9th December, 2022
Six Noëls pour la Harpe ~ op 32 no 4
Marcel Tournier
These exquisite miniatures which were published in 1926 were dedicated to Madame Pierre Collet.
The odd-numbered pieces of Tournier’s Six Noëls were included in last year’s calendar, so here is the second of the even-numbered ones.
The Fourth of the Six Noëls has a very celebratory feel about its carillon-like figuration and choice of key (A major) which contrasts with the preceding movements in flat keys.
Performed on David Opera Model Concert Harp
Nineteenth-and Twentieth-Century Harpists: A Bio-Critical Sourcebook.
Wenonah Milton Govea.(Bio-Crit-ical Sourcebooks on Musical Performance.)
Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1995.