Thursday Afternoon:
2:00 - 7:00 pm Lobby Players: Charlotte Roe, Barbra Bailey Bradley,
David Crookston,
Barbara Seidman,
Mary Roth CMP
Thursday Evening:
8:00 pm Evening Concert -
Cynthia Cathcart
Hen - Sharon Knowles and Sue Richards
Frank Voltz
Friday Morning Meditation:
8:15 - 9:00 am Cynthy Johnson, music
for the Labyrinth
Friday Evening:
5:30 pm Mini-concert - Winners of the 2008 New Century Harp
Competition. Lisa Boggess - the winner - will play her arrangement of Miami Dawn. John Sheridan, who won TWO Merit Awards, will play his arrangements of
An Eos Hweg (Sweet Nightingale)
and
Delyow Sevi (Strawberry Leaves). Barbra Bailey Bradley will present her "Fantasy for Lever Harp and Chamber Orchestra" Scroll Down to see a description.
8:00 pm Evening Concert:
Pamela Bruner
Nancy Hurrell
Harper Tasche
John Metras
Saturday Morning Meditation:
Melinda Gardner and Mona Peck - Music
for Taize
Saturday Evening:
5:30 - 7:00pm Banquet with live harp music, the sophisticated melodies of Ray Pool
8:00 pm Evening Concert:
Sunita Staneslow
Corrina Hewat
Louise Trotter
Nicolas Carter
Sunday Afternoon:
11:00 am Mini-concert The Somerset Festival Ensemble
11:30 am - 1:00 pm Afternoon Concert
Port Righ - Jo and Wayne Morrisson
Robbin Gordon Cartier
Gloria Galante
Any recording of any concert or part of a concert is strictly
prohibited because of copyright issues. And flash photography
should not intrude on a performer's comfort level.
Evening and Sunday afternoon concerts available at the door:
$25 on a space available basis
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Fantasy for Lever Harp and Chamber Orchestra, composed by Barbra Bailey Bradley, is a short work for lever harp to be performed with an ensemble. It works with a woodwind quintet and string quintet combination or a chamber orchestra. The orchestra parts are also available as a piano reduction. This version will be performed at the 2008 Somerset on the Potomac Festival.
Two themes alternate between orchestra and solo harp, the harp having an “a piacere” style against the orchestra’s more straight-forward approach.
In the opening, as the orchestra introduces the first theme, the harp accompanies with arpeggiated figures and scales. The harp then takes that theme as a solo. A chorale follows, played by just orchestra. After a short cadenza, the harp plays rolled chords as the orchestra introduces the second theme. The harp repeats the second theme as a solo and the orchestra then plays both themes at the same time. The harp completes the first theme in the “a piacere” style, recaps the beginning of the piece, and brings the orchestra back in for the finale.
The Fantasy began as an entry for an ASCAP sponsored competition in the fall of 2007 and has since been revised. The entire piece is just under seven minutes in length.
