Harp of Wild

I’m pleased to say that my Harp of Wild is now published (spring 2020) by Cypress Choral Music (CP 1862) of Vancouver. This winning piece of the ACCC 2003-2004 Choral Composition Competition was originally published by classica music. Harp of Wild was first performed at Podium 2004 by the treble voices of the National Youth Choir, Timothy Shantz conducting. Listen to the outstanding premiere of the work from Winnipeg, as recorded by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.

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Further details, a sample score and a fine recording of the work by Elektra Women’s Choir can be found here:
https://cypresschoral.com/composers/allan-bevan/harp-of-wild/

Harp of wild and dream-like strain,
When I touch thy strings,
Why dost thou repeat again
Long-forgotten things?

Harp, in other earlier days,
I could sing to thee;
And not one of all my lays
Vexed my memory.

But now, if I awake a note
That gave me joy before,
Sounds of sorrow from thee float,
Changing evermore.

Yet, still steeped in memory’s dyes,
They come sailing on,
Darkening all my summer skies,
Shutting out my sun.

Emily Jane Brontë (1818-1848)