List of harp concerts

In the Baroque and Classical periods, only a few works were composed for harp and orchestra , which was mainly due to the fact that the instruments of that time still had many technical weaknesses. It was not until Sébastien Érard invented the double pedal mechanism in 1811 that the harp was also appreciated as a solo instrument. In the 20th century it was used as a soloist by a large number of composers.

The list includes concerts with one and more solo harps as well as concerts with various solo instruments. Chamber music works in which the harp is used as a soloist are also listed. However, it does not include arrangements from other concerts unless they were written by the composer himself.

Baroque

• Handel, Georg Friedrich (1685–1759)
  • Concerto for harp (or organ) and orchestra in B flat major op.4, no.6 HWV 294 (1738)

Classic

• Albrechtsberger, Johann Georg (1736–1809)
  • Four concertinos for harp and orchestra (1772)
  • Harp Concerto in C major (1773)

• Ditters von Dittersdorf, Carl August (1739–1799)
  • Harp Concerto in A major

• Dussek, Johann Ludwig (1760–1812)
  • Harp Concerto in E flat major, c. 53/265 (1789)
  • Harp Concerto in F major, C. 78/266 (1792)
  • Harp Concerto in C major, C. 129/267 (1795)
  • Harp Concerto in F major, C. 158 (1798)
  • Harp Concerto in B flat major, c. 264 (1813, lost)

• Eichner, Ernst Dietrich Adolph (1740–1777)
  • Harp Concerto in D major op.9 (1769)

• Gossec, François-Joseph (1734–1829)
  • Symphony Concertante for two harps and orchestra in D major

• Krumpholtz, Jean-Baptiste (1742–1790)
  • Harp Concerto No. 1 op.4 (1777)
  • Harp Concerto No. 2 op.4 (1777)
  • Harp Concerto No. 3 Op. 6 (1777)
  • Harp Concerto No. 4, Op. 6 (1777)
  • Harp Concerto No. 5 Op. 7 (1778)
  • Harp Concerto No. 6 op.9 (1785)

• Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756–1791)
  • Concerto for flute, harp and orchestra in C major KV 299 / KV 297c (1778)

• Paisiello, Giovanni (1740-1816)
  • Harp concert

• Petrini, Francesco (1744–1819)
  • Harp Concerto No. 1 op.25 (1786)
  • Harp Concerto No. 3, Op. 27 (1793)
  • Harp Concerto No. 4 in B flat major, Op. 29 (1793)

• Wagenseil, Georg Christoph Anton (1715–1777)
  • Concerto for harp and orchestra in G major WWV 281 (1761)

romance

• Bochsa, Robert Nicolas-Charles (1789-1856)
  • Harp Concerto in D minor op.15

• Boieldieu, François-Adrien (1775–1834)
  • Concerto for harp and orchestra in C major op.82 (1801)

• Lachner, Franz Paul (1803–1890)
  • Harp Concerto in C minor (1828)
  • Harp Concerto in D minor (1833)

• Moór, Emánuel (1863–1931)
  • Concerto for chromatic harp and orchestra op.141

• Parish-Alvars, Elias (1808–1849)
  • Concertino for harp and orchestra in E minor, op.34
  • Great Concerto for Harp and Orchestra in C major, Op. 60 (1837)
  • Great Concerto for Harp and Orchestra in G minor, op.81 (1842)
  • Concertino for 2 harps or piano and harp and orchestra in D minor op.91
  • Concerto for harp and orchestra in E flat major op.98 (1845)
  • Great Concerto for Harp and Orchestra in C minor

• Pierné, Gabriel (1863–1937)
  • Concert piece for harp and orchestra in G flat major, op.39

• Reinecke, Carl Heinrich Carsten (1824–1910)
  • Harp Concerto in E minor, Op. 182

• Saint-Saëns, Camille (1835–1921)
  • Concert piece for harp and orchestra op.154

• Spohr, Louis (1784-1859)
  • Concertante No. 1 for violin, harp and orchestra in G major WoO 13 (1806)
  • Concertante No. 2 for violin, harp and orchestra in E minor, WoO 14 (1807)

