Miroirs Maurice Ravel arranged for two harps Ernestine Stoop

I was asked by a friend to play ‘La vallée des cloches’. When I saw the whole cycle ‘Miroirs’ I started to be fascinated by the music and wanting to play the music I thought it would be best to use two harps. Once I started I got so involved in the beautiful notes that I almost forgot to sleep. To take part in following the paths of such a genius has been a treat. Ernestine Stoop Buy this book now   £20.00 + p&p

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MIROIRS by Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)

I was asked by a friend to play ‘La vallée des cloches’. When I saw the whole cycle ‘Miroirs’ I started to be fascinated by the music and wanting to play the music I thought it would be best to use two harps. Once I started I got so involved in the beautiful notes that I almost forgot to sleep. To take part in following the paths of such a genius has been a treat.

The five different compositions of the cycle have very figurative titles and Ravel placed these in different times of the day:

‘Noctuelles’ at midnight
‘Les oiseaux tristes’ during the siesta
‘Une barque sur l’océan’ in the twilight
‘Alborada del gracioso’ at sunrise
‘La vallée des cloches’ at noon

The HarpDuo Ravel went to Montfort l’Amaury, the village near Paris where Ravel used to live and played the cycle at the times mentioned and this can be seen on YouTube:
https://youtu.be/fJ7H2BTnIBQ

I want to say many thanks to Astrid Haring, my HarpDuo partner, for being such a wonderful colleague.
Ernestine Stoop

HarpDuo Ravel:
Ernestine Stoop and Astrid Haring, harp

Photograph taken in Montfort l’Amaury by Hans Hijmering (May 2012)

Title:	Miroirs
Composer:	Maurice Ravel
Arranged:	for two harps Ernestine Stoop
Instrumentation:	Two pedal harps
Level:	Advanced
Size / Format:	A4 Set of performing parts and study score
Weight:	420gm
ISMN: EU edition	979-0-57046-193-6
Our Ref:	SM0542
Publisher:	Creighton's Collection
Edition/Year:	September 2016
Origin:	Wales, UK