Virtuoso Voices™ - Yolanda Kondonassis (Not Always Sweet) 0:28
July 2007 CD 


[Music:  
Use this 28 second clip to enhance your introduction of Yolanda Kondonassis playing music by Carlos Salzedo (Telarc 80418, 80533, 80581 and a new Salzedo CD set for a Fall 2007 release); Impromptu Caprice by Pierne (Telarc 80581) and "Vers la source dans le bois" by Tournier (Telarc 80488).  Additional music options are available at http://ykharp.com/disc.html.]



SUGGESTED HOST INTRO

Yolanda Kondonassis (kon-doe-NASS-sis) is an advocate for harp music new and old.  When she lobbies today's composers, she encourages them to both embrace and think beyond the traditional harp cliches.


CLIP TRANSCRIPT
"I think so many of the pieces that have endured, and get played time and time and time again are ones that really do allow the harp to speak freely.  And, by that I mean it's not just all sweetness and light.  Some people don't know that the harp can do much besides ethereal glissandos and rippling arpeggios.  But composers that do know that, I think really tap into a wealth of resources, and their pieces endure."


SUGGESTED HOST OUTRO

Yolanda Kondonassis (kon-doe-NASS-sis) and her recommendation for composers on how to write music that will stand the test of time. Here is music that embraces old and new language for the harp.  Yolanda Kondonassis (kon-doe-NASS-sis) plays (insert music title and composer).


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