobats and a stilt walker and a harp player. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z He unslung the harp from Robin’s back and began the music. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z He did not belong here, in the torchlit hall littered with cups and harps, the debris of celebrations he had taken no part in. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z His lungs and soul were ready to pour out his own story through the ten square holes of his blues harp. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z Women, by the way, are still spiritually second-class citizens in Mormonism, though the same is arguably true in most other Western religions, so maybe we shouldn’t harp on them too much. But I’m a good Mormon wife 2012-06-01T23:00:00Z I believe Pretty is accompanied by a glass harp, which consists of bowls filled w/ water and which is the precursor to the glass harmonica. ‘I Could Barely Sing a High C’: Pretty Yende Finally Conquers Lucia 2018-04-25T04:00:00Z A harp from the manufacturer can weigh more than 80 pounds and costs, on average, over $30,000; $50,000 if it’s gilded. How the Harp Got Hip 2021-03-16T04:00:00Z Where Mr. Zender resorts to literal sound painting, it’s often vivid and apt, like the combination of harp, marimba and strings tapped with the wooden part of the bow, in a passage about frozen tears. Schubert’s Chilly Winter Journey, Told Two Ways 2016-10-24T04:00:00Z It's unfortunate you didn't appreciate the twist for what it is and chose to harp on giving it away. Review: In ‘A Life,’ Lonely and Looking to the Stars for Answers 2016-10-24T04:00:00Z Budd was inspired by his childhood in the Mojave desert, and echoed that landscape in this song, which sets a soaring, androgynous, operatic voice against delicate harp strings. F&M playlist 2011-03-17T22:15:01Z He made imaginative and inventive use of percussion, harp, and tuba. Review: New concerto was written for powerhouse violinist — and he delivered 2017-03-17T04:00:00Z She’s accompanied by intricate plucked patterns on harp, guitar and bass fiddle, sustained tones from brass and electronics and quiet metallic percussion. Weezer’s Rock ’n’ Roll Nostalgia Trip, and 10 More New Songs 2021-04-23T04:00:00Z The concert will feature traditional Mongolian folk music with throat singing, horsehead fiddle, harp, piano and guitar. Spare Times for Dec. 18-24 2015-12-18T05:00:00Z Along with the Fauré, the other work written specifically for the harp made the most persuasive case for the solo instrument. Xavier de Maistre Makes His New York Debut 2014-08-15T04:00:00Z He was an Englishman deeply attuned to classic American overfriendliness, and as Gruber, he plucked our eagerness to be liked and trusted like a string on a harp. Alan Rickman: A Great Voice, and So Much More 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z She harped on the need to be a defensive driver. My mother taught me to fear travel. My dog helped me find my courage 2023-03-25T04:00:00Z Over the past 20 years, collaboration has brought new works tumbling forth; a decade ago, a composition for solo harp, “Occam I,” initiated an enormous cycle of “Occam” works. For a Composer at 90, There’s Nothing but Time 2022-02-04T05:00:00Z As he paid, he noticed that the harps had a gold finish rather than the silver that his husband preferred. Jeff Hiller Walks Toward the Light 2022-02-25T05:00:00Z Amid all the moodiness, the piece “Night Loops,” for harp and electronics, shines brightest. Recording reviews: a Glass harpist, arias for Farinelli 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z Only Incense, with its spookily disjointed vocal, echoing harp and squealing theremin, seems cut from the same weird cloth as Part One. Erykah Badu: New Amerykah Part Two: Return of the Ankh | CD review 2010-04-01T14:35:00Z His anti-Semitism and belligerence about expanding Germany’s borders become themes on which he likes to harp. Review: In ‘Look Who’s Back,’ Hitler Returns and He’s Amusing 2015-04-26T04:00:00Z With her childlike soprano voice, Newsom zealously works her harp, trafficking in a strange admixture of Baroque Appalachia—yup, you read that last bit right. The enigmatic genius of Joanna Newsom 2019-09-13T04:00:00Z Wave upon wave of oceanic orchestral sounds — swirling strings, arpeggiated harps, droning brass and winds, the whitecap shimmer of multiple harps, bells, marimbas, vibraphones and keyboards — momentously evoked the Pacific. Weekend concerts across L.A. provide solace in a world gone wrong amid Paris attacks 2015-11-17T05:00:00Z Victor Salvi, who reigned for decades as the world’s foremost maker of harps, died on May 10 in Milan. Victor Salvi, Who Played Harps and Made Them Too, Dies at 95 2015-05-22T04:00:00Z Trevor Noah: He says he’s going to harp less on Fox News. What to watch: TV chat with Hank Stuever 2015-07-31T04:00:00Z Folk legend says that Rory, having collapsed drunk one night by the riverside, heard fairies performing a melody on his harp. Danny Boy at 100 2013-11-10T21:39:11Z At one point, she paused to tune her harp. The enigmatic genius of Joanna Newsom 2019-09-13T04:00:00Z The harp and timpani are used in many pretty passages. `Prima Donna' has US premiere at Brooklyn Academy 2012-02-20T16:57:08Z His advice: “Do yourself in, or learn the harp and play the music of the spheres.” How a Grandmother’s Diary Led to a Long-Lost Literary Gem 2018-11-02T04:00:00Z The film fared less well with critics, many of whom harped on it for copious violence and clumsy attempts at social commentary. 'The Purge: Anarchy': Will horror fans come back for more mayhem? 2014-07-17T04:00:00Z With Janai Brugger, standing in the orchestra and not far from the harp in the center, heaven was in the air. Mirga meets an old master at Disney Hall 2017-10-20T04:00:00Z The second movement is an inert nocturne; in the third an intriguing idea, a duet passage for tuba and harp, dawdles into irrelevance. Review: Planets, Tubas and Febrile Strings With the New York Philharmonic 2016-05-27T04:00:00Z The score, dominated by strings and harp with voluminous nebulae of brass, requires unusual gestures from the players. Orchestra of the League of Composers at Miller Theater 2014-06-18T04:00:00Z Well he never spoke in the films, he only played his harp and joked around. Five great published diaries 2012-07-16T11:00:00Z Traditional regional sounds — accordion, brass bands, harps — turn up throughout the album, alongside rhythms from outside Mexico and electronic effects. Playlist : New Releases: Atlas Sound, Lila Downs and Michael Jackson 2011-11-27T05:03:07Z As they fished the harp from the trunk to retrieve the spare, Lelia had an idea: Why didn’t Mary play right there? Mary Lattimore: Has Harp, Must Travel 2021-10-26T04:00:00Z The first of his “2 Japanese Folk Songs” for harp, written in 2003, contains peculiar timbres and percussive fillips. The Thrill of a Contemporary Classical Concert, Captured on Disc 2021-02-17T05:00:00Z Before joining Good Vibes in the studio, she suggested that Mr. Ross take a harp lesson to better understand how the instrument works. How the Vibraphonist Joel Ross Keeps Finding Fresh Rhythms 2020-10-21T04:00:00Z Its music has typical Malian ingredients: melodies in pentatonic modes akin to the blues, six-beat rhythms, plucked guitar lines derived from traditional harp music, call-and-response vocals. Playlist: Psychedelia of Many Colors, Doo-Wop in Bluesy Shades 2011-08-06T20:30:28Z The final section, back in the music room, contained the only real “music” of the afternoon — an extended trio for harp, violin and glockenspiel that was euphonious and hymnlike. Music takes over every inch of the Phillips Collection 2016-05-09T04:00:00Z A typical video shows Ms. Calley playing pop and R&B on a towering champagne-hued pedal harp in her spacious living room, dotted with various greenery and flooded with natural light. How the Harp Got Hip 2021-03-16T04:00:00Z With such an entrenched reputation, could the harp ever be hip? How the Harp Got Hip 2021-03-16T04:00:00Z A Carrillo harp was used here and there for otherworldly effects. Liminar makes Mexico's Carrillo look like the next great rediscovery 2015-12-13T05:00:00Z There are many sounds, too: devotional chanting, spiritual singing, strings, jazz piano, harp, nasal organ. 5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Alice Coltrane 2022-09-07T04:00:00Z Three times a night, Cafe Society Uptown’s choosy customers sit enraptured while Susie sings old Irish, English and Appalachian ballads and accompanies herself on the zither or the Irish harp.” Susan Reed, a Fleeting Star in a Folk Music Revival, Is Dead at 84 2010-05-02T00:44:00Z “Swift Arrow,” deftly interpreted by Peck and Mejia, comes with an epigraph from the Greek philosopher Heraclitus: “The harmony of the ordered-world is one of contrary tensions, like that of the harp or bow.” Review | At Kennedy Center’s ‘Evening of Jazz and Dance,’ glimmers of renewal 2021-05-03T04:00:00Z SAT-SUN Renovated garden in bloom, bluegrass and harp concerts, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Community calendar: festivals, fairs and more 2013-06-19T19:59:27Z As the preteen Mary transitioned from piano rehearsals to harp recitals, her mother recognized that her daughter wasn’t motivated by such strictures. Mary Lattimore: Has Harp, Must Travel 2021-10-26T04:00:00Z Aucoin himself will conduct the orchestra, which he said is scored for “full strings, a mixture of double and triple winds, full brass, two harps, piano and a lot of percussion doing watery sound effects.” “Eurydice” heads to LA Opera and then Met 2020-01-29T05:00:00Z The orchestration, rich with harmonium, celeste and harp, and aglow with fluttering woodwind and solo string writing, displays Massenet's hunger for throwing every musical meat, fish and fowl into his recipe, with uneven results. Cendrillon; Rinaldo ? review 2011-07-09T23:06:30Z The energetic, forceful writing and robust interchange between the two players dismissed any lingering images of the harp as delicate or pastoral, with the players sometimes using their instruments as percussive vehicles. Music Review: Ensembles Resonate With Each Other 2011-06-06T21:45:25Z His character might have been forced to mutilate his hand to repay a debt, but by Chapter 4 he’ll probably have mastered the harp. ‘John Wick: Chapter 3’ Review: Keanu Reeves Is Back for Another Brutal Round 2019-05-16T04:00:00Z On Jan. 29, the Chinese composer Tan Dun will conduct two of his own new works, including “Nu Shu,” a piece that combines harp music and video art. Performance Guide 2014-12-22T05:00:00Z Young, pealing voices sing largely tonal lines over a luminous mix of organ, cello quartet and harp. Music Review: Trinity Church Brings New Music to 9/11 Remembrance 2011-09-09T23:31:31Z The most obvious of those threads is the number seven: seven acoustic instruments — violin, viola, cello, flute, harp, percussion and harpsichord along with synthesizer, augmented by electronics — traverse seven movements, each cast in seven sections. Exploring the Magic of Seven 2010-09-17T19:44:00Z The track is dominated by a never-ending bass riff and non-stop hi-hat beat, and on top of this, arranger Paul Riser laid violins, cellos, harp and reverberating trumpet. Elton John, the Beach Boys and the fine art of pop alchemy 2010-09-30T21:45:00Z One exception was Sixty Years On, where I decided to transcribe Elton's original demo piano part for the harp intro, changing the last three bars. Elton John, the Beach Boys and the fine art of pop alchemy 2010-09-30T21:45:00Z Cam had ordered the crab cakes and rented the harps, but he had no guests. This Life: What ?Modern Family? Says About Modern Families 2011-01-21T21:20:03Z Here Mr. Lee draws wind carefully but freely through an old flute as Ms. Halvorson’s 18-string harp guitar gently surrounds him, playing speckled melodies, then long single notes, and finally a few warm, pacifying chords. The Playlist: Thom Yorke’s Chilling Ballad, and 13 More New Songs 2018-09-07T04:00:00Z A harp and grand piano that a scrambling crew set up on stage between speakers led to speculation about who else would perform. Tears from a comic, a mom and a legend mark Bryant memorial 2020-02-24T05:00:00Z When her harping poisons the larger conversation, or targets someone else, shift to the “Why?” axis. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: How to get your sister-in-law to lighten up on the weight questions 2019-12-02T05:00:00Z The group readied themselves to play, simultaneously lifting bows to violins, hands to a golden harp and fingers to pluck at guitarróns, their bass guitars. Mariachis Play On, Their Music Unsilenced by the Virus or the Deaths 2021-03-24T04:00:00Z Under the instruction of his sister Aida, he began learning to play the harp. Victor Salvi dies at 95; harp maker was called the ‘lord of the strings’ 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z The gallery is an interactive telling of the Bristol Sessions through images and artifacts, including relevant instruments like the fiddle, banjo, harp guitar, guitar, kazoo and jaw harp, as well as film and music. In Southern Appalachia, Searching for the ‘Big Bang’ of Country Music 2019-08-19T04:00:00Z A soothing mix of harp, hypnotic bass and melodic saxophone, it was meant to honor the spiritual guru Swami Satchidananda, who helped Coltrane see the light following her husband John’s death in 1967. 5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Alice Coltrane 2022-09-07T04:00:00Z The music was dominated by a harp constructed around a large triangular box, originally used in church music but now a favourite with Colombian dance bands. Cimarr?n | World music review 2010-03-21T22:30:00Z The robotic harp seal — the world’s best-known therapeutic robot — is the creation of Japanese scientist Takanori Shibata, but its voice is made in Canada. Why robots are the way of our aging future 2017-08-06T04:00:00Z Expect the unexpected – the sound of a Welsh harp or table tennis may echo from the domed mosaic ceiling. 