Five Variants of “Dives and Lazarus” – R. Vaughan Williams

[ruth-landis-hunter]

I am playing this piece in three weeks. Does anybody have some helpful fingerings/changes for Variant 3? Any help would be appreciated!!

[Alison]

Yes indeed – so I’ve sent you Barbara Fackler’s version of the entire harp part which she gave me when I was desperate in 2009 and we finalised it into a really good result including corrections to the 2003 part from the score. It is an extraordinary composition and such a wonderful discovery – but VW wrote the harp part in ‘voices’ and I found it too difficult to read into two handfuls. I am listening to it again – wow. We had a thread before…… http://www.harpcolumn.com/forums/professional-harpists/posts/56329
The [?] up right is a pdf of an excerpt from a book on VW with the background to the work, from bottom of 2nd real page.

[erin-wood]

If you have a pdf of your updates Alison, I would also love a copy!

[Alison]

It’s Barbara’s so I have asked her to send it onto you, there were just a couple of fingering corrections a few days ago, and I’m not the master owner.

[mae-mcallister]

Can I also put in a request for a copy please?

Thanks so much:)

[Alison]

sure .

[kathy-mcmullin]

I will be playing this piece in August and would love any suggestions for fingerings and/or editing for Variant 3.
Thanks!

[Alison]

If I could find your email I would sent this onto you – BTW the piece is difficult but not impossible so I hope they warned you ………. A

[Kaitlyn Stafki]

I’m currently playing this and would GREATLY appreciate a copy of the fingerings ASAP.

[Alison]

then email me or one of the others ! I heard this piece again on the radio today – it surely is one of my favorites, curiously it was at a much lower tempo so less stress for the harpist, but musically almost too slow – I guess one gets used to works in a certain tempo range.

[marian sussman]

Hi,

I have a student who is playing this work and would appreciate any fingerings you have!

[kathylkh]

Hi Alison,

Could I have the Barbara Fackler’s version of the fingerings for Variant 3 of Vaughan Williams’s Five Variants of “Dives and Lazarus”?

I am suffering with the fingerings.. t^t

Thank you very much!! Your help would be appreciate;)

[Alison]

Hi Ka, I was alerted to this last night, as it came to my personal email. Without knowing yours, all I can do is reply to harp column and attach the files, which I did, and hopefully the office will send them onto you, as I can’t see your own email on this site. I don’t think we should attach files to the site as access is unrestricted. Alison

[Alison]

It’s so wonderful to listen to, it has a restful, soothing & healing effect on me, the opposite of the difficulties playing it – there are many pieces that I am quite happy just listening to, given the luxury !!

[JackieHarpFan]

Alison,
Could I please get a copy of the fingering you are talking about?
Thank you!
Jackie

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