Rhodri Davies / Anne-Marie O’ Farrell & Cormac De Barra

Repetition and Difference: Rhodri Davies. Lap harp, Amplifier and Overdrive

Repetition and Difference is an attempt to work with rhythm and pitches in an open and fluid way. In the past, I have tried to avoid the harp’s beautiful sounds in order to explore noise, live electronics, silence, preparations, long notes, duration, timbre, texture and loud volume. In this work, part of my focus is rhythm and pitch that is open to random occurrence, for instance, the pitches of the harp are largely left to chance.

I am playing a 20 string lap harp without semi-tone levers. This is the harp in its most basic form: a frame, resonating chamber and strings. The music is improvised, but it will nevertheless be set within limits.  In limiting some parameters, the aim is to allow others flourish.

Artist Biography

Double Strung

Anne-Marie and Cormac perform music for two Irish harps, reflecting the marriage of Ireland’s oral musical heritage with the classical tradition.  From the music of the harpers such as O’Carolan to lively dance tunes and ancient songs sung in Irish, their concerts draw on music written not only for the harp but for keyboard and other stringed instruments.

‘Delicate and utterly precise’—Hot Press

‘Promises to lure classical, traditional and contemporary music lovers harpwards’—The Irish Times

Artist Biography: Anne-Marie O’ Farrell & Cormac De Barra

 

Sponsored by Salvi Harps, Holywell Music, Solway Harps and the London and South East Branch of The Clarsach Society