4 Girls 4 Harps

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4 Girls 4 Harps is a quartet of award-winning female harpists formed in 2000. [1] They play Salvi concert harps and modern electric harps. [2] As of June 2012, the members were Keziah Thomas, Angharad Wyn Jones, Harriet Adie and Eleanor Turner. [2]

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Radio

The group's music has been broadcast internationally on ABC Classic FM [3] and in the UK on Classic FM, where their recording was David Mellor's Recommended CD of the week in June 2009,[ citation needed ] on Rob Cowan's Breakfast Show on BBC Radio 3 in September 2009, [4] and on BBC Radio 2's Melodies for You programme with Alan Titchmarsh in March 2010. [5] [6]

In December 2013, 4 Girls 4 Harps performed live on BBC Radio 3. [7]

In May 2015, the 15th anniversary of its formation, the group again performed live on BBC Radio 3 with the BBC noting, "Their upcoming concert at Temple Church in London features the world premiere of 'Tetra' -a four movement work based on the lives of four influential woman and composed by four female composers, commissioned by the quartet to mark the anniversary". [8] In the same month, they also performed live on BBC Radio Four's Woman's Hour . [9]

In May 2017, Classic FM's Lizzie Davis noted, "4 Girls 4 Harps [have] made a name for themselves with innovative arrangements of well-known works – from Piazzolla to Borodin. Harps don’t often get the chance to be centre-stage, but 4 Girls 4 Harps are changing that, with their creative and virtuosic arrangements of well-known works for harp quartet". [10]

Television

4 Girls 4 Harps have also featured in several TV programmes including S4C's Nosen Lawen (March 2010) and Wedi 7 (May 2009). The group were also showcased in an article in Classical Music magazine (August 2009) about upcoming new groups and in Muso magazine (Oct/Nov 2009 issue).

Critical reception

Reviews of 4 Girls 4 Harps' concerts include:

"...A varied and innovative repertoire and four engaging personalities: A star." - N2 Arts and Entertainment, May 2010

"... no gimmicks, no stunts, no fancy costumes beyond elegant evening wear – just engaging chat and rather lovely music." - Lichfield Gazette, July 2011

"enriched their audience with floods of melody in an eclectic yet well proportioned selection of musical delights." - South Wales Evening Post , July 2012

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References

  1. ↑ "Mercury Must: Award-winning harpists in town". Stamford Mercury. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 26 October 2013.
  2. 1 2 "4 Girls 4 Harps: Saturday, June 9, 2012 - 19:30". BBC Music Magazine . Immediate Media Company. Archived from the original on 2 March 2020. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
  3. ↑ "Classic Drive with Julie Howard". Limelight. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 26 October 2013.
  4. ↑ "Rob Cowan Breakfast Show". BBC Radio 3. Retrieved 26 October 2013.
  5. ↑ "Alan Titchmarsh with Melodies for You". BBC Radio 2. Retrieved 26 October 2013.
  6. ↑ "Alan Titchmarsh with Melodies for You". BBC Radio 2. Retrieved 26 October 2013.
  7. ↑ Presenter: Sean Rafferty (17 December 2013). "4 Girls 4 Harps, Tallis Scholars". In Tune. BBC. BBC Radio 3 . Retrieved 7 June 2017.
  8. ↑ Presenter: Sean Rafferty (28 July 2015). "Jubilee Quartet, 4 Girls 4 Harps, Jim Dale". In Tune. BBC. BBC Radio 3 . Retrieved 7 June 2017.
  9. ↑ Presenter: Jane Garvey; Producer: Beverley Purcell (26 May 2015). "Rock Star Amanda Palmer on the Art of Asking". Woman's Hour . 36:05 minutes in. BBC. BBC Radio Four . Retrieved 7 June 2017.
  10. ↑ Davis, Lizzie (19 May 2017). "You have to hear Piazzolla's Libertango on four harps". www.classicfm.com. Classic FM . Retrieved 7 June 2017.
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