WIM HENDERICKX: Harp Concertino

HARP CONCERTINO (... after a soft Silence, an enormous Thunder ... ) for harp and orchestra was commissioned in 2018
by LA MONNAIE/DE MUNT, Brussels

There exists also a version for harp and ensemble (14 players)
and a version for harp, percussion (1 or 2 players) and string orchestra

Inspired by John¿s Book of Revelation from the Christian Bible, and also by Beethoven¿s Fifth and Sixth Symphonies

Dedicated to Agne¿s Cle¿ment

First performance on February 17th, 2019 by harpist Agne¿s Cle¿ment, the Symphonic Orchestra of LA MONNAIE/DE MUNT
and conductor Alain Altinoglu, at Bozar in Brussels

The work contains two parts:
I Lento Misterioso
II Allegro

With special thanks to Peter de Caluwe, general director - intendant of LA MONNAIE/DE MUNT,
my wife Bea Steylaerts and my musical assistant Diederik Glorieux

The score is written in C

Duration: ca. 15¿30¿ minutes