Description
This valuable 68-page guidebook for the orchestral harpist is by the principal harpist with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra (formerly with the New York Philharmonic). It includes a listing of solos and excerpts most commonly requested for orchestral auditions. Ms. Bullen’s complete fingerings, pedalings, and comments, are included with the following notated excerpts: Nutcracker, Young Person’s Guide, Mother Goose, Tzigane, Smetana’s Vysehrad, Capriccio Espagnol, Swan Lake, Bartok Concerto for Orchestra, Bartok Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta, Symphonie Fantastique, Mahler 5, Strauss Ein Heldenleben, Stravinsky Symphony in 3 Movements, Tchaikovsky Romeo and Juliet, and Verdi La Forza. There are chapters on audition and orchestra skills, plus an instructional CD featuring Ms. Bullen performing all of the music in the Principal Harp book. ADVANCED PEDAL HARP