He’s playing my song… Uno Vesje performs Nataliana

Aug 18, 2017 | Composing, Harping & Harpists | 4 comments

As a composer, the joy of hearing my music performed beautifully is the big payoff. Hearing performers make the music their own is what inspires me to write more, to get down on paper more of the music that fills my studio.

Here’s a beautiful performance of my composition, Nataliana, by Uno Vesje. I loved reading that this was the first piece Uno fell in love with on the harp … as it’s the first piece I wrote for the harp.

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4 Comments

  1. Fred Stewart
    Fred Stewart on August 19, 2017 at 4:42 pm

    Beautiful, Deborah. I don’t think I’ve heard this song before. If it is your first, when did you write it? It sounds so mature, like someone who’s been writing for decades before. I love the repeating themes, for aching emphasis. I love you.

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    • Deborah Henson-Conant
      Deborah Henson-Conant on August 19, 2017 at 4:47 pm

      Hey Fred! This was my first piece on the harp (as you well know – I wrote my first love song about YOU when I was – what, 13?). I wrote a lot of other music – mostly music theater – before then – but I had never written anything for harp. I must have written this when I was 25 or 26 – maybe 28?, when I was living in Berkeley. So glad you like it. I miss sitting across the room from you at twilight, each at his own work.

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  2. Kenna Reed
    Kenna Reed on August 19, 2017 at 10:44 pm

    Love the song,but my comment is a different subject. I hope you enjoy my story. I took your webinar on July 4th and learned a lot. I have always been completely dependent on the printed music, but learned the marvelous progression in the key of C. On the following Sunday I was playing the offertory on my harp, a simple, beautiful old hymn. The song leader for the music team has a bad habit of starting his set before I finish my gift the to the service! I heard him pick up his guitar and get ready to start when I expertly extended my song with the lovely progression. I think he busted a gusset trying to figure out when he could start his set. I did it on purpose and I did ask God to forgive me (He does have a sense of humor). I am forgiven.

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    • Deborah Henson-Conant
      Deborah Henson-Conant on August 20, 2017 at 7:24 am

      Well, that’s a first for uses of what people learn in my improvisation classes – and I love that it gave you a way to spontaneously express yourself musically — AND stand up for your place in the joyful noise.

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