Posts tagged: harp recital
Variety and enchantment in Robin Ward’s triple harp recital
I was sorry that a larger audience was not present to hear this brilliant and enchanting recital on a little-known instrument. The programme covered works written for a variety of instruments, but all beautifully rendered on the triple harp, made by Robin Ward himself, also the transcriber of many of the items. Playing any harp seems pretty skilled to me, but to have three rows of strings surpasses merely skilled! All...A triple-strung harp recital from Robin Ward
Thursday 5th March 2009
Robin Ward is carving something of a reputation internationally as an exponent of a rare kind of harp: the triple-strung harp; triple means there are three courses of strings, the two outer ones tuned identically, diatonically, while the middle row supplies the ‘black notes’. It evolved in the 14th century and was supplanted by the development of the pedal or orchestral harp in... read more