METAMORPHOSIS / THE HOURS

Lavinia Meijer (harp)

De Nederlandse harpiste Lavinia Meijer staat bekend om haar adembenemende spel op de harp. Naast het standaardrepertoire speelt de in Zuid-Korea geboren musicus ook hedendaagse muziek en experimenteert zij met elektronische muziek en jazz. Zij heeft onlangs Philip Glass' Metamorphoses speciaal voor haar instrument bewerkt.

Glass, Ph.:
 Opening from 'Glassworks'
 Metamorphosis I-V
 The Hours (extracts)
 The Poet Acts - Original scores for piano solo transcribed for harp by Lavinia Meijer
 Something She Has To Do - Original scores for piano solo transcribed for harp by Lavinia Meijer
 I'm Going to Make a Cake -Original scores for piano solo transcribed for harp by Lavinia Meijer
 An Unwelcome Friend - Original scores for piano solo transcribed for harp by Lavinia Meijer
 Choosing Life - Original scores for piano solo transcribed for harp by Lavinia Meijer
 The Hours - Original scores for piano solo transcribed for harp by Lavinia Meijer

"These arrangements of pieces by Glass work very well on harp, particularly in these meticulously concentrated performances by Meijer...The effect is mesmeric, if two-dimensional."
BBC Music Magazine - April 2013

"She does not push the music around too much, and the opening track from Glassworks almost announces itself with a whisper. Her playing in the Metamorphosis cycle is firmer and more restrained, but what is sometimes lost in intensity is made up in clarity and focus."
Gramophone Magazine - March 2013

"For Philip Glass on harp, Lavinia Meijer is my first choice, and it’s probably one of my favorite Glass albums overall."
MusicWeb International - 8th July 2013