• Thomas, John (1826-1913)
  • Harp Concerto No. 1
  • Harp Concerto No. 2

• Wassilenko, Sergei Nikiforowitsch (1872–1956)
  • Harp Concerto in F major, Op. 126 (1949)

• Widor, Charles-Marie (1844–1937)
  • Choral et Variations for harp and orchestra op.74

20th century

• Adamo, Mark (* 1962)
  • "Four Angels", concerto for harp and orchestra (2007)

• Alwyn, William (1905–1985)
  • Concerto for oboe, harp and string orchestra (1944)
  • "Lyra Angelica" for harp and string orchestra (1954)

• Andrès, Bernard (* 1941)
  • “Tiento per Pablo” for harp and chamber ensemble
  • “Le Seigneur Des Amin” for harp and orchestra

• Angerer, Paul (1927–2017)
  • “Musica conquista” for harp and string orchestra

• Astaburuaga, René Amengual (1911–1954)
  • Harp concert

• Badings, Henk (1907-1987)
  • Concert for harp and symphonic wind orchestra

• Bax, Arnold (1883-1953)
  • Variations on the name " Gabriel Fauré " for harp and strings (1949)

• Bialas, Günter (1907–1995)
  • “Music in two movements” for harp and strings

• Bodorová, Sylvie (* 1954)
  • "Mysterium druidum" for harp and string orchestra (or string quartet)

• Bremner, Tony (born 1939)
  • Harp Concerto No. 2 (1990)

• Caplet, André (1878–1925)
  • "Conte Fantastique" for harp and string quartet (later also orchestra), based on " The Mask of Red Death " by Edgar Allan Poe (1919)

• Carr-Boyd, Ann
  • Fantasy for harp and orchestra (1996)

• Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Mario (1895–1968)
  • Concertino for harp and chamber orchestra op.93

• Conyngham, Barry (born 1944)
  • "Cloudlines", concerto for harp and orchestra (1990)

• Cowell, Henry (1897-1965)
  • "Duo concertante" for flute, harp and orchestra L.894 (1961)
  • Harp Concerto L.947 (1965)

• Darnton, Christian (1905-1981)
  • Harp Concerto (1934)

• Debussy, Claude (1862-1918)
  • "Danses sacrée et profane" for harp and string orchestra (1904)

• van Delden, Lex (1919–1988)
  • Concerto for harp and orchestra op.32

• Diethelm, Caspar (1926–1997)
  • Concerto for cor anglais, harp and string orchestra op.37 (1963)

• von Dohnányi, Ernst (1877–1960)
  • Concertino for harp and chamber orchestra op.45

• Françaix, Jean (1912–1997)
  • Concerto for 2 harps and 12 strings

• Gilliland, Allan (* 1965)
  • “Gaol's Rhuah Ròs”, Celtic concert for two harps and orchestra

• Ginastera, Alberto Evaristo (1916–1983)
  • Concerto for harp and orchestra op.25 (1956–1965)

• Glière, Reinhold Moritzewitsch (1875–1956)
  • Harp Concerto in E flat major, Op. 74 (1938)

• Gnattali, Radamés (1906–1988)
  • Concerto for harp and string orchestra

• Güneş, Betin (* 1957)
  • Harp Concerto op.51 (1998)

• Hannikainen, Väinö Atos (1900–1960)
  • Harp concert
  • Variations for harp and orchestra

• Harty, Hamilton (1879-1941)
  • "In Ireland", Fantasy for flute, harp and orchestra (1935)

• Henze, Hans Werner (1926–2012)
  • Double Concerto for oboe, harp and strings (1966)
  • "I sentimenti di Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach", transcription for flute, harp and strings (1982)

• Hoddinott, Alun (1929-2008)
  • Harp Concerto op.11

• Hovhaness, Alan (1911-2000)
  • Concerto for harp and strings op.267

• Jenkins, Karl (* 1944)
  • "Tros y Garreg" ("Over the stone", sometimes also "Crossing the stone") for two harps and orchestra (2002)

