Harp Concerto (Ginastera)

The Harp Concerto by Alberto Ginastera was premiered in 1965 with Nicanor Zabaleta and the Philadelphia Orchestra, conducted by Eugene Ormandy.

Instrumentation

Woodwinds

2 flutes (Flute 2 doubling piccolo)

2 oboes

2 clarinets in B♭

2 bassoons

Brass

2 horns in F

2 trumpets in C

Percussion

Timpani

Tambourine

Field drum

Cymbals

Xylophone

Celesta

Various items of Latin percussion

Strings

Harp

Violin I

Violin II

Violas

Cellos

Double basses

Movements

1. Allegro giusto
2. Molto moderato
3. Liberamente capriccioso - Vivace

Sources

• Ginastera, Alberto. "Harp Concerto. Op. 25." (Boosey & Hawkes, 1974).