10 of the best British B&Bs 2014-08-26T04:00:00Z The Berio work obsesses over a clash between two notes, A and B, harping savagely on the dissonance and exploring it in smooth passages and caustic, brittle interruptions. Jennifer Koh’s Bach and Beyond Part III for Violin 2015-02-01T05:00:00Z On Friday, Mr. Avital offered his own effective arrangement of the piece for mandolin and harp, joined by the harpist Sivan Magen. Music Review: Avi Avital Helps Revive, and Grow, an Instrument 2014-01-19T22:08:54Z Auntie's harp is a bit of a red herring too. Flying Lotus 2010-08-21T23:06:00Z Miller, meanwhile, said the five-member band - joined on and off by a cadre of guests with harp, kettle drum, saxophone, tubas and the like at the Saturday event - all like prog music. Prog rock meets folk as Moulettes soar in London 2013-12-02T15:15:27Z The former, for which Newsom moved between harp and piano, featured jaunty passages that sounded a bit like a Burt Bacharach tune. Joanna Newsom, unconventional in every way 2015-12-11T05:00:00Z In fact, on 1976's Dis, Eicher did actually record him playing against a Norwegian fjord – you can hear Garbarek blowing into a wind harp as the North Sea laps in the background. London jazz festival 2012: Where has Jan Garbarek gone? I miss him 2012-11-14T17:21:38Z Much Paraguayan harp music accompanies songs in the local language Guarani, but new composers are changing traditions and expanding its use. In praise of ? the Paraguayan harp 2011-04-13T23:32:53Z They were a light yellowish-brown, stitched with a light-blue thread and decorated with large gold buckles in the form of harps. T Magazine: Comrade, That Suit Is So Chanel 2010-12-09T20:47:00Z “I think of it as a happy seal on a great partnership and life together,” said Mr. Bowen, whose SoHo event featured a harp playing “Somewhere” from “West Side Story.” Special Issue: Gay Marriage: Walking Miles of Aisles 2011-07-22T21:06:19Z Using electric harps that she herself designs, she plays music on a sliding scale between minimalism and superabundance — it’s high on ingenuity and surprise, but less interested in songlike structures. 15 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-10-25T04:00:00Z He called for Republicans to stop harping on the issue until they came up with a unified attack plan. No campaign news, no problem. These strategists can always lend a quote. 2015-03-11T04:00:00Z It involves fiery, flying fingerwork and playing different rhythms with different hands – very different from the Celtic harp music that Joanna had learned. Schoolteachers of rock 2010-04-25T20:30:00Z The museum staff and advisers have learned to recognize typically Irish motifs on unmarked objects; artisans there leaned toward shamrocks, harps, scallop shells, squirrels and the bearded and mustachioed faces of the objects’ original owners. Irish Artifacts and Provenance 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z “One person’s punk rock is another person’s singing ‘Om’ or playing harp,” he told The Santa Cruz Sentinel of California in 1982. George Winston, Pianist With a Soothing ‘New Age’ Sound, Dies at 74 2023-06-07T04:00:00Z Later it became popular among the royal and aristocratic classes of Europe — Marie Antoinette regularly entertained guests at the French Court with her ornate gilded harp — and became a fixture in Victorian-era salons. How the Harp Got Hip 2021-03-16T04:00:00Z Yet it’s still plenty sumptuous, thanks to Zimmermann’s work with harp, celesta and winds. A Musical Modernist’s New, Smiling Guise 2022-12-27T05:00:00Z It’s a signature piece for harp soloist Sophie Baird-Daniel, and nearly twice the length of a typical performance on silks, allowing Perry to expand her act with dramatic drops and additional performers. Seattle trapeze artists team up with live orchestra for what may be a first-of-its-kind performance 2021-11-16T05:00:00Z New York designers have been harping on youth and playing Led Zeppelin, one of the funnier contradictions of Fashion Week. | Fashion Review: Michael Kors, Oscar de la Renta, Theory - N.Y. Fashion Week 2011-09-15T03:49:48Z Mary insists that the harp’s vibrating body, pushed against her pregnant mother’s stomach, was her first influence. Mary Lattimore: Has Harp, Must Travel 2021-10-26T04:00:00Z At first the two instruments maintain the flavors of the cultures they represent, with graceful shakuhachi lines accompanied by vigorous, diatonic harp chords. Music Review | Music From Japan: Interplay of Antiquity With Some Modernity 2010-02-22T08:25:00Z Caribou's jams are more succinct and song-oriented but still utterly unpredictable, like the one with harp and Tibetan singing bowls providing the beat. Top 10 pop-music albums of 2010 2011-01-01T21:54:16Z The association of the harp with chastity and virtue has dogged modern players. How the Harp Got Hip 2021-03-16T04:00:00Z This is a strange harp song, with lyrics about how it's all gotten too much. Manchester International Festival 2013 2013-06-05T08:40:44Z On a larger scale are “Refrain From Riffing,” for harp and saxophone, plus “Centripedalocity,” to be conducted by the omnipresent James Baker. Classical Music Listings for Nov. 11-17 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z As for the instrument’s apparently prohibitive size, he told the Daily Telegraph that he knew “elderly ladies who are not very big, but move their harps around like a professional trucker.” Victor Salvi dies at 95; harp maker was called the ‘lord of the strings’ 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z "People don't see the harp as a young person's instrument but I want to change that perception," she said. Harpist, 21, 'excited' by single 2014-03-13T13:39:26Z By the time Florence yodels her way into You've Got the Love, harp plinking away, I am actually annoyed with her. Going out by staying in: where to watch the arts online 2010-07-25T20:31:00Z The musician is classically trained on harp and piano, but her singing is unpredictable. Joanna Newsom, unconventional in every way 2015-12-11T05:00:00Z When Madison Calley, who is in her 20s, started posting videos of her own harp performances to her social media profiles, she didn’t expect to have even a fraction of that success. How the Harp Got Hip 2021-03-16T04:00:00Z When they all combined, new sounds emerged from the ether; imaginary horns, harps, organs and choirs suited a glorious cathedral awash in sympathetic lights and projections designed by Luke Savisky. Music Review: Stars of the Lid in a Rare Concert in Brooklyn 2013-12-19T23:34:29Z At 16, he played the Mozart flute and harp concerto with the St. Louis Symphony. Druzinsky: CSO harpist known as a dedicated musician 2011-01-10T19:12:00Z Ms. Lash, 34 and a professor at the Yale School of Music, creates richly textured scores that include a chamber concerto for harp. Review: Hannah Lash and Her ‘Life Partner’ at Miller Theater 2016-04-08T04:00:00Z Her songs draw on Celtic tunes, rock propulsion and soul dynamics, backed by a band including a harp and a horn section. Review: Governors Ball Is Ruled by Women 2015-06-08T04:00:00Z Between these two extraordinary works was “Dinah and Nick’s Love Song,” a lovely six-minute fantasia for harp and three oboes written for the wedding of friends. Europe concert diary: Harrison Birtwistle at the Proms 2014-09-08T04:00:00Z Place your lampshade atop the harp, and secure with a finial. Done in a Day: Custom Table Lamp 2010-03-25T21:17:00Z The clothes harped on a masculine ease; the washed denim trousers and sleeveless jackets were appealing. Paris: Hot Colors Retreat as a Muse Enters 2010-09-29T20:41:00Z Prized for their power and sonority, Salvi harps are played today by many of the finest soloists and orchestral musicians in the world. Victor Salvi, Who Played Harps and Made Them Too, Dies at 95 2015-05-22T04:00:00Z In these passages, harp, celesta and silvery alto flute provided a halo for Needleman’s hypnotic sound on the solo part. BSO debut of ‘Oboe Concerto’ bursts with trills and colors 2016-01-15T05:00:00Z The harp is one of the oldest known instruments, and was widely played in ancient Egyptian and Mesopotamian cultures. How the Harp Got Hip 2021-03-16T04:00:00Z Initially trained on the kirar, an Ethiopian harp, he discovered the piano while in music school in Addis Ababa and pursued formal studies at the Sofia State Conservatory of Music in Bulgaria. Music Review: Girma Yifrashewa, Pianist-Composer, at Issue Project Room 2013-06-09T21:47:42Z Ortiz’s chamber works revealed a gift for surprising acoustic pairings, such as two harps and a steel plan in “Río de las Mariposas,” which opened a late morning concert on Sunday. At 75, the Ojai Music Festival Stays Focused on the Future 2021-09-20T04:00:00Z But the songs keep flashing new colors, as in the synthed-up "New York Kids" and "Inside Out," which shimmers with the delicate plucking of what appears to be a harp. Spoon digs back in after hiatus with new album, band member, label 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z There were harp players wearing tiaras and corseted pink gowns, and waiters were made to wear powdered wigs that weighed four pounds. A Palm Beach Power Hostess Prepares for Trump’s Washington 2017-02-11T05:00:00Z The slow ripple of recognition when the crowd hears the harp opening to Dog Days Are Over. Florence and the Machine at Glastonbury 2010 2010-06-25T23:59:00Z Normally the image of heaven runs parallel with that age-old archetype – lots of fluffy clouds and people wearing white robes, as well as the odd harp playing soothing music in the background. Clip joint: heaven 2011-01-12T17:16:53Z But Sinephro has her own thing going entirely: It has to do with her lissome, contained-motion improvising on the harp, and the game versatility of the groups she puts together. 15 Songs We Almost Missed This Year 2021-12-31T05:00:00Z It's a hangout for classical musicians, and the owner keeps a collection of instruments - including a harp - for patrons to play while drinking. T Magazine: Tokyo, Land of the Fixated 2012-09-20T14:00:25Z The intonation between winds and harp was sometimes painful and the brass attacks often not together. Eschenbach takes the NSO back to one of his favorites, Bruckner 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z Mr. Magnuson said he began to notice a shift in harp sales within the last few years, a trend that accelerated with the onset of the pandemic. How the Harp Got Hip 2021-03-16T04:00:00Z Her parents have both endured hip replacements after decades of moving harps. Mary Lattimore: Has Harp, Must Travel 2021-10-26T04:00:00Z As Fast Company points out, the tour included a woman’s choir, tesla coils and a pendulum harp. Björk does it again: Here’s the dazzling preview to her upcoming documentary 2014-08-15T04:00:00Z At the beginning of Mr. Paterson’s work, each instrument inhabits its own distinct sound world: the harp produces rolling arpeggios; the flute plays graceful, slightly exotic melodies; and the viola offers brusque, combative counterpoint. Music Review: Locrian Chamber Players at Riverside Church - review 2011-08-26T22:30:32Z Green is a multi-instrumentalist, playing anything from guitars to keyboards, cello, harp, banjo, percussion and zither, while his colleagues add bass, synth or viola. The Big Eyes Family Players & Friends: Folk Songs II – review 2012-08-02T20:45:01Z “But the three harps push it over the edge.” Megaphones Up, the Philharmonic Opens With Two Young Voices 2018-09-18T04:00:00Z In his setting of the Lord’s Prayer he ingeniously combines harmonium and harp: the profane and the sacred singing at once. Janacek Choral Works on CD ? Review 2012-01-13T16:27:20Z Things don’t go as planned and Mizushima, who has picked up the ability to play a local harp, emerges from the incident transformed. The 10 greatest second world war films you haven't seen 2017-03-29T04:00:00Z In Jaufré’s music, the oboe and low strings are prominent, with harp chords connected to what would have been his instrument, the lute. Your Guide to a Met Opera Milestone 2016-11-25T05:00:00Z He harps on that topic both here and on the even more self-important "Breaking News" — a sign that as a lyricist, he was running in circles, trapped in a cramped world of his making. The New Michael Jackson Album: Not Bad, but Pretty Good 2010-12-10T08:00:00Z What we mean is instruments made of ice – guitars, drums, harps, horns – all, apparently carved from ancient Norwegian glaciers. This week's new events 2012-11-24T00:04:02Z Xavier de Maistre is on a mission to change the way people think of the harp. Xavier de Maistre Makes His New York Debut 2014-08-15T04:00:00Z All of it is done with harp music playing in the background and all of it is played with refreshing delicacy. Torch Song Trilogy – review 2012-06-16T23:05:45Z The tombs also bore human skeletons and artifacts including a type of angular harp used in ancient funerals and sacrificial ceremonies. High times in ancient China revealed in funerary cannabis discovery 2019-06-12T04:00:00Z He accused Rick Perry’s staff of leaking the story, harped on the “Democrat machine,” and claimed that at least one of his accusers had gone after him for money or fame. Jerry Sandusky’s guilty — and so are we 2012-06-25T13:59:00Z Scored for strings, woodwinds, harp, percussion and piano, the piece is remarkably concise: not short, exactly, but with plenty of motion, none of it wasted. Music Review: June in Buffalo at the University at Buffalo 2012-06-10T21:30:06Z He spent the final year of World War II at a base in Brooklyn, N.Y., playing the harp on Armed Forces radio. Druzinsky: CSO harpist known as a dedicated musician 2011-01-10T19:12:00Z Looking like a huge hanging harp tethered to an equally large bronze pulley, the sculpture immediately raised the question: How would it move? Chunky Move troupe visits Seattle with 5 dancers, a giant mobile 2012-04-13T16:50:04Z His snippets of the Indiana State Fair, set to pensive piano and tense harp, form a striking meditation on immigration reform and community. Vilified for Virus, Bats Are a New Album’s Seductive Stars 2020-06-10T04:00:00Z Glinting flutes and harp set up the rhythm of a jota, strings scurry, the xylophone rattles, and Ravel explodes his whole, massive orchestra as the Rapsodie sweeps to a close in exuberant, gloriously splashy celebration. LPO Music in the Courtyard - programme notes 2012-08-29T21:53:45Z To her daughters’ amusement and annoyance, Natalia often harps on how tough she had it growing up poor in a Mexican village and how warped her children’s values are. ‘Jane the Virgin’ on CW and ‘Cristela’ on ABC 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z A full, Wagnerian orchestra with multiple harps and augmented brass is a breathtaking sight in its own right. Opera North tackles Wagner's Ring Cycle – minus the financial dramas 2012-06-12T16:15:28Z Strange contraptions — a pendulum playing a harp, a Tesla coil to zap bass tones — were arrayed around Bjork, her band and an Icelandic early-music choir. Pop and Jazz Concert Highs of 2011 2011-12-28T23:32:40Z Despite its title, “Universal Consciousness” is frightening and white-knuckled, full of prickling atonal strings and harp runs that feel like a free fall into the void. Perspective | Alice Coltrane is finally heralded as a jazz great. A new reissue doesn’t do her justice. 