Diana Rowan - Harpist: Music

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Arran Boat/Thalassaki Mou (Ireland/Greece)

Peter came up with the great idea of using his rain drum for this set; both songs are about the sea. For Arran Boat, I wanted a floating impression, so used secondary dominants throughout. For Thalassaki I also wanted a watery feeling, so used a lot of quartile and quintile chords, as well as trading the melody mid-phrase between harp and oud, taking my cues from Debussy's "La Mer." I enjoyed combining songs that addressed a similar subject but were composed far apart geographically.
Thalassaki Mou
(Phonetic Greek)
Thalassa tous thalassinous, thalassaki mou
Min tous thalassodernis
Thalassonoume, yia sena ksimeronoume
Thalassa ke armiro nero
Na ksehaso then mporo
Ki kopelia ine mikri
Ke then tis pan'ta mavra
Ke fere to pulaki mou

My Little Sea
(English translation)

Sea, don't torture the sailors
I stay up at nights thinking about you
Sea and salt water, I cannot forget you
The girl is young and she won't look well in black
Oh sea, bring my love back