Dreams and Echoes - 12 songs for harp

When one of the most prominent film composers in Finland collaborates with an insightful artist and a distinguished pedagogue, the result is a dazzling collection of new music that fills a pedagogical gap in the repertoire suitable for advanced amateur harpists and harp students. Pessi Levanto's Echoes and Dreams - 12 songs for harp leans across genre boundaries, and the thorough editing by the harpist Päivi Severeide (Sibelius Academy, University of the Arts Helsinki) makes the book an essential supplement for every harpist. Each piece in this collection focuses on a particular technical or rhythmical issue. Levanto has introduced elements from a variety of musical genres such as jazz and folk music and succeeds in expanding the idiom beyond the most obvious harp clichés.

CONTENTS
Steps into the Sun for pedal or lever harp
Song of Yesteryear for pedal or lever harp
Blackthorn for lever harp
Faerie Paths and Hidden Ways for lever harp
Faerie Paths and Hidden Ways for pedal harp
First Moves for pedal harp
Song of Ashes for pedal harp
Dreams and Echoes for pedal harp
A Sylvan Songsong for pedal harp
Retreating Shadows for pedal harp
Sometimes we forget for pedal harp
Blue and Gold for pedal harp
Blues for the Quiet Heart for pedal harp

Ad libitum 2nd harp (lever harp) parts for A Sylvan Songsong and Faerie Paths and Hidden Ways can be found in the separate booklet.

The 12 pieces of Dreams and Echoes are available separately as downloadable and printable PDF editions. This item is a spiralbound book that includes an accompanying ad libitum secondharp booklet.