Word: harps
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...their platforms, council members harp on similar issues like advising reform, more money for student groups and faculty diversity. Even the most progressive of candidates ground their agenda in these tangible student concerns...
...that evening, the Cambridge Society for Early Music held the first concert of its 18th season in the courtyard of the Fogg--the first time the space has been used by the society. It proved to be the ideal setting for the "Chamber Music by Candlelight" concert entitled "Harp and Double Harp," featuring acclaimed harpist Andrew Lawrence-King...
...concert began with Italian pieces, lulling and melodic despite the sirens that could be heard from the nearby fire station, and the chimes of the antique clock housed in the Fogg which insisted on making a considerable amount of noise every half-hour. The harp is a very beautiful, simple and intimate instrument. There is no bow or any other intermediary between the player and the instrument, and the harpist actually seems to be embracing the instrument most of the time. The music itself was harmonious and regal, conjuring images of royal courts, Shakespearean plays and village fairs. Especially enjoyable...
...second portion of the concert featured English pieces, some of which were performed on a "normal" Renaissance harp, an instrument about the size of an abnormally large cat and held in the lap similarly. These ballads, with names like "My thoughts are winged with hope" and "Watkin's Ale" combined with the petite harp to bring to mind images of wandering minstrels. The last piece, "Amarilli," was an effective and thoughtfully chosen ending, as it combined the Italian and English traditions, drawing together the first and second halves of the concert...
Between each group of pieces, Lawrence-King inserted relevant historical and technical information in his soothing, English-accented voice. He briefly demonstrated the three rows of strings on the double harp (a seeming irony), which encompass all the notes of a piano. He also explained the necessity of reaching through the strings on the outer rows to reach the sharps and flats which lie in the middle row, which made all the more obvious the tremendous skill and agility required to play the harp as beautifully as Lawrence-King does...