An exciting day today, as I release both the sheet music and a Harpist in the Wild episode featuring my arrangement of Vivaldi’s Winter for pedal harp. Some of you heard me perform it at my livestream concert in March, and now I’m thrilled to release it “into the wild”, so to speak :) Sheet […]
Release day! My arrangement of Vivaldi’s Winter for pedal harp Read More »
Hello everyone, I’m thrilled to announce the launch of season 2 of Harpist in the Wild – A Baroque Feast! In this season I’ll be playing music by Bach, Handel, and Vivaldi and weaving some stories about the composers and their music. I can’t wait to share these videos with you, starting with an episode
Season 2 of Harpist in the Wild launches Saturday, May 1! Read More »
Stand-alone first video: And episode 1 and 2 of Season 1 : Improvs:
Harpist in the Wild – the first three videos! Read More »
I’m thrilled to announce my new video series, Harpist in the Wild! Check out the trailer, and I can’t wait to share the first episode with you on Saturday, February 20th, 2021!
Harpist in the Wild! A new video series, premieres Feb. 20th. Read More »
My arrangement for lever harp of iconic Toccata in D minor, BWV 565. Sheet music for my arrangement (as well as my arrangement of the complete Toccata and Fugue for pedal harp) can be found at https://www.joshlayne.com/store/ Support from my patrons helped make this video possible: https://www.patreon.com/joshlayne
My music video of Bach’s Toccata arranged for lever harp! Read More »
Another recent music video, “Farewell to Stromness” by Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, is part of the “Yellow Cake Revue” – a set of songs plus two piano interludes that Davies wrote to protest a proposed uranium mine on the Orkney islands in 1980. I, too, live on an island; Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada.
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I recently recorded a music video of Hasselman’s lovely Chanson de Mai, paired with the beautiful wild Camas flowers (and bees!) found here in Victoria, BC: If you’re interested in learning Chanson de Mai, the sheet music is freely available at https://archive.org/details/chansondemairoma1897hass/page/2/mode/2up I also did a Harp Tuesday episode on it!
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Some recent videos, including my 2020 New Year’s Improvisation: A music video and Harp Tuesday episode on Salzedo’s Concert Variations on ‘O Tannenbaum‘: And a couple other recent Harp Tuesday episodes:
I’m excited to launch a new video series – Music Monday! Every Monday at 9am Pacific time I’ll publish a new, short, music video. Featuring clips from live performances or sessions in my studio, plus occasional video footage and photos from Victoria, BC (and further afield). Make sure to subscribe to my YouTube channel to
Announcing Music Monday! Plus a Harp Tuesday every week in June Read More »