2021-07-08T04:00:00Z And then he drifted around to musical analogies—a vertical piano, or a giant harp, like the one Mainstone had imagined. Turning Bridges Into Music 2015-07-27T04:00:00Z This, in turn, led to a performance by the combined ensembles — with the sarod’s metallic twang offering a captivating contrast to the timbres of Hespèrion’s harp and viols — that drew ecstatic applause. Review: The White Light Festival Opens With a Journey to the East 2019-10-25T04:00:00Z If I could see “Femina” again, I would check just how this sequence matched the music for harp and percussion, but this solo’s overall atmosphere of bold, clear-headed experimentation stays powerfully with me. Dance Review: Take Unusual Music, Mix Contrasting Movements, Stir Well 2011-03-01T22:40:58Z Former contestants say there is another positive potential in the show harping on one man’s lack of sexual experience: It could challenge preconceived notions of what a virgin looks like. Analysis | The new Bachelor is a virgin. But this season will be more sex-obsessed than ever before. 2019-01-07T05:00:00Z Just keeping the full orchestra and the two harp soloists together in the world premiere of the complicated 35-minute, four-movement “The Peril of Dreams” was quite a feat. Review: Seattle Symphony shines in major works by women composers, despite last-minute conductor change 2021-11-19T05:00:00Z “One of the things I constantly harp on in my criticism is I wish more film and TV critics would pay attention to form as well as content,” he said. When Life Looks Like a Wes Anderson Movie 2020-09-29T04:00:00Z Bringing the harp to the masses has been a central goal of Ms. Younger’s career. How the Harp Got Hip 2021-03-16T04:00:00Z "This project" is her March 2013 debut album, which she explains will feature dozens of instruments, including strings, horns, double bass, harp, timpani, celeste and tubular bells. Ones to watch in 2013: Laura Mvula 2012-12-31T10:00:03Z Originally written for a two-manual harpsichord, they have been played on piano, organ, accordion, harp, bassoon, jazz guitar, flute, by a string orchestra, and the list goes on. A celebration of ‘theme and variations’ 2016-09-09T04:00:00Z It’s a bit hectoring, but it’s a message worth harping on. Strangers on a Train: Gabriel Kahane’s Wrenching “Book of Travelers” 2019-01-30T05:00:00Z “We get a little caught up in harping on the difficulties and, of course, it’s more money,” she said. Rings Fit for All Fingers 2022-04-27T04:00:00Z “She always wanted to place the harp into a context where it wasn’t treated like precious furniture.” Mary Lattimore: Has Harp, Must Travel 2021-10-26T04:00:00Z These will be available for purchase or free download for each of the standard orchestral string, woodwind and brass instruments as well as for recorder, saxophone, euphonium, piano, harpsichord, guitar, harp, percussion and voice. Carnegie Unveils Music Education Program 2011-03-25T23:03:39Z Young Victor received his first harp lessons from his older sister Aida, also a professional harpist. Victor Salvi, Who Played Harps and Made Them Too, Dies at 95 2015-05-22T04:00:00Z The trailer doesn't make this explicit, but I'd imagine that to really make us laugh at our tragedies, the harp makes an amusing "SPROING!" noise as the planes hit. At last, the 9/11 musical 2010-09-08T07:54:00Z Though a harp is hardly an impulse purchase — prices for Salvi pedal harps range from $11,500 to more than $100,000 — he created several models with far less gilding and ornamentation than was traditional. Victor Salvi, Who Played Harps and Made Them Too, Dies at 95 2015-05-22T04:00:00Z Aside from a large network of cross-country ski trails, the inn offers fitness and yoga classes, snowshoeing, mountain biking, summer concerts and wine tastings, as well as occasional harp lessons -- and frequent music. Von Trapps' Vt. lodge taps interest in new musical 2013-12-12T14:00:36Z James Fouchard’s attic set surrounds us with dark wooden dressers and tables and family artifacts that include an old phonograph and even a big golden harp. ‘The Price’ is right: Selling the furniture and hashing out the past 2015-05-17T04:00:00Z Static shots show three sculptural objects — an ax, a marble log girder and an altered harp — on pedestals in all-white rooms. Art in Review 2010-03-04T22:24:00Z They share the beat, tapping it on the bodhran, and slip in counterpoint from fiddle or Celtic harp. Critics? Choice: New Music From Gorillaz, the Chieftains and Fenn O?Berg 2010-03-14T21:41:00Z Mr. Balliett defined the next piece, his own “Clytie and the Sun,” as “a rap cantata for rapper, soprano, harp, saxophone, piano and electric guitar.” Music Review: Resonant Bodies Festival at ShapeShifter Lab in Brooklyn 2013-09-06T22:26:20Z He opened playing a harp, a Christmas present from his wife Amy a few years ago. Nils Lofgren, guitarman to the stars, also shines solo 2015-01-20T05:00:00Z She sings them in her high, guileless but determined voice, accompanied by her harp. The Best Albums of 2015 2015-12-09T05:00:00Z Sick of It: First, start with an observation and question combo, next time she harps on it: “Mom, I notice you’ve been talking a lot about people’s weight. Any reason for that?” Perspective | Carolyn Hax: How to stop mom from constantly talking about weight? 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z In April, it was reported that the orchestra for “The Phantom of the Opera” in London would be slashed in half when it reopens, with percussion, harp and oboe replaced by keyboards. Andrew Lloyd Webber’s New Act: Activism 2021-07-12T04:00:00Z Mr. Bagby has won deserved acclaim over the years for his one-man performance of “Beowulf,” which he speaks and sings while accompanying himself on a six-string medieval harp. Music Review: David Lang’s ‘collected stories,’ at Zankel Hall 2014-04-23T21:25:46Z She has taken on a small group of students — all women of color — hoping to instill enthusiasm for the harp. How the Harp Got Hip 2021-03-16T04:00:00Z The Times’ Jessica Gelt reports on how to make a harp that requires two days to tune and install. Essential Arts & Culture: Ojai's new musical direction, a bangin' Bartók, an innovative arts patron gets her due 2017-06-03T04:00:00Z In the finale, while the strings continue to play more fluently, flute, percussion, harp and harpsichord engage in a series of marcato chimelike chords. Dance Review: Moving Preciously to the Music, Sometimes Stealing Away With It 2010-09-23T21:53:00Z The mariachi was originally inspired in part by Spanish theatrical orchestras, which included violins, the harp and guitars. Mariachi fights for its place in a Mexico dominated by youth-oriented genres 2010-09-10T04:01:00Z The harp music at the wedding is suggested at first by the violas playing staggered staccato notes. Music Review: The Tale Those Strings Can Tell 2011-02-04T23:57:02Z William Taylor weaves harp interludes with atmospheric skill, even enhancing the plainchant. Carmina Celtica: Medieval and contemporary spiritual songs, Canty/Tavener, William Taylor (harp) 2010-09-04T23:06:00Z Rather than lug her harp, she took a keyboard, savoring Adriatic vistas while composing her first film score. Mary Lattimore: Has Harp, Must Travel 2021-10-26T04:00:00Z The program began with Hannah Lash’s “Folksongs: I, II, III, IV,” an appealing set of short, sweetly melodic pieces for piccolo, harp and exotic, light-textured percussion, performed by Maya, a trio with that unusual constitution. Music Review: Soundtrack for Bird and Turtle, and Other New Music 2011-03-29T21:48:48Z I'd been interested in the harp music of Argentina and Venezuela since my 20s, music I came across quite by chance. Schoolteachers of rock 2010-04-25T20:30:00Z So there she was, shivering by her harp, and Lenny looked over and saw she needed clear beats. Playing for Lenny: Musicians Recall the ‘Magical’ Bernstein 2018-08-23T04:00:00Z The Fireside Folk Harp, which costs $169 and can be shipped ready made or as a D.I.Y. kit, has become a popular choice among harp hobbyists and beginner musicians. How the Harp Got Hip 2021-03-16T04:00:00Z David advocates calling back a departed spirit with the harp and lyre. L.A. Phil covers lusty Modern Italian with gusto 2015-03-11T04:00:00Z Mr. Cotton wrote many tunes and sang in a gruff, guttural vocal style, but he was better known for his skill on the harmonica — or “harp,” as blues musicians often call it. James Cotton, hard-blowing harmonica master of the blues, dies at 81 2017-03-18T04:00:00Z Employing his ethereal voice, guitar pyrotechnics, piano, harp and even his tap shoes, the versatile musician instantly whipped the crowd into a frenzy at New York's historic Tarrytown Music Hall. Nils Lofgren: Eye-popping past, poignantly present 2011-07-03T21:31:04Z The music for chill rock star Jayden is all strings, while spunky Vivian gets a percussive beat tapped on the body of the harp. What does a mother’s love sound like? Seattle Symphony’s Lullaby Project finds out. 2019-05-10T04:00:00Z Though the songs were built on instrumental and vocal repetition, the set was diverse, pivoting from 1960s pop to hip-hop to a ballad accompanied by harp arpeggios. Review: Panda Bear’s Bloops and Swirls Usher In Another CMJ Music Marathon 2015-10-14T04:00:00Z On Tuesday, Trump was harping on height again with an insinuating message on his retweet of an old golf-course photo of the two of them. Perspective | Trump is obsessed with height. Now he’s trying to weaponize it in the election. 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z Mr. Bowen erroneously added a harp and clarinet but lost the double bass, while misinterpreting Weill’s abbreviations for “piano,” splitting the part between piano and clarinet. Kurt Weill’s Music for a Magical Dance, Lost and Now Found 2018-03-13T04:00:00Z The door opening should have been accompanied by a harp flourish — this was luxury. In Italy, among the literary A-list, I find my own siren song 2019-07-12T04:00:00Z Much of the work is dissonant, there is little that's hummable, but it holds the interest with orchestral textures, harp and percussion accents and the ever-present cello soliloquizing above it all. A symphonic evening with Morlot and the French masters 2012-03-16T17:21:04Z “I love playing for people who have never seen a harp, who think it’s a museum piece. I want people to feel like they can approach it.” Mary Lattimore: Has Harp, Must Travel 2021-10-26T04:00:00Z Mr. Otway is a courtly polymath of 55 who has been, at various times, a theater operator, a lawyer, a harp player, a model-boat builder and a war photographer. Tommy Guns and Other Crime World Curiosities 2010-11-19T07:15:00Z In a concert featuring new pieces, a small ensemble of instruments including harp, orchestral chimes, keyboard and cymbal shared momentary clusters of notes or fleeting motifs, like bits of crystal briefly catching the light. Big Ears Festival: 15 Performances That Soothed, Jolted and Intrigued 2019-03-25T04:00:00Z The tracks range from the swirling piano and harp sounds of Cherry Blossom, to the title track's glimmering harp sounds, arco bass and splashing cymbals, and the solemnly compelling low-trumpet epilogue, Finding My Way. Matthew Halsall: Fletcher Moss Park – review 2012-12-20T21:30:08Z I wanted to ask about how hard it was when they started harping on keeping your eyes open. Stefano Langone tells all in media conference call 2011-04-25T21:10:05Z It's impossible to put into conventional context a musician who plays harp and sings 20-minute symphonettes backed by a full orchestra. Joanna Newsom ? easy to appreciate, hard to enjoy 2010-07-29T20:33:00Z In a literal sense, Lilley says, he's right – but those melodies are now chiefly played on piano, french horn and harp. Michel Legrand puts his Umbrellas up indoors 2011-03-17T22:10:01Z “We don’t own instruments anymore — everything was liquidated. We have to rent percussion, rent a harp. We had to buy a coffeepot.” New York City Opera, on the Rebound With a Boost From Bernstein 2016-12-30T05:00:00Z