CDEspecially... : 7 pieces for harp / Alice Giles
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Alice Giles is unquestionably Australia's best harpist. Since
winning First Prize in the 8th Israel International Harp Contest
at the age of 21, Alice has performed as soloist throughout the
world and has had many works written for her.
She is in demand as a soloist and spends time every year
performing overseas. She is also in demand as a teacher and loves
giving masterclasses. She currently teaches harp at the
Australian National University and has formed SHE (Seven Harp
Ensemble) from amongst her current and former students. SHE's
first CD was released a few months ago on Tall Poppies
(Bolmimerie, TP204).
On this CD Alice plays some of the 20th century masterpieces for
harp, such as the Britten Suite and the Hindemith Sonata. The
Berio Sequenza II is a special work for Alice, as Berio himself
chose her as his favourite performer of this work, and she has
played it for him throughout the world.
The Eberhard work was written "especially" for Alice, and the two
works by Moshe Lustig were written for her husband Arnan Weisel's
mother, harpist Aviva Weisel who was married to Lustig until his
untimely death. Alice has premiered these two gorgeous works.
Duration: 73 min.
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