Paul Lewis Noten für Harfe

A melody written long ago lies sleeping, unheard. Morning sunlight glints across the seashore. The friendship of two divinely talented harpists Kisses the melody back to life. Aubade is dedicated to M...

Three waltzes: Valse Nostalgique and Two Valses Pastiches - Valse Sentimentale and Valse Brave. Also see Paul Lewis' Saturday Night Jazz Suite for harp.

Magyar Dance; Maidens' Dance; Peasant Dance; Lamentation; Gypsy Dance. Paul Lewis's mother, who died in 2005 aged 93, was a half-Russian violinist who, whilst in her twenties, led her own ensemble 'Ph...

In 1998, inspired by close acquaintance with two antique gilded harps, I decided to compose a work in a style that would remind them of their younger days! To think myself into a thoroughly Regency fr...

Four Jazz Age Dances for harp. 'Decospherics' is the name of a circle of ebullient Art Deco enthusiasts revolving around the fabulous Art Deco Weekends in Napier, New Zealand. Every year devotees of t...

A sometimes quirky collection of jazzy little numbers and reminiscences of the vintage rock-n-roll era from the composer of the well-known 'Saturday Night Jazz Suite' for pedal harp. Paul Lewis was in...

Bologna is known as la Dotta, la Grassa, la Rossa - the Learned, the Fat, the Red. These three musical postcards are evocations of these three facets and are dedicated to harpist Gabriella Dall'Olio,...

An inevitable consequence of a long career as a professional composer is a bottom drawer (and in my case several boxes) full of works begun and never finished and others finished but forgotten. Siftin...

Four short improvisations on the popular Welsh air, framed by an even briefer Introduction and Coda. INTRODUCTION: In Celtic mythology the ash is associated with fairies. The Introduction, entirely in...

Valse Lente was inspired by a film scenario by actor Tom Burke and was first published as a theremin solo with piano accompaniment [Goodmusic GM356]. This solo harp version was made for harpist Alexan...

Cantilena is the love theme from the first and last movements of my Concerto Romantico for harp and strings. It is presented here as a solo piece for harpists who may wish to play it without the assis...

October 2022 did not go to plan. The month had been eagerly anticipated but the Fates had ideas of their own. My wife and I had long been looking forward to hosting the brilliant French harpist Maia D...

Five of Paul Lewis's favourite Christmas carols arranged as miniature tone poems for intermediate players, some with tongue-in-cheek scenarios of his own invention, and an easier medley of a further s...