It's for children's voices and harp, and Britten wrote much of it while sailing back from America in 1942. Benjamin Britten: a top 10 2013-01-09T19:30:01Z Anne Manson conducted the Juilliard Orchestra in a vibrant reading of the piece, with its shimmering palette, including harp ripples, colorful outbursts on the piano and elusive violin melodies. Music Review: Schnittke-Inspired Focus! Concludes With Gubaidulina Work 2014-02-04T22:09:26Z Prince Charles became the owner of one in 2006, when Mr. Salvi presented him with an ornate, heavily gilded instrument known as the Prince of Wales harp. Victor Salvi, Who Played Harps and Made Them Too, Dies at 95 2015-05-22T04:00:00Z I want a harp player for my show today. As a Daytime Host, Kelly Clarkson Has No Fear of Being Vocal 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z Near the end, Adams brings in monumental brass, but he leaves us as he found us, drifting off into microtonal harp and piano reverie. A serious Beethoven in John Adams' latest 'Absolute Jest' 2016-09-30T04:00:00Z Did we mention that it's got harp on it? New band of the day ? No 789: The Lucinda Belle Orchestra 2010-05-18T15:45:00Z My wife, Hannah Stone, will be accompanying me on the harp. Bryn Terfel Returns to the Metropolitan Opera. (Sort Of.) 2020-12-11T05:00:00Z This is a setting of the 1942 Benjamin Britten score, composed for choir and harp, which Alston and his accomplished company will variously augment with dance students, a choir and a harpist performing live. This week's new theatre and dance 2012-02-11T00:05:00Z “Blue Danube” features swans, a vulture, TNT, and a harp. Wuvwy Music 2015-05-22T04:00:00Z The plot — if one can call it that — harps even more than the film on the parable of female self-improvement, in the mode of “Wicked” and “Legally Blonde.” Theater Review: In the City of Second Chances 2010-10-19T11:34:00Z Morphing through nearly nine minutes, the track struts on Ndegeocello’s synthesizer bass lines; twinkles and hovers with Brandee Younger’s harp; and sprints toward the end with double time drumming, headed somewhere new. Rosalía and Rauw Alejandro’s Love Trilogy, and 8 More New Songs 2023-03-24T04:00:00Z At one point there is a fraught cadenza, joined by a solo viola and, eventually, a harp. Christopher Rouse and EarShot Premieres From Philharmonic 2014-06-06T04:00:00Z It summons up a shimmering medieval aura — positively High-Elven — of voices, harps, chimes, recorders and viola and harps. Dance Review: Christopher Williams Works at Dance New Amsterdam 2010-06-09T00:18:00Z Mr. Sides addresses this question but doesn’t harp on it. Books of The Times: Hampton Sides?s ?Hellhound on His Trail? Traces Martin Luther King Jr.?s Killer 2010-04-21T22:24:00Z I don't think God cares if it’s an angel playing with a harp or if a rapper is talking about the good news and inspiring. Michelle Williams on her 'Journey to Freedom' 2014-09-09T04:00:00Z In came the two harps, the tuba and the bass drum and cymbals you couldn’t help noticing the minute you walked into the hall on Sunday. Music Review: ‘Messiah,’ by Distinguished Concerts International New York 2012-11-26T22:07:22Z As she plays the instrument, it brings to mind the sound of water falling in underground caves, or distant, muted harps. Evelyn Glennie's stone xylophone 2010-08-18T21:00:00Z Thanks to a collection of emerging independent artists and social media musicians, the harp is also finding a new audience. How the Harp Got Hip 2021-03-16T04:00:00Z The opening sample sounds like a Buddhist singing bowl, and from there it's layers of texture: splashing harp, clanging bells, the cracking of a million knuckles. Friday Favorites: Language Arts, Caribou, Gonjasufi 2010-05-21T18:48:00Z Williams picked up one of her 11 guitars — a harp guitar, where bass strings poke diagonally from the guitar’s small body. The Face of Solo Guitar Is Changing. It’s About Time. 2021-04-28T04:00:00Z There was a nice tension between cohesion — everyone was composing for string quartet and harp, conducted by Mila Henry — and variety, with some numbers spare, some lush, some poppily alert, some sincerely mild. A Dance Steals the Show at an Opera Festival 2020-01-19T05:00:00Z Mahler uses four harps, and each could be distinguished. Why America got it wrong on Riccardo Chailly and how the Italian conductor is proving it 2016-08-15T04:00:00Z I’m harping a lot on the show’s negatives here, but that’s partly because I think Smash is being sold as something more groundbreaking and brilliant than it actually is so far. Dead Tree Alert: Smash: Broadway?s West Wing, or Its Studio 60? 2012-02-02T15:31:12Z On Sundays at noon, Elsz, a Brooklyn singer and musician, teaches yoga that is elevated by her harp playing and soothing singing at the beginning and end of class. In This House, Everyone’s Welcome 2018-06-27T04:00:00Z Instead, she poured herself into other forms of expression and study: music — she played the harp — visual art, philosophy and puppetry. How Does Time Pass at This Rave? With Hypnotic Precision. 2022-09-07T04:00:00Z Instrumentalist Lucina Yue, who also is from Xinjiang but now lives in New York, plays the konghou, an ancient Chinese harp. In Pasadena, the $6-million Chinese stage show that was three years in the making: 'Memory 5D+' 2017-05-22T04:00:00Z The English sisters Hattie and Charley Webb, playing Celtic harp and acoustic guitar, performed “If It Be Your Will,” turning it into a celestial invocation. Music Review: Leonard Cohen at the Barclays Center 2012-12-22T00:28:21Z “It Must Be So” milked a very tender harp. Wait, wait ... It’s opera at the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra 2015-06-14T04:00:00Z “Broken Politics” is filled with the sounds of an international assortment of instruments — piano, kora, harp, wooden flute, steel drums, hand bells — that echo the cultural cross-pollination Berger encouraged at Creative Music Studios. Neneh Cherry Never Stopped Taking Risks. Now She’s Making Politics Personal. 2018-10-17T04:00:00Z Sultry string figures embellished with sweeping harp recalled what Hollywood composers nicked from Duke Ellington; staggered section entries piled up with Gershwin-esque swagger. Music Review: New Juilliard Ensemble in 2 Premieres - Review 2011-09-25T21:55:41Z Above the pigeons were the smoke-blackened remains of the once-colourful Renaissance frescoes featuring a dozen angels playing harps, pipes and other medieval instruments. Restorers tackle obscene 17th-century graffiti on rediscovered frescoes 2012-10-08T12:35:03Z It began with Michael Fink's beautiful "As is thought/Aurora" for bass clarinet, vibes and harp blending in a heavenly slow procession. To introduce a newly discovered John Cage work, CalArts makes much of 'Minimalism means' 2016-04-08T04:00:00Z The orchestral tracks provide a panoramic backdrop of sustained strings and swirls of harp, while the big-band horns punch up songs grounded in Chicago blues. Albums by Neil Young, Bette Midler and Miguel Zenón 2014-11-03T05:00:00Z Her classical harp plucking stayed at the center of the music, with small and large ensembles standing by, but she had opened up spaces and silences in her arrangements. The Week Ahead: NOV. 21 ? 27 2010-11-20T19:34:00Z Some pieces are arrangements of works for other forces, made at Hoitenga’s request, such as “Tocar,” originally for violin and piano, made here into a striking version for flute and harp. CD reviews: A conductor takes risks with Tchaikovsky 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z The brand’s name is polysemic, deriving from the ARP 2600 modular synthesizer, the Greek word for harp and the work of the German French artist Jean Arp. For Barnabé Fillion, Fragrance Is a Multisensory Affair 2022-05-24T04:00:00Z In fact, what Lyra Davidica means is the “harp of David.” The Fallen Worlds of Philip Pullman 2019-09-29T04:00:00Z All the works on Thursday’s program were written in the past 10 years, except for “Bariolage,” a six-minute fantasy for solo harp, created in 1992, when Mr. Carter was a spry 83. Music Review: Elliott Carter Celebrates 103rd Birthday at 92nd Street Y - Review 2011-12-10T00:36:32Z His search for a suitable starter harp initially led him to a manufacturer in Pakistan. How the Harp Got Hip 2021-03-16T04:00:00Z The earliest material is in Blue Heron’s “Christmas in Medieval England,” recorded live for this Boston group’s own label under the direction of Scott Metcalfe, who also provides accompaniment on harp. A Classical Christmas, Across the Centuries 2015-12-21T05:00:00Z I also knew a harp-builder who was making an Anglo-Saxon harp. In Seattle: ‘Beowulf’ sung the way Anglo-Saxons might have heard it 2013-04-04T22:39:58Z "Just tuning up my harp and viola, been asked by patti smith to join her again as part of her backing band," he wrote. Patti Smith writing detective novel 2011-01-27T10:13:03Z Its harp writing is tactile, its flute lines rich in melody. Music Review: June in Buffalo at the University at Buffalo 2012-06-10T21:30:06Z Finally, why do we women keep harping about women’s rights, women’s safety and women’s dignity? Sexist Silences and Other Letters to the Editor 2022-02-09T05:00:00Z She earned her Ph.D. in composition at and a performance certificate in harp at the Cleveland Institute of Music, and is now studying with the composer Martin Bresnick at Yale. Remaking a Dark Tale, With Real-Life Notes 2010-09-17T19:44:00Z His harp playing gave me many hours of joy and happiness. Toots Thielemans, Who Won Jazz Renown With the Harmonica, Dies at 94 2016-08-22T04:00:00Z “Virile” is an unsympathetic elegy for old-line masculinity, a march that sometimes melts into a swirl of harp, voices, flutes and strings, with taut wordplay about the construction of male identity: Moses Sumney and Perfume Genius: Complex Voices of Desire 2020-05-17T04:00:00Z The Renaissance group said that after reading of his troubles, it decided to perform the work — a setting of Wallace Stevens’s “Sunday Morning” for soprano, string nonet and harp — in the late winter or spring. Effort to Revive City Opera Includes a ‘Tosca’ Staging 2015-11-11T05:00:00Z For the “Bohemian Rhapsody” video, performers are shown singing the tune at home or outside as well as playing an array of instruments from piano and guitar to harp and violin. Fans create their own 'kind of magic' in new Queen music videos 2019-10-24T04:00:00Z Their name derives from the traditional krar harp that is central to their music. VIDEO: Africa Beats - Krar Collective 2013-06-06T23:05:05Z They’ve got lessons, and young people learning the harp and flute and dancing. A Word With Paddy Maloney: The Chieftains? Paddy Maloney Prepares Group?s Golden Jubilee 2012-02-15T00:33:58Z One of the liveliest venues is the Hawai’i State Art Museum, 250 S. Hotel St. First Fridays always feature music — bluegrass on the night I visited — but also slack-key guitar, harp and piano. Honolulu’s Chinatown has been revived with a focus on arts, dining and shopping 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z Yeah, sorry to harp on the freckle point, but they are so detailed that at first I just thought M.I.C. had given Zuck a load of acne. Mark Zuckerberg action figure complete with freckles, Adidas 2011-03-09T21:10:00Z Listening to the opening of Bartók’s Second Violin Concerto, with its strumming harp and plucked strings preparing the solo violin’s entrance, I’m always reminded of the iconic scene in Cecil B. DeMille’s 1934 “Cleopatra.” CD reviews: Two lyrical recordings of classic 20th-century scores 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z Shortly before taking the podium to conduct an orchestra of nearly 250 students — some seated at a row of short, child-friendly harps — Ms. Alsop thanked the parents, teachers, school staff, donors, politicians and volunteers present. An Orchestra Adopts a City, One Kid at Time 2018-05-08T04:00:00Z It’s a romantic smoke and mirrors trick that still harps on loneliness, even if only by profiting from society’s discomfort with lonely people rather than fixing said loneliness itself. Boyfriends for rent, robots, camming: how the business of loneliness is booming 2020-11-01T04:00:00Z Fox News analyst Howard Kurtz is still harping on the matter. “Adios motherf*ckers!”: Jon Stewart calls out Fox News hypocrisy one last time — and it’s absolutely glorious 2015-08-04T04:00:00Z June Han and Bridget Kibbey gave a mesmerizing account, their harps twinkling, rippling and bristling in alternation and in tandem as they cooed, murmured and chanted the text. Music Review: Karlheinz Stockhausen Seen in a Different Light 2010-05-04T21:25:00Z Soon the entire ensemble breaks into aggressive pizzicatos: a horrific din of plucking, the “harp gone mad,” as Ms. Wolfe put it. Music Review: The Tale Those Strings Can Tell 2011-02-04T23:57:02Z The principal harp, Nancy Allen, brought the smooth, slightly unearthly resonance of temple bells to her music. Review: Gustavo Dudamel Leads His New York Philharmonic 2023-05-20T04:00:00Z There’s very little guitar — just drums, piano and the occasional harp. The Otherworldly Charms of Florence + the Machine 2011-11-03T09:00:45Z It's an attractive work, with a languorous opening movement built from the intertwining flute and harp lines, a more urgent central one and brief, elegiac finale. Panufnik: Sinfonia Rustica; Sinfonia Concertante; Polonia; etc 2010-10-21T21:31:00Z Eventually they create something – using accordions, mandolins, harps, guitars and drums – with the visceral attack of rock and the rhythmic propulsion and thrilling momentum of dance. New band of the day ? No 874: The Mariner's Children 2010-09-23T14:57:00Z When the ‘distant sound’ is finally heard played by harp, celesta and piano, it can’t really be grasped, but slips through the fingers in a dreamlike way.” Schreker's Operas Begin to Be Heard 2010-04-13T10:00:00Z Its style changes constantly: the vocal writing is often angular and tense, occasionally lyrical and sometimes spoken, and the instrumental scoring — for violin, viola, cello, flute, clarinet and harp — mirrors, punctuates and comments on it. Music Review: Signal, a New-Music Orchestra, Plays at Merkin Concert Hall 2010-05-28T21:45:00Z She's a floating sprite, her murmurs and wordless refrains sprinkling sonic pixie dust as plucked harps, pounding drums and dynamic swells echo. Lollapalooza Day 3: Jack White, Florence + the Machine, At the Drive-In and the amazing Amadou and Mariam 2012-08-06T06:00:00Z He bought her furs and jewels and golden harps, and she went to live in a palazzo on the Grand Canal in Venice, her primary residence to the end of her life. Yoko Nagae Ceschina, Countess and Fairy Godmother to the Arts, Dies at 82 2015-01-18T05:00:00Z Not to harp on it, but this is the kind of scenario that moves readers to ask if my letters are fake because they can’t imagine real people would do this. