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Gilad Cohen: Trialheads (Alyssa Katahara and Anya Garipoli, harps)
Trailheads (2023)
Music: Gilad Cohen
Alyssa Katahara and Anya Garipoli, harps
Premiere performance at Colburn School of Music, Los Angeles, CA, March 29 2024.
Commissioned by Coretet for Alyssa Katahara and Anya Garipoli.
www.giladcohen.com
Program Notes:
Harp can make some of the coolest sounds, textures, and grooves in the family of acoustic instruments. At the same time, it presents a series of challenges for the composer. First, harpists traditionally use only four fingers in each hand, which greatly limits the chordal and textural possibilities. Second, getting a big sound is not obvious and requires very careful approach to voicing. Third, the harp’s bass register lacks precision, especially in a large hall (a real bummer for bassline lovers). Fourth, its giant soundboard is a gift for composers who like musicians to drum on their instrument, but unfortunately most harpists have only two hands to divide between plucking and drumming. Lastly, its complex pedal arrangement limits its ability to play chromatically, forcing upon the harpist complicated pedal movements in order to expand beyond seven pitches.
Miraculously, all these issues disappear (or at least diminish) when we are faced with two harps instead of one. Suddenly we have 16 fingers to make sound with, and four hands with which to pluck, drum, and anything in between. Chords and basslines can now be doubled in numerous ways for making special sonorities and greater impact. Each harpist can employ a different pedal setting, together creating rich note combinations and minimizing the constant need for awkward foot dances.
Most importantly, a second harp is a companion. In Trailheads, I envision two harps making a journey through a crowded forest. They alternate in taking the lead, often echoing each other’s footsteps. Sometimes they converse quietly while slowly chewing the grass. At the end of each path they pause, lost in thought, before decisively moving on to the next one. Until, suddenly, they start racing. Head-to-head, stumbling on their fourteen pedals, they run and run, breathing heavily, on and on without a stop. They only come to a halt when they reach a peculiar clearing: the place where all harps come to a rest, where the only sound is that of a dying low string.
Music: Gilad Cohen
Alyssa Katahara and Anya Garipoli, harps
Premiere performance at Colburn School of Music, Los Angeles, CA, March 29 2024.
Commissioned by Coretet for Alyssa Katahara and Anya Garipoli.
www.giladcohen.com
Program Notes:
Harp can make some of the coolest sounds, textures, and grooves in the family of acoustic instruments. At the same time, it presents a series of challenges for the composer. First, harpists traditionally use only four fingers in each hand, which greatly limits the chordal and textural possibilities. Second, getting a big sound is not obvious and requires very careful approach to voicing. Third, the harp’s bass register lacks precision, especially in a large hall (a real bummer for bassline lovers). Fourth, its giant soundboard is a gift for composers who like musicians to drum on their instrument, but unfortunately most harpists have only two hands to divide between plucking and drumming. Lastly, its complex pedal arrangement limits its ability to play chromatically, forcing upon the harpist complicated pedal movements in order to expand beyond seven pitches.
Miraculously, all these issues disappear (or at least diminish) when we are faced with two harps instead of one. Suddenly we have 16 fingers to make sound with, and four hands with which to pluck, drum, and anything in between. Chords and basslines can now be doubled in numerous ways for making special sonorities and greater impact. Each harpist can employ a different pedal setting, together creating rich note combinations and minimizing the constant need for awkward foot dances.
Most importantly, a second harp is a companion. In Trailheads, I envision two harps making a journey through a crowded forest. They alternate in taking the lead, often echoing each other’s footsteps. Sometimes they converse quietly while slowly chewing the grass. At the end of each path they pause, lost in thought, before decisively moving on to the next one. Until, suddenly, they start racing. Head-to-head, stumbling on their fourteen pedals, they run and run, breathing heavily, on and on without a stop. They only come to a halt when they reach a peculiar clearing: the place where all harps come to a rest, where the only sound is that of a dying low string.
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This was an unplanned improvisation during a concert of Exponential Ensemble at National Opera Center (NYC), when the ensemble had to take a break due to a broken string in the violin. March 14th 2024 www.giladcohen.com
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This is a short description of the writing process behind my piece "Firefly Elegy" (2017) for clarinet, violin, viola, cello and harp. "Firefly Elegy" was Commissioned by the Adele and John Gray Endowment Fund for the Israeli Chamber Project. A live performance is available here: ua-cam.com/video/m8URYVXxUic/v-deo.htmlsi=hglQb_7bAt0p8sW6 www.giladcohen.com
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