A little tune that I wrote for my harp/flute duo project with brilliant flutist Gitta Reuner.
Recorded live in St Vitus church, Heidelberg, Germany. 

Little Black Raven

Meine - leicht romantisierte - Version eines schottischen Stückes aus dem 17. Jahrhundert.
My - slightly romanticised - version of a Scottish 17th Century piece. 
Recorded with a Celtic harp in Fehnhusen, north-western corner of Germany.

Joy to the Person of My Love

Aufgenommen nach einem Solokonzert in Fehnhusen, Südbrookmerland (NW-Ecke von Deutschland). Das "Haus der Geschichte" hat einen sehr schön klingenden Saal und nach dem Konzert kam mir die Idee, noch etwas weiter zu spielen. 

Recorded after a solo concert in Fehnhusen, in the north-western corner of Germany, near the Dutch border. The "History House" has a very nice sounding hall and after the concert I had the idea of playing on for a bit.

Fehnhusen Improvisation 02

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Es_kommt_ein_Schiff,_geladen

Recorded live in 2014.

Es kommt ein Schiff, geladen...

Ralf Kleemann live, Harfensommer 2015: Variation over "Lascia ch'io pianga" by Georg Friedrich Händel. 
Video link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVzZGxJCXx4

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Variation over "Lascia ch'io pianga"

Ralf Kleemann performs George Gershwin's unforgettable "Summertime" on the pedal harp.

Video link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRdRzDdifJ4

Live at Harfensommer Lauterbach, July 26th, 2015.

Summertime

"Der Lindenbaum", auch bekannt als "Am Brunnen vor dem Tore", ist einer der fröhlicheren Teile in Franz Schuberts Winterreise. Kurzversion ohne den Improvisationteil mit Wäscheklammern. 
Live-Aufnahme während des diesjährigen Harfensommers in Lauterbach (Hessen), 30. Juli 2016. 

"Der Lindenbaum" is a part of Franz Schubert's Winterreise, which I combined with some improvised elements (this is the shorter version without the cloth peg improvisation). 
Performed by Ralf Kleemann during the Harfensommer festival in Lauterbach, Germany, July 30th, 2016. 

Der Lindenbaum + Improvisation

Liveversion von "Tides", dem Titelstück meines zweiten Soloalbums für keltische Harfe. 
Live version of "Tides", the title track of my second harp solo album. 

Recorded by Jochen Bischof, Concert at Folkscheune Süsterseel, 01-09-2007.

Tides (live)

"The Clergy's Lamentation" is an Irish ballad by Turlough O'Carolan, I play it on an enlarged replica of the Brian Boru's Harp displayed in the Trinity College, Dublin. The harp is entirely made of yew and was crafted by Frank Sievert. It's strung with bronze strings, hence the bright, sustaining sound.
This arrangement consists of an improvised introduction, followed by the tune. 
Many thanks to my fellow harpist Stefan Battige, who taught me this tune. 

"The Clergy's Lamentation" ist eine irische Ballade von Turlough O'Carolan, gespielt auf einer leicht vergrößerten Nachbildung der Brian Boru Harfe, wie sie im Trinity College in Dublin zu bewundern ist. Die Harfe wurde vom Harfenbauer Frank Sievert aus Eibenholz gefertigt und ist mit Bronzesaiten bespannt, daher der helle und nachschwingende Klang. 
Dieses Arrangement besteht aus einem improvisierten Eingangsteil, das eigentlich Stück folgt im hinteren Teil. 
Vielen Dank an meinen Harfenspielerkollegen Stefan Battige, der mir dieses Stück beigebracht hat.

The Clergy's Lamentation

Ralf Kleemann plays "Flying to the Fleadh" on the Celtic harp, a slip jig (and originally a pipe tune) composed by Patrick Davey. Played on location on the Irish south coast.
The prolonged sustain of the strings was actually caused by the wind blowing gently through the harp. 

Ralf Kleemann spielt "Flying to the Fleadh" ("/flah/") auf der keltischen Harfe, ein Slip Jig von Patrick Davey, der ursprünglich für Dudelsack geschrieben wurde. Ort des Geschehens ist eine Bucht an der irischen Südküste.

The harp arrangement is based on Gráinne Hambly's version.

Flying to the Fleadh

Chanter Song is an Irish traditional. 
Infinite Loop Reel by Ralf Kleemann (from album "Tides").
Recorded by Christoph Buskies, http://www.bureau-b.com/

Chanter Song & Infinite Loop Reel

Two popular Irish tunes, O'Carolan's "Planxty Browne" and a fragment of "Monahan's Jig". The intro is improvised. 

Recorded by Jochen Bischof, Concert at Folkscheune Süsterseel, 01-09-2007.

Planxty Browne & Monahan's Jig (part)

Sunday afternoon with my harp, the Loop Station, and a warm fire...

By the Fire

This short improvisation on my Celtic harp was recorded in the beautiful stone church of Ste Mondane, Dordogne, France.

Improvisation dans l'eglise de Ste Mondane

One of the bonus tracks from my second solo album "Tides". 
Ein Bonus-Stück von meinem zweiten Soloalbum "Tides ~ Gezeiten".

Epilog 2

My harp adaptation of the Anglican hymn "I vow to thee, my country", composed by Gustav Holst as part of his "Planets" orchestral suite. Much inspired by Park Stickney, who played this piece on a concert. I found that it "rolls" very nicely on the harp and I made this simple arrangement of it. 

I Vow to Thee

My pedal harp version of the classic "Autumn Leaves", recorded live in Salzgitter, Germany, on November 10th, 2012. Embedded is another Jazz piece, "Elm", by German pianist Achim Kück. 

Autumn Leaves (live)

Improvisation on pentatonic scales, recorded live in Salzgitter, Germany, on November 10th, 2012.

Pentatonics

First of the little "Gnossienne" series by Eric Satie, first published in 1893. 
Sounds a bit like...
...a rainy Sunday afternoon in Paris...
...ein verregneter Sonntagnachmittag in Paris...

Gnossienne No. 1

Rushed and with some imperfections. Not my best playing of this favourite, but probably on the best piano I've ever tried it on!

Hastig gespielt und mit ein paar Fehlerchen, dafür war das Klavier super. :D

Recording/Aufnahme: Schloss Wartegg, St. Gallen, Schweiz/Switzerland, 2009

Adagio - Mondscheinsonate   Moonlight Sonata

Teasers for my harp solo album "Finistère"

Variations Sur Finistere (Teaser)

Marv Pontkalleg (Teaser)

Hanter Dro A Cinq Pattes (Teaser)

Finistere (Teaser)

Baz Valan (Teaser)

Au Sein Des Dunes (Teaser)

Teasers of my solo harp album "Hugs & Kisses"

Hugs & Kisses

Tango Mélange (Teaser)

Clueless (Teaser)

Musette (Teaser)

Hugs & Kisses, Part I: Intro (Teaser)

Tides (Teasers)

Toccata III (Teaser)

Herbstlied/Autumn Song (Teaser)

Infinite Loop Reel (Teaser)

Tides

Tides (Teaser)

Teasers of my harp solo album "Phrydotia"

Phrydotia

Promenade (Teaser)

Blues for Janet (Teaser)

Harfenmusik in vielen Facetten und auf verschiedenen Harfentypen. 
Harp music in many flavours and on different harp types.
Impressum: http://www.kleeworld.de/impressum.html

Ralf Kleemann - Harpist

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