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Mom calls off your baby shower so you can plan sis’s bridal shower 2019-06-19T04:00:00Z To be fair, not everyone has harped on this line of thinking. Stop gloating over Charlie Sheen’s “hookers” and hook-ups: HIV isn’t punishment for promiscuity or sex work 2015-11-18T05:00:00Z As the clarinet spun its sinuous theme at the beginning of the Lutosławski, the supporting haze of strings and harp sounded as dewy and delicate as anything in the Ravel – but potentially lethal, too. Philharmonia/Salonen – review 2013-03-22T17:30:00Z He coaxed the sound from the harp – a big, rich, lyrical sound that blended beautifully with other instruments. Druzinsky: CSO harpist known as a dedicated musician 2011-01-10T19:12:00Z "I had a harp player at my wedding," the cat said, "and it was lovely." Animal passions: David Sedaris's modern fables 2010-10-02T23:06:00Z A damp harp patters in the background, adding an air of ominous mystery. “Beatriz at Dinner” brings politics to the table, with no manners and ample humor 2017-06-08T04:00:00Z The sound of cascading rain segues into generic harp music. Review: ‘Umusuna: Memories Before History,’ a Butoh Premiere 2015-10-30T04:00:00Z “The harp is challenging,” said Pauline Turley, the center’s vice chairwoman. For the Irish Arts Center, a New Home to Expand 2014-03-16T21:05:51Z A tolling, gospelly piano and a swirl of harp start her off, letting her preach; later verses add a ratcheting beat and a cinematic horn flourish. The Playlist: Mary J. Blige Sings of Self-Empowerment, Kendrick Lamar Raps About Power 2017-03-31T04:00:00Z Some of what followed showed harmony with the harp playing in Ms. Parkins’s music, but there was no close affiliation of sound and dance. Dance Review: BodyCartography Project at American Realness Festival 2013-01-17T21:47:00Z Ravel composed the work for the piano, but here it was performed in an arrangement for flute, harp and viola by the harpist and composer Carlos Salzedo. Rearranging Ideas About Alternate Arrangements 2010-06-11T14:18:00Z She stopped next to two towering pedal harps — one ivory and one walnut — made by the famed Lyon and Healy music company in Chicago. How the Harp Got Hip 2021-03-16T04:00:00Z The program’s centerpiece is the world premiere of a genuine rarity: a double harp concerto, commissioned by the Seattle Symphony, with the composer Hannah Lash as one of the two soloists. Review: Seattle Symphony shines in major works by women composers, despite last-minute conductor change 2021-11-19T05:00:00Z The following day, Close will tune the harp, a process that he’s got down to a science. The Earth Harp turns an L.A. skyscraper into world's longest stringed instrument 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z And then there was the harp, which is one of my favorite instruments to write for, highlighting this lullaby quality. Drag Star Sasha Velour Lip-Syncs for Her Operatic Life 2021-03-29T04:00:00Z Critics and their worn-out thesauruses eventually do a number on almost every musical instrument, but the harp is perhaps the most routinely maligned by adjectives: ethereal, celestial, ghostly, spectral, delicate, feminine, angelic, soft. The Seismic Emotion of Mary Lattimore’s Harp Music 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z For some, it’s white clouds and harps; for others, an eternal shore of silence. | 'The Divine Sister': No Doubt, Not a Typical Singing Nun 2010-09-23T02:03:00Z Lee, predictably, continued to harp on the playing of said “race card.” ‘The Bachelorette’ Leans on a Racial Conflict, and Nobody Wins 2017-06-28T04:00:00Z King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, from Australia, clearly don’t take themselves entirely seriously, but they tore into their hopped-up boogie drone, topped with blues harp. Eras Mix Among 1,300 Groups at CMJ Music Marathon 2014-10-26T04:00:00Z Early on he played a drugstore harmonica and a jaw harp, then annoyed older musicians by noodling on their guitars when they weren’t around. A Biography of a Blues Legend, Five Decades in the Making 2023-04-17T04:00:00Z As she mourns a lost child in “Baby Birch,” at first alone with her harp, other instruments, including a distorted electric guitar, float in like glimmers of what might have been. Critics? Choice: New CDs 2010-02-22T13:57:00Z He opened a repair shop on the West Side of Manhattan and in 1954 built his first harp. Victor Salvi, Who Played Harps and Made Them Too, Dies at 95 2015-05-22T04:00:00Z Utter the words "TV show about art" and chances are that you'll think harp music and agreeable nuns. Weird and cool 'Touching the Art' series heads to Art Basel 2014-12-02T05:00:00Z He created for clarinet, piano, harp, harpsichord, marimba and percussion. You’re the Choreographer, an iPad’s Your Stage 2014-06-25T04:00:00Z The new concerto is a work of considerable beauty, with delicate, feathery glissandi in the two harps, a bewitching double cadenza, and intricate rhythmic patterns. Review: Seattle Symphony shines in major works by women composers, despite last-minute conductor change 2021-11-19T05:00:00Z Stalwart British brass answered the rowdy distorted guitar in “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band”; “She’s Leaving Home” is a stately waltz set to a harp and parlor orchestra that might have accompanied high tea. The Beatles’ ‘Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band’ at 50: Still Full of Joy and Whimsy 2017-05-30T04:00:00Z All I became was a bad, amateur harp player. Montreux festival boss promises strong line up 2010-04-26T12:26:00Z A work of iridescent beauty, the symphony for strings, percussion and harp eases us out of our daily metropolitan grind and summons our radiant guardian angels. A symphony for Los Angeles, just one otherworldly delight at L.A. Phil's Mozart and Pärt festival 2016-05-28T04:00:00Z Cute harp seals are neatly woven into the compositions, suggesting the wild disparities of social media feeds, and one painting roughly mimics the composition of Picasso’s “Demoiselles,” with its shifting, jarring perspectives and distorted figures. What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week 2018-06-06T04:00:00Z His wife, Montserrat Figueras, and his children sing and play guitars and harps in what must be the world's most picturesque family business. In praise of ? Jordi Savall 2011-07-06T23:01:06Z “Silver Ladders” is the title song of the new album by Mary Lattimore, who plays the harp in both classical and untraditional ways. Jeff Tweedy’s Homesick Tune, and 11 More New Songs 2020-10-09T04:00:00Z When it was done, though, it somehow didn’t seem like a brass piece: It felt, instead, like a work for harp. Can You Hear Agnes Martin’s Serenity in John Zorn’s Frenzied Music? 2016-11-29T05:00:00Z The notes were few, as a large orchestra thinned to the tinkle of harp, mandolin and celesta littering soft, ethereal drones in the select strings and winds. Mahler's 'Song of the Earth' and sky and sea, the L.A. Phil way 2018-04-06T04:00:00Z Coming to a cliff overlooking the Harlem Meer, passages of shimmering sonorities were flecked with delicate harp runs and fidgety woodwinds. Over Headphones and in a Truck, the Philharmonic Stays Alive 2020-09-14T04:00:00Z He’s known for his bubbling, effortless attack and his fondness for rare iterations of the guitar — including a 15-string harp guitar and a guitar synthesizer. National Endowment for the Arts Names 2018 Jazz Masters 2017-06-12T04:00:00Z No tennis courts, no horses, just a young lady playing a Chinese harp as the models filed slowly by. Fashion world flocks to see Galliano collection 2011-03-07T01:35:15Z "My aunt would take her harp to the mall and play to get angels to come down and help scare off some of the demons … I'm still dealing with that stuff," Stith told the Quietus. New band of the day – The Revival Hour (No 1,403) 2012-11-26T17:04:38Z Three harps, three pianos and three percussionists set the hall resonating like there would be no tomorrow. New Gehry concert hall in Berlin thrills with its sound — and its symbolism 2017-03-05T05:00:00Z On YouTube there are renditions of it performed on the harp, the pedal steel guitar and dueling vibraphones. The Long Tail of Aphex Twin’s ‘Avril 14th’ 2021-04-13T04:00:00Z Born and raised in St. Louis, Druzinsky studied piano and violin before taking up the harp at age 12. Druzinsky: CSO harpist known as a dedicated musician 2011-01-10T19:12:00Z At one end of the gallery, near the door, sits a wooden harp with multicolored strings. What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z I don't harp on all this in order to plead for a sympathetic treatment of rapists on film, but to emphasize how un-David Simon-like the handling of this whole subplot seemed. "Treme's" cheap, ugly showstopper 2011-05-09T03:09:00Z The Philharmonic is a mighty instrument, and Freer had the orchestra playing softly and with great finesse—exquisite harp, guitar, and woodwind solos, the strings murmuring or rustling, except during the love music. “The Godfather” at the Philharmonic 2015-09-21T04:00:00Z Nick would send a tape over with a harp part or a timpani part, you know. From Fleetwood Mac back to Crowded House, Neil Finn weighs in on the band's open-hearted new album 2021-06-04T04:00:00Z Lady Gaga's classic tune played on a harp, death metal style, whistled, in French and by toddlers, teens and grandfathers. Internet picks of the week 2011-02-12T00:05:36Z And where John used screeching saxophone wails to summon higher powers, Alice took the opposite approach, channeling serenity through the chords of her piano and the strum of her harp. 5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Alice Coltrane 2022-09-07T04:00:00Z The harp’s delicate curves have also found a wider audience on social media. How the Harp Got Hip 2021-03-16T04:00:00Z Phil went all-out, using five harps, a quartet of Wagner tubas and a set of tuned anvils bonging away in the descent into Nibelheim from the first “Ring” opera, “Das Rheingold.” A Wagner 'Ring' sampler: Short, but still so much to savor 2017-04-30T04:00:00Z The piece, which had its world premiere in Berlin in 1895, entails an orchestra of more than 100, a vast choir, choral soloists, multiple harps, a pipe organ and additional offstage percussion and brass. Gilbert E. Kaplan, Publisher and Improbable Conductor, Dies at 74 2016-01-06T05:00:00Z What’s more, a tangle of thick gilded ropes suddenly became a wondrous tree and then a burial mound, a giant harp, costumes for the four dancers—and more. A 'Performance' that sometimes captivates, often disappoints 2014-12-06T05:00:00Z Climate change, racism, the chaotic condition of our politics are alluded to but are not harped on. Review | David Byrne brings his entertaining brain to Broadway in ‘American Utopia,’ and it’s totally dope 2019-10-20T04:00:00Z “The harp is one of the few instruments that creates sound with direct touch,” she said. How the Harp Got Hip 2021-03-16T04:00:00Z The structures are rambling and free-form, and the rhythms more likely to emanate from the harp than the drum kit. Joanna Newsom, unconventional in every way 2015-12-11T05:00:00Z The hikers pass by a waterfall of downward harp and scales and see an apparition of a mountain spirit. Into the Music: Strauss?s ?Alpine Symphony? Played Twice in One Night 2012-04-13T22:20:54Z In his “Orpheus Elegies” for oboe, harp and countertenor, Mr. Birtwistle said, he “fractured the language” until it became subordinate to the music. Past and Present, the Orpheus Myth Makes Us Rethink Music 2018-04-20T04:00:00Z Each holds a tiny instrument — a tuba, a saxophone, a harp, a violin — also made of paper. Eric Joisel, French Sculptor of Origami, Dies at 53 2010-10-20T04:06:00Z Playing the harp and smacking people in the face. I love not driving, and instinct tells me I'm a safer man for it 2012-12-23T00:07:58Z In the opening chords, the cellos brushed their bows — held at each end — vertically along the strings; on the harp, gentle movements of the back of the hand created milky glissandos. Orchestra of the League of Composers at Miller Theater 2014-06-18T04:00:00Z I recorded with this huge liturgical choir in Leeds on one song, we used a lot of strings, we used more unusual instruments like the auto harp and the harmonium. 