The Wayfaring Stranger - Lauren Scott solo harp

Presented by: Lauren Scott

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0	CREWE: St Bertoline’s Church
P	Sunday 7th July, 2024
N	2:30pm

Event information

An afternoon of scintillating harp music with Fizz included!

The Wayfaring Stranger - solo harp recital ~ Lauren Scott

I Will Leave This Country and Go Along With You (to wander under The Arches of the Blossomed Woods) ~Trad. arranged by Mercedes McGrath
Glass Cathedrals ~ Grace-Evangeline Mason
Farewell to Stromness ~ Peter Maxwell Davis
Neeps & Tatties ~ Lauren Scott
The Lark in the Clear Air ~ Trad. arranged by Skaila Kanga
En Bateau ~ Claude Debussy
Celestial Spirals ~ Lauren Scott

INTERVAL

No One Can Stop Me Now ~ Monika Stadler
Night Lotus, White Grey Blue ~ Lauren Scott
The Wayfaring Stranger ~ Trad. arranged by Andy Scott
Swan LK243 ~ Catriona McKay
Fantasia on Greensleeves ~ Ralph Vaughan Williams arranged by Keziah Thomas
Watching the Wheat ~ John Thomas


Lauren Scott is an inspiring musician; whilst continuing her decades of work freelancing with the major UK orchestras, she pushes musical boundaries on multiple projects as harpist with various chamber groups as well as creating numerous collaborative projects.

Lauren studied harp at Trinity College of Music and her harp playing has led her to performing in venues across the UK from the Royal Albert Hall to West End shows to commercial recordings to live broadcasts on radio and TV. In the last six years she has composed, arranged and published a highly imaginative and distinctive number of works. She has published three volumes of music for lever harp, her music has received praise from harpists and harp societies worldwide and is used as set pieces on Trinity and AMEB grade syllabuses. Her unique and dynamic style of composing was recently honoured with a PRS Foundation Women Make Music grant & her music has been broadcast on BBC Radio 3, Scala Radio and included on BBC Introducing & Apple Music playlists.​

In 2020 her debut solo CD, Beyond the Horizon was released on the Avie Records label to critical acclaim. In 2021 she was a recipient of a 'Developing Your Creative Practice' award from Arts Council England and was composer-in-residence with Harps North West.

Her latest album, Sea of Stars also released on the Avie Records label, was selected as Album of the Week on Scala Radio (her second album to receive this accolade) and features music by J.S. Bach, M. Ravel, Grace-Evangeline Mason, Monika Stadler, Rudiger Opperman as well as her own arrangements and compositions.