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Title - 'Beyond the Horizon'
Artist - Lauren Scott

For those not in the know, Lauren Scott's passion for the lever harp inspires her interpretations of atmospheric works by 20th century composers ranging from John Cage and Peter Maxwell Davies to Lennon & McCartney, as well as her own ambient compositions, here on her quite terrific debut solo album, the just-released Beyond the Horizon (out now via AVIE Records).

Born in Australia, UK-based Lauren performs with many of the country's leading orchestras, in West End shows, on commercial recordings, and for radio and TV.

Active in the international harp community, Lauren avidly fosters the next generation of harp players, and has had her music published and performed world-wide.

Lauren's new album Beyond the Horizon casts a twilight glow on the unique qualities of the traditional lever harp (also known as the Celtic harp) and the kaleidoscopic colors it produces, sonorities that Lauren enhances with extended techniques including note bending and percussive effects in her own music.

Lauren Scott (b. 1970)
1. 'Elegy' (4:46)
from Adventures for Lever Harp
2. 'Free Running' (Book 2) (2:00)
3. 'Blue Moon Rising' (Book 2) (3:28)
4. 'First Flight of Spring' (Book 1) (2:39)

Douwe Eisenga (b. 1961)
5. 'For Mattia' (8:02)

Monika Stadler (b. 1963)
6. 'Away for a While' (from New Shoots – Old Roots) (4:14)

Lauren Scott
7. 'Gypsy Dance' (from Adventures for Lever Harp, Book 2) (3:39)

John Cage (1912 – 1992)
8. 'In a Landscape' (8:38)

Peter Maxwell Davies (1934 – 2016)
9. 'Farewell to Stromness' (4:10)

Lauren Scott
10. 'Beyond the Horizon' (4:25)
11. 'Celestial Spirals' (4:18)

John Lennon (1940 – 1980) and Paul McCartney (b. 1942)
12. 'Across the Universe' (4:22)

Lauren Scott
13. 'Crepuscule' (from Adventures for Lever Harp, Book 2) (6:14)

The result is a beautiful and distinctive album with broad appeal, which is shown clearly from the gentle gossamer opening from her own work, 'Elegy.' For 'Free Running' the musical flow captures that title perfectly as shutting your eyes you could happily be taken away to a sumptuous Far East land where the waters flow crystal blue and the grass is as green as you have ever seen.

The more delicate 'Blue Moon Rising' is then backed by the free flowing beauty of 'The first Flight if Spring' (which is rather apt as I am writing this review on the very first day of Spring!)

A soft approach is taken for Douwe Eisenga's 'For Mattia,' which she then follows with the gentle hipsway of 'Away for a While' from Monika Stadler. Another of Lauren's works is then brought forth in the form of the luscious 'Gypsy Dance,' before a journey into the awe inspiring world of John Cage's 'In a Landscape' is brought forth.

We then get what is my own personal favorite here, the ornate beauty of the simply stunning 'Farewell to Stromness' (from Peter Maxwell Davies), which she follows seamlessly with her own fibrous title track, 'Beyond the Horizon.'

That is backed by another of Lauren's work, the translucent 'Celestial Spirals,' with the album rounding out with a magnificently delicate 'Across the Universe' (from, of course, John Lennon and Paul McCartney) and then closes with Lauren's very own 'Crepuscule.'

Official CD Purchase Link

www.Lauren-Scott-Harp.co.uk

Lauren Scott @ Facebook

www.Avie-Records





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