2010-02-05T08:23:00Z It features what sounds like a harp solo. Spoon's 'They Want My Soul' is full of mesmerizing curves, accents 2014-08-04T04:00:00Z The Manxman: the last of the BFI's nine Hitchcock silent restorations, this sweeping romance forms the archive gala, with live performance of Stephen Horne's new score for "piano, fiddle, viola, oboe and folk harp". Trailer trash at the 2012 London film festival 2012-10-13T23:06:49Z A harp lay on its side on a table. Music Review: Zeena Parkins and Ne(x)tworks Ensemble w/ JACK Quartet 2012-09-11T21:56:55Z Its hold is filled with the skins, oil and meat of more than 1,000 harp seals. Life on the ice: one last hunt for Norway's sealers 2017-04-09T04:00:00Z Dressed like a burlesque scientist, Sierra is possessed of a keening, powerful operatic trill that she unleashes while strumming a harp. CocoRosie – review 2012-08-06T16:50:16Z In “Hope,” an elderly harp teacher confronts the Devil in the back alleys of a run-down tenement. Michael Dirda selects three magical books 2016-04-27T04:00:00Z Around her, an orchestra darkened by the absence of its violin sections murmured and roiled, its sound colored with itchy harpsichord, twinkling celesta and harps, burnished Wagner tubas and an enormous, roaring tam-tam. Music Review: Orchestra and Violin, Matching Wits 2011-04-01T22:59:41Z I don't want to harp on about King's addictions, but it's hard not to, when you know they were there during the writing. Rereading Stephen King: week 17 – Cycle of the Werewolf 2013-03-07T12:02:36Z Their brittle exchange harps on "happy" and "happiness". The Collected Stories by Lorrie Moore. Week two: dialogue 2010-04-09T23:07:00Z For six months, Tone worked in obscurity, harping over harmonies, perfecting piano chords, synchronizing snaps and putting together a palate for Wale from a basement studio. Tone P was behind some of Wale’s earliest hits. But can he actually make it as a rapper? 2018-12-27T05:00:00Z “Listen to Cotton’s harmonica playing,” Chicago Tribune critic Howard Reich wrote in 2013, “gritty, gutsy, ferociously uninhibited — and you’re hearing what great blues harp work is all about. No wonder they call him ‘Superharp.’ James Cotton, hard-blowing harmonica master of the blues, dies at 81 2017-03-18T04:00:00Z They included an Egyptian wooden flute, an oud, African harps, a thumb piano, a saxophone. Worlds and Rhythms Meet, in Euphoric Result 2015-01-12T05:00:00Z Various leitmotifs appear throughout, including liturgical music with organ for the Archdeacon, and rippling harp passages for Esmeralda, the kind and innocent Gypsy whose charms cause the downfall of her admirers and her own death. Music Review: ?Notre Dame,? Franz Schmidt?s Opera, at Carnegie Hall 2012-03-20T21:34:19Z Lyon & Healy harps continue to be made under that name in Chicago. Victor Salvi, Who Played Harps and Made Them Too, Dies at 95 2015-05-22T04:00:00Z More than any other orchestral instrument, the harp is a machine, weighing some 90 pounds and comprising more than a thousand moving parts. Victor Salvi, Who Played Harps and Made Them Too, Dies at 95 2015-05-22T04:00:00Z But if you gave yourself over to Stockhausen’s calculated mix of ritualistic vocals and the harps’ intrinsic glamour, the peculiar divinity he envisioned seemed almost within reach. Music Review: Karlheinz Stockhausen Seen in a Different Light 2010-05-04T21:25:00Z A recent Instagram post shows Luca, who started kindergarten last fall, dutifully reading sheet music as he practices arpeggios on the harp from the comfort of his living room couch. How the Harp Got Hip 2021-03-16T04:00:00Z The drastically downward-cascading scales suggest grand tragedy, the harp introduction suggests celestial bliss, and the symphonic buildup suggests an ascent to the sublime. Critic?s Notebook: ?Nutcracker? Riddles With Many Answers 2011-01-02T23:00:23Z The introduction suggests enchantment, with rippling arpeggios on the harp. The Sugar Plum Fairy: An Enigma Wrapped in a Beautiful Dance 2016-11-24T05:00:00Z The minstrel boy to the war is gone,In the ranks of death you’ll find him.His father’s sword he has girded on,And his wild harp slung behind him. Book Excerpt: ‘The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher’ 2014-09-19T04:00:00Z He established the Victor Salvi Foundation to promote the instrument around the world and to dispel notions of harps as attractive pieces of furniture or toys for the well-heeled. Victor Salvi dies at 95; harp maker was called the ‘lord of the strings’ 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z I had a pretty rough three years, but I don't wanna harp on about it because everything for me is just a smaller set of wounds in a grander set of wounds. Queens Of The Stone Age: Josh Homme comes back from the brink 2013-06-01T05:00:01Z They take the harp to the wedding of the dark sister. Music Review: The Tale Those Strings Can Tell 2011-02-04T23:57:02Z But he was still in need of that harp. Jeff Hiller Walks Toward the Light 2022-02-25T05:00:00Z As are the first shots of her from beneath – a mermaid gliding and tumbling to a new Williams theme, a harp in ecstasy, tumescent and hallucinatory. The sudden, gruesome opening of "Jaws" 2018-07-21T04:00:00Z There, Rodolfo began made string instruments before moving his family to the United States to support the musical career of his son Alberto, a harp virtuoso . Victor Salvi dies at 95; harp maker was called the ‘lord of the strings’ 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z It turns out that Jonah Hill is a prissy buffoon given to harping on about his Oscar nomination. This is the End: why actors love to play themselves 2013-06-06T18:00:00Z In December, when she went to the Apollo Theater to see the singer-songwriter Joanna Newsom — another harpist transcending conventions — she spent a few minutes chatting with their mutual harp technician, Liza Jensen, before the show. Brandee Younger, a Harpist Finding Her Way to Jazz 2016-02-29T05:00:00Z The set builds patiently: The chimerical string orchestra of “Les Illuminations” adds Christopher Parkes’s splendid horn in the Serenade and then fiercely independent winds, harp and timpani in the Nocturne. 5 Classical Music Albums You Can Listen to Right Now 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z His accompaniments were simple and direct, usually on a small medieval harp, which Mr. Rodenkirchen also played on several pieces. Music Review: Benjamin Bagby and Sequentia at the Morgan Library 2012-03-08T00:17:59Z A 53-foot climate-controlled truck travels with the larger instruments — eight or nine basses; 12 cellos, a harp or two and all the percussion, including timpani, xylophone, vibraphone and snare drums. Small Army, Philharmonic in Tow 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z Critics of reality television harp on how unreal it all is. Netflix Finally Brings Romance to Reality TV 2019-03-08T05:00:00Z Musicians represented a global palette of sounds: the Japanese samisen, African djembe and Congo drums, harp, saxophone, accordion and violin. Rashaad Newsome Pulls Out All the Stops 2022-02-24T05:00:00Z She was playing the harp and listening to harpsichord music. Richard Linklater and Ellar Coltrane on 'Nerding Up' 2015-02-03T05:00:00Z Although he was a superb harp player and a consummate musician and teacher who held a degree in chemical engineering from Stanford University, Edward Druzinsky wore his many talents with exceeding modesty. Druzinsky: CSO harpist known as a dedicated musician 2011-01-10T19:12:00Z Its music riffs on “GoT,” complete with drumbeats and a twinkly harp, and it includes gratuitous nudity and a pointless beheading. Searching for Leonardo da Vinci in ‘Leonardo’ 2022-08-16T04:00:00Z I do think you can change the game by talking more about who people are and what they can do, rather than harping on perceived handicaps. A Vision of Asian-American Cinema That Questions the Very Premise 2021-02-11T05:00:00Z If social media has made the harp more approachable to music fans, then advances in production that make the instrument more portable — and affordable — have also lowered the barriers to entry for beginning players. How the Harp Got Hip 2021-03-16T04:00:00Z She has made harp music influenced by Venezuelan and west African rhythms fashionable to indie fans. Joanna Newsom: 'Is it time for a glass of wine?' 2010-05-09T20:30:00Z A harp imitates the koto, and a solo flute the shakuhachi, but aside from a few bells Mr. Hosokawa does not use Japanese instruments. Haunting Unpredictability 2011-08-07T02:00:07Z Riley combined a sequenced electronic layer with two grand pianos and four keyboards sounding like amplified harps but, with the soundscape established, nothing interesting happened and, worse, the electronic sound was painful, physically and metaphorically. Piano Circus 2010-04-14T20:35:00Z The album's instrumentation is largely based around celeste, harp and double bass, the latter played pizzicato, which by modern pop standards is pretty leftfield. Laura Mvula: Sing to the Moon – review 2013-02-28T15:29:02Z But Lattimore handles her harp like a solo guitarist, improvising around contemplative melodies with the help of pedals that warp her crystalline tone and seem to bend time. Mary Lattimore: Has Harp, Must Travel 2021-10-26T04:00:00Z The painting depicts the moment before a lovesick girl is transformed into a harp. Music Review | Thomas Ad?s: Thomas Ad?s Conducts Ensemble ACJW at Carnegie Hall 2010-03-25T20:35:00Z There's altogether too much harping on respect and banning these days. If Britain decides to ban the burqa I might just start wearing one 2010-07-24T23:06:00Z Harpo responded by sending back a picture of himself playing the harp with bandaged hands. The movie Salvador Dali wanted to make with the Marx Brothers didn’t happen – until now (sort of) 2019-03-21T04:00:00Z With Alice Coltrane-like harp runs, meditation bowls, rave stabs and Doppler effect dub wobbles, he creates music full of surprises that is always melodic. Caribou: Swim 2010-04-17T23:10:00Z Big beats often heaved into the foreground but also tapered away, leaving room for more delicate sounds: a sliding bass fiddle line, a glimmering harp. Music Review: Emancipator Plays at Highline Ballroom 2012-02-03T23:23:15Z Bringing in amplification and electronic effects, she made the harp shriek, hiss and dissolve in reverb. Music Review: Zeena Parkins and Ne(x)tworks Ensemble w/ JACK Quartet 2012-09-11T21:56:55Z Last year alone, he said, his Etsy store sold some 300 harps. How the Harp Got Hip 2021-03-16T04:00:00Z “I guess giving away a harp is one of those many, many things you are not supposed to do,” he muses. Review | ‘Ellie and the Harpmaker’ plucks the heartstrings 2019-08-04T04:00:00Z Weak readers of Beckett harp on the theme of Godless despair. A triumphant ‘Endgame’ for Beckett veteran Alan Mandell 2016-05-03T04:00:00Z During this sequence, the audience hears strings, flute, harp and piano. The secret to the success of two Oscar-nominated scores 2020-02-08T05:00:00Z More than 500 sketches were made for certain pieces of furniture, mirrors, clocks, harps and chandeliers. Miniature rooms create magic at Chicago museum 2010-04-07T16:55:00Z Here is the Aeolian harp that provided the music for Cindy’s and my wedding ceremony, in the Arctic Refuge. Leaving Alaska 2015-06-17T04:00:00Z She speaks four languages and plays five instruments, harp included. Review: ‘Somebody’s Daughter,’ High-Achieving but Hungry for Guidance 2017-06-07T04:00:00Z A harp plucks, and it sounds like an angel is at the reins. Mahler lives! Dudamel gives his most impressive performance yet with L.A. Phil 2016-10-21T04:00:00Z Exhibiting proficiency in musical instruments like the harp was one way for women to prove they were worthy marriage material. How the Harp Got Hip 2021-03-16T04:00:00Z Perhaps Hazel Prior, a professional harp player, was angling for the same effect in her debut novel, the melodious, dreamy “Ellie and the Harpmaker.” Review | ‘Ellie and the Harpmaker’ plucks the heartstrings 2019-08-04T04:00:00Z The main room with a second floor balcony held: three Celtic dulcimers, an upright harp, a medieval lute, a Middle Eastern lyre, a Gibson guitar, a baby grand piano and a wooden recorder. My mother, alone in the woods 2014-01-20T01:00:00Z Foran's hymnal right-hand theme, with its darting countermelody, makes a memorably moving original of Song for EV; the funky Civil Unrest has a strutting loop over a mouth harp sound and simmering, Morricone-style atmospherics. Trichotomy: Fact Finding Mission – review 2013-02-04T10:04:50Z You are the marketer: If there was one theme conference participants harped on repeatedly, it was that companies are relying less on traditional advertising campaigns and more on recruiting customers to market on their behalf. Frugal Traveler: Tech Tips, and Warnings, for Budget Travelers 2014-03-25T16:40:17Z To market any sort of self-care to men, many companies harp on an idea of extreme masculinity. Do Men Self-Care? 2021-02-15T05:00:00Z At one point, he bashes the news media for harping on reports of his womanizing. In ‘Mayor for Life,’ D.C.’s Marion Barry takes pride in himself but little blame for problems The source of the roar was Willie Clark’s tuba — nearly the size of a harp and even more formidable. With the Barclay Brass, D.C. takes an outsized role in the small world of classical brass music 2020-12-22T05:00:00Z There were nice textures in the music, especially in the interplay of piano, harp and guitar, and in the blending of Ms. Dhegrae’s wordless singing and Mr. Balliett’s recitation. Music Review: Resonant Bodies Festival at ShapeShifter Lab in Brooklyn 2013-09-06T22:26:20Z At issue: the way several prominent male critics harped on the shape, and not just the sound, of the young mezzo-soprano portraying Octavian: Tara Erraught. New York Times Critics Respond to Glyndebourne ‘Fat’ Reviews 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z There the harp is a cowboy instrument, playing the tunes of the people, fast and furious. In praise of ? the Paraguayan harp 2011-04-13T23:32:53Z In “metal,” the sounds of the harp and the melodic percussion instruments twinkled above the strings. Review | Shanghai Symphony Orchestra debuts at Wolf Trap 2019-08-15T04:00:00Z Describing her relationship to her harp, Lattimore once said, “I also use it like a paintbrush.” Perspective | Turnstile, Tinashe, Fay Victor, 42 Dugg — the fall concert season is here 2021-09-07T04:00:00Z Later, as those assassins plotted, their crime was sternly echoed in the resonance and unanimity of the evocative combination of harp and plucked double basses. Review: Before Riccardo Muti Leaves Chicago, a Verdi Farewell 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z Woven through with an ornate, rippling harp filigree, the luxuriant textures were multilayered instead of silky smooth. Review: Hannah Lash and Her ‘Life Partner’ at Miller Theater 2016-04-08T04:00:00Z The idea that a billionaire industrialist like Hank Rearden would submit to the mean-spirited harping of a frigid, frizzy-haired wife who despises him feels like a relic from another era, before trophy wives were invented. | 'Atlas Shrugged: Part I': A Utopian Society Made Up of Business Moguls in Fedoras 2011-04-29T00:13:06Z “I’ve got people in my life who sprinkle a lot of positivity in my world and don’t harp on it when I’m being negative,” he says. A decade after his debut, Wale is finally feeling comfortable with himself. Mostly. 