• Jongen, Joseph (1873-1953)
  • Harp Concerto op.129

• Kaska, Kevin (* 1972)
  • Harp Concerto (1999)
  • "Knights of the Red Branch" for three harps and chamber orchestra (2004)
  • Concertino for harp and orchestra (2004)

• Legrand, Michel (1932–2019)
  • “ Parapluie de Cherbourg ”, suite for harp and orchestra
  • “Le Messager”, suite for harp, piano and orchestra
  • “ Yentl ”, suite for harp and orchestra
  • “Un Été 42”, Concertino for harp and orchestra

• Lovelock, William (1899-1986)
  • Rhapsody Concerto for Harp and Orchestra (1981)

• Lutosławski, Witold (1913–1994)
  • Double concerto for oboe, harp and string orchestra (1979/80)

• Maayani, Ami (* 1936)
  • Concerto No. 1 for harp and orchestra

• Małecki, Maciej (* 1940)
  • “Concertino in an Ancient Style” for two harps and string orchestra
  • Concert for electric harp and orchestra

• Martin, Frank (1890–1974)
  • "Petite symphonie concertante" for harp, harpsichord, piano and two string orchestras (1944/45)

• Martin, Philip (* 1947)
  • Harp concert

• Matthus, Siegfried (* 1934)
  • "Der See", concerto for harp and orchestra (1989)

• Meyer, Ernst Hermann (1905–1988)
  • Concerto for harp and chamber orchestra (1968)

• Meyer, Krzysztof (* 1943)
  • Concerto for harp, violoncello and string orchestra (1984)

• Peter Mieg (1906–1990)
  • Concerto for harp and string orchestra (1970)

• Milhaud, Darius (1892–1974)
  • Harp Concerto op.323 (1953)

• Mossolow, Alexander Wassiljewitsch (1900–1973)
  • Harp Concerto (1939)

• Mozetich, Marjan (* 1948)
  • "The passion of Angels", concert for two harps and orchestra (1995)

• Pizzetti, Ildebrando (1880–1968)
  • Harp Concerto in E flat major

• Rautavaara, Einojuhani (1928–2016)
  • Harp concert (1999/2000)

• Ravel, Maurice (1875-1937)
  • “Introduction and Allegro” for harp, flute, clarinet and string quartet

• Renié, Henriette (1875–1956)
  • Concerto for harp and orchestra in C minor

• Rodrigo, Joaquín (1901-1999)
  • "Concierto serenata" for harp and orchestra (1952)
  • "Sones en la Giralda" for harp and orchestra (1963)

• Rota, Nino (1911–1979)
  • Harp Concerto (1947)

• Schönthal, Ruth (1924-2006)
  • “The beautiful days of Aranjuez” for harp and string orchestra

• Škerjanc, Lucijan Marija (1900–1973)
  • Harp Concerto (1954)

• Smit, Leo (1900–1943)
  • Concertino for harp and orchestra

• Surinach, Carlos (1915–1997)
  • Concerto for harp and orchestra

• Tailleferre, Germaine (1892-1983)
  • Concertino for harp and orchestra

• Thomson, Virgil (1896-1989)
  • “Autumn”, concertina for harp, strings and percussion

• Tischtschenko, Boris Ivanovich (1939-2010)
  • Harp Concerto op.69 (1977)

• Tveitt, Geirr (1908–1981)
  • Harp Concerto No. 1 (lost)
  • "Concerto Eroico", Harp Concerto No. 2 op. 170 (1957)

• Victory, Gerard (1921-1995)
  • Concerto for harp and chamber orchestra (1971)

• Villa-Lobos, Heitor (1887–1959)
  • Harp Concerto (1953)

• Weinzweig, John (1913-2006)
  • Harp concert

21st century

• C. René Hirschfeld (* 1965)
  • Aiolic Concerto for Harp and Orchestra (op.112)

• Huber, Michael FP (* 1971)
  • Concerto for harp and orchestra op.50 (2012)

• Williams, John (born 1932)
  • "On Willows and Birches" for harp and orchestra (2009)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m} see article by the composer
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4. ↑ parishalvars.com ( Memento of the original from October 24, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
5. ↑ cdbaby.com