O'Carolan Lockdown Challenge - piece 128: Flynn - Harp and Organ, arranged and played by Mark Harmer

[@rock280258]

Love O'Carolan's music and this is a wonderful rendition.

[@MarkHarmer]

Hi Austin, thank you!

[@andyharpist2938]

Just when an O'Carolan tune can't get more interesting ...it gives you an add-on, bonus bit !

[@HarperJayMichaels]

Very enjoyable performance!!! I love the Harp and Organ together!

[@catrionagunn1123]

I really enjoyed that. Thank you. It is fascinating to watch someone play the harp. I know some of your other Carolan pieces and it was a delight to find yet another one.

[@jacksnodgrass2462]

Just wonderful. I'm busting my brain trying to work this out. I figure I'll get the notes down eventually. ( not the speed ) Mark your stuff is amazing

[@MaryGreenleaf]

Oh how lovely! How can i have missed you posting this? How nice the organ and harp blend with each other! I never would have thought that those instruments could work together! Thanks so much for sharing your music! Happy harping, Mary

[@HarperJayMichaels]

I feel the same!!!

[@MarkHarmer]

It's an absolute pleasure! I had a lot of fun making this.

[@dektolbrain]

Enchanting ‼️ Well done Sir😃

[@terrysmithmusic]

Mark, this arrangement is pure magic - the sound of the harp and organ together is just gorgeous. Turlough would have been blown away by it.

[@MarkHarmer]

Thank you so much, Terry. I adore the sound of this virtual instrument!

[@HappyHarpGirl]

To add to the text in your description box: "... and this German is listening via Chinese headphones and is mesmerized". Love it!

[@MarkHarmer]

Fab! Glad you like it; I love the lockdown challenge bit. An inspired idea that's got us all experimenting!

[@HappyHarpGirl]

@@MarkHarmer Yes, and I'm discovering all these beautiful new (old) tunes. What a wonderful project! 🤩

[@lorelei.harpiste]

Very nice arrangement! Thank for sharing your beautiful interpretation!

[@nadiabirkenstock_harpsong]

Dear Mark, I keep coming back to this video since you posted it. It is so delightful to listen to, the organ sounds like a choir in some parts. Perfect tempo and swing, Turlough O'Carolan would have loved it. Thank you for sharing your music!

[@MarkHarmer]

Thank you, Nadia! I was unsure about incorporating the organ but the sound just lends itself to this piece. It is really a sort of arrangement / improvisation but I had a lot of fun putting it together even under quite difficult circumstances at home as I have a relative shielding from the Corona virus, so was not easily able to access my music room.

[@nadiabirkenstock_harpsong]

@@MarkHarmer Thanks so much for having taken the the time and energy to do this video ; for me it is a gem of grace and beauty here on KZbin

[@tiffanyharpandsong]

Just fabulous, Mark!! 🎶

[@MarkHarmer]

Thank you! I wish I had smiled more but it was about a billion degrees in my little room where I have my harp!

[@tiffanyharpandsong]

@@MarkHarmer haha, smiling is overrated anyway 😂

[@hautboisdamour2199]

As an amateur organist and newly aspiring harpist, I really love this and hope to do something like this in the future. Very well balanced between organ and harp. I could listen all day. I also use this sample set by Piotr occasionally, small but wonderful acoustic.

[@MarkHarmer]

Hautbois d'Amour Thank you! Yes, that sample set is amazing. I think part of it is the low wind pressure, which gives it the most beautiful edginess and blend. Lovely to meet a fellow organist/harpist! And I think the plucked sound of the harp goes very well with instruments which sustain, such as the organ, cello, voice etc. You probably spotted that I gave it a bit of love in the section where the organ has a solo - I slightly upped the level of it. Partly that was because I had someone shielding in the room with the organ installation, and my pedal board decided not to play nice with me - but I had to do it in a real hurry, while the person was in another room eating.

[@hautboisdamour2199]

@@MarkHarmer Subscribed. I hope you do more of these in the future!

[@MarkHarmer]

Hautbois d'Amour I have another one which I’m working on at the moment. In the meantime you might like my recording of Vivaldi’s winter, slow movement, for harp and organ: kzbin.info/www/bejne/p5KshpuEpqeFZpI