2019-11-14T05:00:00Z In his alluring “Varied Quintet,” for violin, harp, harpsichord and percussion, Harrison let bells ring the way bells like to ring in all their sonic complexity. What do microtones have to do with global warming? Two concerts offer an answer 2017-10-25T04:00:00Z The album My Voice & 45 Strings is credited to the Lucinda Belle Orchestra and features harp, ukulele, strings, harp, clarinet, trombone, accordion and harp. New band of the day ? No 789: The Lucinda Belle Orchestra 2010-05-18T15:45:00Z But in August 2011, the Filipino Court of Appeals denied the extradition request after ruling that the U.S. "merely harped on ... circumstantial evidence" linking Tasa to the murder. Border-crossing fugitives a national problem 2012-01-29T06:00:00Z In another nice coincidence, the one commercial recording of this 2004 fantasy for strings, piano, harp and celesta is by none other than the Taiwan Philharmonic. A diplomatic China Philharmonic plays Disney Hall 2016-12-06T05:00:00Z In Africa, 4,000-year-old rock paintings and engravings found in Egyptian tombs show musicians playing what appear to be harps. Who invented music? The search for stone flutes, clay whistles and the dawn of song 2022-10-22T04:00:00Z "Can you play the harp?" she asks him. Radio review: No Angel 2010-12-20T08:00:01Z That effect was magnified in the program’s main work, “In the Light of Air,” which calls for viola, cello, piano, harp, percussion and electronics, as well as light elements. Anna Thorvaldsdottir’s Music Wanders the Park Avenue Armory 2014-08-20T04:00:00Z Blue Heron’s 10 singers and early harp will perform in the rich acoustics of Seattle’s St. James Cathedral. It’s choral early-music season in Seattle 2013-12-04T21:34:29Z His mother, a pianist, learned to play the harp the same year her son did. Druzinsky: CSO harpist known as a dedicated musician 2011-01-10T19:12:00Z Heras-Casado's theatrical side emerged in his use of delightful antiphonal effects — a trumpet playing offstage led into glissandi on three harps. Pablo Heras-Casado leads the L.A. Philharmonic through a riveting performance of Ravel and Stravinsky 2016-10-10T04:00:00Z So we paid the entry fee and proceeded to wander in and out of rooms filled with harps, candelabras and tapestries. A quick offseason visit to the Loire Valley, birthplace of the French Renaissance 2016-07-14T04:00:00Z “Sleep Sound,” the B side, opens with dreamlike harp glissandi before a cooled-out house beat kicks in. Playlist: Sonny Rollins and Jamie XX Have New Albums 2014-05-04T01:50:35Z Most customers had never heard a harp live, let alone in a fast-food parking lot. Mary Lattimore: Has Harp, Must Travel 2021-10-26T04:00:00Z Along with the music library, the purchase included percussion instruments, a harp and two grand pianos. ArtsBeat: Group Buys Honolulu Symphony's Assets 2011-03-17T21:20:34Z At three minutes in, the beat drops with a sparkling rhythmic motif for the harp, cheerfully punctuated by what sound like cellphone vibrations. Recording reviews: a Glass harpist, arias for Farinelli 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z Blending skittering machine beats with musicians playing harp, bass and strings, “Cosmogramma” is a marriage of 21st-century technology and 1960s West Coast psychedelic experimentation, sounding at times like a futuristic take on free jazz. MUSIC: Flying Lotus and the Los Angeles Electronica Scene 2010-05-29T04:26:00Z With a harp as an eye-catching presence, the setup evokes cocktail hour in a 1930s movie. Review | In this Kit Kat Klub, there’s a little less sleaze but just enough sizzle 2019-09-04T04:00:00Z In the Nutcracker score, there’s delightful interplay between the string sections and the winds, and the harp arpeggios become an emotional anchor. 8 Ways to Better Enjoy the Nutcracker 2011-12-21T19:26:35Z At the Guggenheim, the musicians would use Saariaho’s chamber rearrangement of the aria, for soprano, string quintet, piccolo, and harp. The Troubadour and the Lady 2016-11-24T05:00:00Z There are two harps that belonged to her mother, Anna, the senator’s much younger second wife. Clark collection tells the story of a privileged and peculiar life A harp plucks a tidy refrain throughout, as if untroubled by the weirdness surrounding it. Friday Favorites: Barrius and Cedaa, BeanOne, Imneye 2010-12-03T19:56:00Z Along the way its songs deploy horns and strings, electric guitar and African and Balkan instruments alongside Ms. Newsom’s own harp and piano. Critics? Choice: New CDs 2010-02-22T13:57:00Z Mr. Salonen places his hand on a mossy stone; with the touch of a sorcerer, he sounds a harp halfway across the world. The San Francisco Symphony Plunges Into a New World 2020-10-28T04:00:00Z In the show's eye-watering closing moments, Yi screens the home video of her own birth, and sits by, playing the harp. Charlyne Yi 2010-08-09T16:29:00Z He quietly sang “If It’s Magic,” accompanied only by a recording of the original harp track from the record. Stevie Wonder brings new life to ‘Songs in the Key of Life’ at Verizon Center concert Based on its ethereal name, I imagined a fairy-tale setting with songbirds chirping on piney boughs, water trickling over pearlescent rocks and residents playing harps or painting on easels. In the Bay Area, the Grateful Dead will live — and twirl — forever 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z Then it’s simultaneously cushioned and besieged, with chime and harp tones, otherworldly voices, ratcheting and rumbling percussion, staticky glitches and increasingly intrusive high-frequency beeps that eventually register as alarms. Sufjan Stevens’s Cry of Despair and Prayer for Redemption 2020-09-29T04:00:00Z It reeks of horns and harps, harmonica quartets, assorted animal noises and a 91-piece orchestra. From the Archives: The Original Review of ‘Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band’ 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z For “I’m Not That Girl,” which is sung by Elphaba, the green-skinned wicked witch of the West, Mr. Brohn used muted strings, a harp and acoustic guitars to stress its melancholy mood. William Brohn, Who Made Broadway Orchestras Sing, Dies at 84 2017-05-19T04:00:00Z Backed by Christian Thomé on drums and electronics, Ms. Sadovska moved between acoustic instruments — harmonium, jaw harp — and her own keyboards and electronics. Globalfest Showcases the Sounds and Traditions of World Music 2016-01-18T05:00:00Z Accordion, guitar and even the harp make an appearance in a piece of theatre whose emotional punch comes entirely from the layering of words, music and action so that each has equal weight. Edinburgh festival: day 14 on the fringe 2012-08-20T16:11:32Z Disco Compilation is brilliant, building from a harp backing to a pulsing beat and a celebration of music's power to console. Serafina Steer: The Moths Are Real – review 2013-01-10T22:15:01Z I’m a bit worried about harping on about how tough it was for me because I’m just this pampered actor. Dev Patel Goes for Shock and Awe 2019-03-29T04:00:00Z Ms. Obermüller’s “Myrmecia,” scored for harp, guitar and hammered dulcimer, was named after a type of ant. Review: International Contemporary Ensemble Weaves Among Tonalities 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z The 29 year-old Lee, for one, has married, spent time decorating the New York home she shares with her husband and taken up playing the harp. Evanescence comes together for new, self-titled album 2011-10-06T18:58:26Z For centuries the harp has been lodged in the domain of “serious” music — a niche instrument, perhaps dusted off for weddings and bottomless mimosa brunches. How the Harp Got Hip 2021-03-16T04:00:00Z Two minstrels discover the sister’s body on the shore and shape her breast bone into a harp. Music Review: The Tale Those Strings Can Tell 2011-02-04T23:57:02Z “He was very nervous, actually shaking. I asked him if anything was wrong, and he said, ‘Very nervous, first time I ever wrote piece without harp.’ 20 years after his death, Toru Takemitsu still sending signals in his music 2016-10-16T04:00:00Z I love how Amneris’s attendants hilariously pretend to play the harp in the second act, and how one of them does a wonderfully unnecessary show of presenting perfumes for her to sample. After 31 Years, Farewell to the Met Opera’s Grand, Gaudy ‘Aida’ 2019-03-01T05:00:00Z But I have to be careful not to harp back to that; I want it to be as fresh as possible. The Dark Knight Rises: the team behind the trilogy's epic finale 2012-07-13T23:01:00Z And in "Persuasion," Anne Elliot is a consummate musician but does not envy the more showy accomplishments of the Musgrove sisters who play the harp, while she is still on the old-fashioned pianoforte. Dangerous attractions and revolutionary sympathies: 5 Jane Austen facts revealed by music 2022-07-18T04:00:00Z Marie played the harp; did he sometimes call her up when insomnia struck to ask her to hold the receiver in her lap as she gently plucked the strings? The Sympathetic Spy Downstairs 2014-06-02T04:00:00Z Piccinini’s playing captured that hallucinatory sense of the work, dancing over Magen’s deft acrobatics on the harp, while Kashkashian grounded it all with a darker, complex and sometimes wonderfully savage approach. An energetic evening with the Musicians From Marlboro at the Freer Gallery Door No. 4 opens to a blood-flecked secret garden, replete with harp, pastoral horn and chirping flute. The Love Story Behind Bartok?s 7 Dark Doors 2011-03-11T15:34:03Z Albert Roussel’s “Sérénade,” for flute, harp and string trio, offered a taste of authentic French lushness and finery. Critic’s Notebook: Bard Music Festival Focuses on Works in France and U.S. 2013-08-19T22:00:34Z The meditative, texturally rich landscapes of “In the Light of Air” for viola, cello, harp, piano, percussion and electronics by this young Icelandic composer are haunting, beautiful and unsettling by turns. The Best Classical Music Recordings of 2015 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z In that case, skip the harping and move to the next step: the life you lead in this truth. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Hubby’s sedentary ways don’t sit well 2018-03-22T04:00:00Z She turned her battered Volvo westward, she and her harp bound for a Los Angeles rental. Mary Lattimore: Has Harp, Must Travel 2021-10-26T04:00:00Z The group bolstered its sound with Moroccan clay drums, a bamboo flute and Ugandan harp, giving its music a distinct African flair. Revisiting the Pyramids’ ‘Avant-Garde African Jazz,’ Four Decades Later 2022-07-14T04:00:00Z If Ms. Coltrane’s liquid glissandos provided Ms. Younger ways to make harp music youthful and fresh, it was Ms. Ashby’s transcendence of genre that set the blueprint for her career. How the Harp Got Hip 2021-03-16T04:00:00Z He was, the Economist magazine once declared, “the world’s great impresario of the harp.” Victor Salvi dies at 95; harp maker was called the ‘lord of the strings’ 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z Another was more glaring: “Black girl, plus harp,” she said wryly. Brandee Younger, a Harpist Finding Her Way to Jazz 2016-02-29T05:00:00Z In 1960, she won a scholarship for advanced harp study in Venice. Yoko Nagae Ceschina, Countess and Fairy Godmother to the Arts, Dies at 82 2015-01-18T05:00:00Z With a final axe swing the harp came loose and tumbled down the stairs... £49m of art donated in tax scheme 2013-11-14T10:12:19Z As with Ramsay’s recent interpretation of the “Goldberg Variations,” Hoffman’s harp lends the piece an entirely different aura — melodic pluck hovering in vaporous harmony. Perspective | Beyond Vivaldi, a classical playlist to bring on the spring 2021-03-31T04:00:00Z With many Britons trying find enough Irish ancestry to qualify for a passport with a harp on it, Tom may well be the only Irish person who opted to become British to back Brexit. Chris O'Dowd on playing Rosamund Pike's husband: 'She could clearly do better!' 