Celia Harper - Composer

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MUSIC

2 CDs with Sulis - ARD 98002 + 33002 (includes some music below)
The Vision of Enoch with Sulis: soprano, counter-tenor and 3 singing bowls

LARGE SCALE WORKS

Maranatha
A prayer cantata for the bereaved "in a baroque style" Soprano, counter-tenor, symphony orchestra and chorus
Commissioned by Sophia McKenna
First performed Clifton Cathedral Elizabeth Gale, Michael Chance
Approx 1 hour

Icarus
For two children's choirs, narrator and symphony orchestra
Commissioned by Bushey Symphony Orchestra, conductor George Vass
Approx 1 hour

Songs of Gloucestershire
A songcycle for baritone or tenor + piano (poems by F W Harvey)
Premiered by Michael George with the composer
Approx 20 mins

Mass for Childermas Day
For SATB, SSATB, organ and handbells
Commissioned by the PCC of the Parish of the Holy Innocents and St John, Hammersmith, for its Patronal Festival 11th January 2010

'Canticle' for counter-tenor and 2 harps, premiered by Michael Chance and members of the Royal Academy of Music Heavenly Harp Ensemble

VOCAL WORKS

SSATB
Salve regina coelorum
Jesu mea vita
Hymn to the Virgin
Maria stella maris
Children's counting song (Over in the meadow)

SSAB
Winter lullaby

SATB
God be in my head
O spirito gentil
Ave regina coelorum
The Aaronic Blessing (commission)
Funeral sentences (commission)

SATB (split parts) + flute
Danza d'amore (commission)

S solo +SAB
My love gave me an apple (Celtic Blessing)

S solo + SATB
Vives in corde meo

SSA
The three ravens
Trio lullaby
Angel of peace
Corpus Christi carol
There is no rose

B solo SSA
O vos omnes

SSA + piano
Deep peace

SSA + cello
Beata viscera (commission)

Solo voice
Words and music by Celia:

Spinning song
My love gave me an apple
Blackbird (SA)
Gabriel

Solo voice with trad words
Salve regina sop + singing bowl
Riddle song sop + singing bowl

Solo voice + violin
Plaint

Beata es Maria
Cloths of heaven

ARRANGEMENTS
Grieg Ave Maris Stella SSATB
Nobody knows the trouble I see SATB
Steal away SSATB
Amarilli Caccini SATB
Willow song SSATB
Sourwood Mountain SSATB + violin
Sourwood Mountain SSATB
Down to the river to pray SSATB
El noi de la mare SSATB

Welsh folksongs
David of the white rock SSATB
Hob y deri dando SATB
Idle days in summertime SSA
The holly SSATB

Welsh folksong arrangements for cello and harp
(commissioned by Erica Simpson)

Mantell Siani
Shenkin
Suo-gan
Trymder

VOICE AND PIANO
Song and pain (prizewinning)
The target (prizewinning)
Stop all the clocks
See: Songs of Gloucestershire
O my dere hert
Ode to sleep
Time for sleepy babies (lullaby)

OCCASIONAL MUSIC
Several of Celia's works have been sung at christenings, weddings and funerals.

The following music is suitable for funerals:
God be in my head SATB
The Aaronic Blessing SATB
De Spineto nata rosa Counter-tenor or mezzo, violin and continuo (Sulis ARD 33002)
Ground violin and harp/harpsichord/chitarrone (Sulis ARD 33002)
Peace Angel voice and singing bowl (Sulis ARD 33002)
Tibetan bowl Lullaby voice with optional drone
Red Sky Lullaby solo voice
My love gave me an apple
Trio lullaby SSA

CHRISTMAS MUSIC
Verbum caro (solo)
Our Lady's song SATB
The Virgin's Lullaby SATB
There is no rose SSA
Joseph was an old man (solo voice + bells)
I sing of a maiden SSATB
El noi de la mare SSATB (arrangement of Catalan folksong)
The Fairy Godmother at the Manger (U.A. Fanthorpe - voice & piano)
Advent (Rossetti - voice & piano)

CABARET SONGS (words and music written under a pseudonym for Karl Daymond)
Shoe Song
A Little Bit of What You Fancy
Rhondda's Tale (words only: to the Ash Grove)
Habanera

 

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