2019-09-04T04:00:00Z An eccentric, sequined menagerie of snakes, tigers, butterflies, dragons and bees ran riot down sleeves, up chests and across shoulder blades, while the sound of harps hung heavy in the air. The Gucci Resort Renaissance 2017-05-30T04:00:00Z Pärt's Fourth Symphony is a lengthy work – three movements lasting almost 40 minutes, scored for strings with harp and percussion. Philharmonia/Salonen; BBCSSO/Volkov 2010-08-22T10:47:00Z “Cotton is amazing on these cuts,” reviewer Steve Leggett wrote on the Allmusic.com website, “his harp blasts full of passion, power, and enough pure energy to light up the night sky.” James Cotton, hard-blowing harmonica master of the blues, dies at 81 2017-03-18T04:00:00Z Backed by guitar and keyboards, her set mixed desert blues with R&B and easy-going Western pop, but she was at her best when she played the ardin, the ancient Mauritanian harp. Womad festival 2013-07-29T09:54:17Z Hunter, Dompé and Ardizoni each picked incomplete pieces of music and passed them around, layering them with shimmering digital textures and twinkling ripples from Hunter’s harp. Chill Vibes, Minus the Wind Chimes: It’s a New Day for New Age Music 2020-10-26T04:00:00Z She also plays her harp next to viewers’ seats. Review: A Dance About the Dawn, but Not the Quiet Dawn 2018-02-21T05:00:00Z They sang to the accompaniment of the bandura, a string instrument reminiscent of the harp, and the kobza, an instrument similar to a modern day lute. In rural Ukraine, an American rekindles a lost music tradition 2018-08-24T04:00:00Z In a quieter, urgent tone Michael added that I should go to therapy because my obsessive harping was making me even more annoying than Jonathan Franzen’s characters. Why a ‘Peanuts’ Collection Has Stuck With Jeremy Denk, Concert Pianist 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z David Bowie – Wild Eyed Boy from Freedcloud Proper fairy tale behaviour here with twirly wind instruments, the odd dash of harp and a mountain with eyes. Readers recommend: songs with special guests 2010-10-14T23:01:00Z Its first movement, “A Sense of History,” gleamed with horns and harps; soft, swelling strings; and curlicue flutes, before tightening into a more pugilistic mode, rumbling to a climax and resolving into somber shimmers. Review | Lang Lang and the NSO delight a comeback crowd at the Kennedy Center 2021-09-19T04:00:00Z The Hebrew psalms are songs, designed to be sung with harp accompaniment. Poem of the week: Psalm 23 2011-02-07T10:26:09Z In December, she appeared at Rockwood Music Hall in Manhattan, where she played harp ukulele, accompanied by a double base and violin. Gracie Terzian, Jeffrey Emanuel 2020-01-12T05:00:00Z "The harp is a lonely instrument," she admits. Serafina Steer: 'The harp is a lonely instrument' 2013-01-19T15:00:01Z The vocal serif Newsom affixes to the end of a word, her woozy harp, her loping piano, her languid, occasional backing band. Joanna Newsom ? easy to appreciate, hard to enjoy 2010-07-29T20:33:00Z He even lays down some credible blues harp on “Wizard.” Lollapalooza Day 1: Black Sabbath, Black Keys and Passion Pit's black thoughts 2012-08-04T06:11:00Z I play this West African harp, the n’goni, and it’s helped me reconnect with language and voice in a way I wasn’t able to do through other types of vocal music. What Does a Singer Do With Full Freedom? 2019-08-30T04:00:00Z Maybe her parents harped on food and weight for her entire childhood and this is her fight song. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: How to muffle that judgmental voice in your head 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z Steer uses the harp, among other instruments, to invoke modern classical composition as much as folk-pop. Serafina Steer: The Moths Are Real – review 2013-01-06T00:06:21Z In New York and later in Italy, he began repairing and then making harps, eventually establishing an empire in Piasco, a village near Turin where spruce trees, used to build soundboards, grew in abundance. Victor Salvi dies at 95; harp maker was called the ‘lord of the strings’ 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z She does so by shifting perspective, visually playing with their relationship to the audience, and by employing a funky collection of music — including Michael Jackson, the Bee Gees and experimental harp. Dance Listings for June 13-19 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z Practically dancing in place, Mr. Frost guided the strings, harp and piano with oversize swoops of his clarinet and a wrist flapped at hip level. Music Review: Soloists Take or Share the Spotlight as Needed 2010-12-05T22:13:00Z It was found again in 1981, and an ensemble of electric guitars, voices, synthesisers, brass, harp and percussion, conducted by BBC presenter Charles Hazlewood, are here recreating and amplifying its menace and myths. The Passion of Joan of Arc/Utley/Gregory 2010-05-11T21:35:00Z A recurring event is the Harp Festival of Moons, harp concerts planned for each of the 13 full moons of the year, with most held in locations of significance to either Yeats’s life or poetry. In Ireland, All Yeats, All Year 2015-08-12T04:00:00Z He also needed a new “harp,” which he learned was the name of the metal loop that supports the shade. Jeff Hiller Walks Toward the Light 2022-02-25T05:00:00Z In Carillon, Mr. Ratmansky responds to the bell-like orchestration of celesta, harp and glockenspiel with a line of six women, who pick their way across the stage with swiftly alternating, often idiosyncratic movements. Alexei Ratmansky Celebrates Richard Strauss 2014-11-09T05:00:00Z “Lyra” is a Greek word for a musical instrument like a harp. The Fallen Worlds of Philip Pullman 2019-09-29T04:00:00Z But in 1980s Wales, as English-owned holiday cottages were razed and English signposts defaced, the prevailing soundtrack of harps, choirs and traditional folk songs just wasn't enough for a new generation of militants. Label of love: Ankst 2010-05-06T10:34:00Z A looped, gently distorted harp adds another layer. The Playlist: Thom Yorke’s Chilling Ballad, and 13 More New Songs 2018-09-07T04:00:00Z I’m sorry to harp on Mr. Millepied’s work, but here there’s no escaping it. L.A. Dance Project Has Vivid Performers and Fine Repertory. There’s Just One Problem. 2017-06-15T04:00:00Z While Florence and the Machine rose by celebrating elaborate, dramatic artifice — lots of twinkling harps and Lady of Shalott costumes — the new album is rawer and less adorned, with Ms. Welch detailing a failed relationship. Florence Welch Slows Down the Machine for the Band’s Next Album 2015-05-22T04:00:00Z One woman who does all the cooking writes to say her boyfriend claims her foods "make our whole floor smell" and constantly harps that her cooking is boring and stinky. Women still belong in the kitchen, according to the advice-seeking men of Reddit 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z This jibed with Dr. Altenmüller’s observation on Friday that the performers least at risk were those who played large instruments, like the harp, double bass and cello. Critic?s Notebook: Dystonia, Which Struck Glenn Gould and Other Musicians 2012-03-13T22:19:34Z In the Book of Genesis, Jubal – a descendant of Adam – is identified as the father of the harp and flute. Who invented music? The search for stone flutes, clay whistles and the dawn of song 2022-10-22T04:00:00Z By the end of Act I, everyone’s wishes have come true: Cinderella gets her prince, Jack gets the giant’s harp, the baker and his wife get a child, and so on. Why “Into the Woods” Matters 2014-12-24T05:00:00Z The forces here were much smaller, with five voices instead of two choirs and an instrumentation of cello, clarinet, horn, harp and theorbo, instead of full symphony orchestra. Hebrides Ensemble – Edinburgh festival review 2012-08-26T17:30:02Z Still, the ear was repeatedly seized by arresting combinations of timbre, like a glowing mix of harp, percussion, harpsichord and celesta that surfaced near the end, and Mr. Fulmer’s prodigious playing commanded attention throughout. Music Review: New Juilliard Ensemble Plays Fulmer and Kapica 2010-04-30T20:24:00Z The guitar festival budget gave us 24 strings, a harp and two french horns from the Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, most of Guy's Big Band, and my Spirit of Django group. Django Reinhardt: music, mischief and magic 2012-08-19T21:00:00Z The problem with “Great Britain” is that it really isn’t telling us anything about the tabloids that hasn’t long been apparent — and it continues to harp on the issue, for nearly three hours. In London, a play satirizing British tabloids can make you feel George Clooney’s pain “Enchantements” falls somewhere in between. It opens in a seductively ancient Chinese realm, with a lavish harp flourish and suavely sliding strings. A diplomatic China Philharmonic plays Disney Hall 2016-12-06T05:00:00Z She went there to study the harp, an instrument on which she possessed uncommon skill. Yoko Nagae Ceschina, Countess and Fairy Godmother to the Arts, Dies at 82 2015-01-18T05:00:00Z She learned to play the harp and ride horses. Rosamond Bernier, Art Insider Who Turned Lectures Into Theater, Dies at 100 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z The opening chorus can’t quite seem to settle on a key or mood, and in the march of the second movement, the pulse is shared between the stern timpani and gentle harp. Review: Death, Two Ways, at the New York Philharmonic 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z “People would spill their beer on my harp,” she said. How the Harp Got Hip 2021-03-16T04:00:00Z The Swan Queen enters the stage to the familiar harp ripples that signal the beginning of the tender Act II pas de deux of “Swan Lake.” Dada Masilo Turns Tchaikovsky on His Head in ‘Swan Lake’ 2016-02-01T05:00:00Z In 1950, he toured the country as the second harpist of the NBC Symphony before accepting the principal harp position in Pittsburgh. Druzinsky: CSO harpist known as a dedicated musician 2011-01-10T19:12:00Z I might get a bit bored listening to harp music all the time and what if I prefer to wear black? Clip joint: heaven 2011-01-12T17:16:53Z The two works have nearly identical orchestral forces, and the opening of the Debussy — involving two harps, quivering scales in the strings and a timpani roll — is like a 30-second summary of “dark dreams.” Music Review: Georg Friedrich Haas’s ‘dark dreams,’ at Berlin Philharmonic 2014-02-23T18:48:18Z Perhaps most jarring, Miller continually harps on the fact that Guttormson is transgender. Atheist trans blogger exposes “snake-oil salesman” faith healer and gets slammed with lawsuit 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z The harp was brought to Latin America by Spanish colonists, at a time when it was still an active part of everyday music-making in Europe, a common folk instrument rather as the guitar is today. In praise of ? the Paraguayan harp 2011-04-13T23:32:53Z With a thousand well-educated Oompa-Loompas in American Apparel, running around a massive aerodrome made of ice, helping him to restring his electric harp and filling his pots with multicoloured ink. This week's new singles 2011-08-05T23:08:27Z As one of the interview subjects in “Horn From the Heart: The Paul Butterfield Story” puts it, just three notes from Butterfield’s harp were enough to establish a groove, or vastly improve an existing one. Review: Paul Butterfield’s Story Is Told in ‘Horn From the Heart’ 2018-10-16T04:00:00Z Cascades of plucked African kora briefly and dizzyingly spin off her harp in “Go Long.” Critics? Choice: New CDs 2010-02-22T13:57:00Z During choral scenes, the music breaks into passages with repetitive percussion riffs and rippling harp arpeggios. Ian Bostridge Stars in Britten’s ‘Curlew River’ 2014-10-31T04:00:00Z Though his first three symphonies are written for full orchestra, the Fourth uses only strings, harp and percussion. CD Review: Arvo P?rt?s Fourth Symphony 2010-10-08T15:47:00Z His score is extraordinarily fluent: the vocal lines are perfectly judged and the instrumental writing full of wonderful touches, with marching band, jazz trio, solo harp and erhu players on stage. Kommilitonen! ? review 2011-03-21T18:28:49Z “I’m really hearing harp, and a lot of Ravel,” he said, talking about ideas for new music. CareFusion, Vision, Undead and Other Jazz Fests 2010-06-10T22:15:00Z In “Fall,” the sixth movement, the harp dominates. Dance Review: Moving Preciously to the Music, Sometimes Stealing Away With It 2010-09-23T21:53:00Z A soft but terse march in the flute and harp is a pricking chill, which deepens in a muted chord that builds from the bottom to the top of the strings, then the woodwinds. Review: In ‘La Bohème’ at the Met, the Star Is in the Pit 2023-04-23T04:00:00Z There are so many great topics to write about, but people keep harping on the same — coming out, or unhappy love stories. ‘Our Young Man’ Reframes a 19th-Century Work in the 1980s 2016-04-04T04:00:00Z On the program are Aaron Alter’s modal “Introspective Blues No. 1” for harp and flute and Adrienne Albert’s “Daydreams,” which weaves in children’s tunes and lullabies. The Locrian Chamber Players Put ‘New Music’ on the Manhattan Map 2017-08-18T04:00:00Z Of course, having the least-cool politician renounce her in the least-cool newspaper, and having Republicans harp on her for being too liberal is exactly what her supporters love about her. Can a Bronx socialist help a campaign in Kansas? Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez will find out soon. 2018-07-23T04:00:00Z Other amenities and features include a parlor room with decorative antique church organ and harp, genuine period glassware, original hardwood floors, woodwork, light fixtures, pocket doors and fireplaces. 'Silence of the Lambs' home open for Halloween travel with spooky props, interactive set 2021-09-21T04:00:00Z Spare, ascending motives in the harp anchored some early sections. Two Gems of June: Premieres at Carnegie Hall and Harlem School of the Arts 2022-06-12T04:00:00Z He intones in the first chapter of Tolkien’s : “Far over the misty mountains grim/ To dungeons deep and caverns dim/ We must away ere break of day/ To win our harps and gold from him.” TIME’s Guide to the Dwarves of The Hobbit 2013-12-13T15:00:20Z |
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