Myriam Darme and Maia Darme (Ensemble Traversées) perform a flute and harp duet cover of “It is five o’clock, Paris awakens” (Il est cinq heures, Paris s’éveille), iconic 1968 French song by singer-songwriter Jacques Dutronc.
Maia Darme performs Aquaharp, by Animusic, on a real harp.
Animusic is an American company specializing in the 3D visualization of MIDI-based music. They produced three DVDs of computer-generated music videos featuring self-playing instruments. Aquaharp, written in 1999, is one of their first pieces. In the original Animusic video, an imaginary 26-stringed harp connected to pan flutes, tubular bells, a violin and a cello is played by levitating tear-shaped picks. The harp sits in the middle of a room filled with a foot of water and opened to the night sky. The lighting of the scene changes as underwater lights react to the music and water gently ripples in the background.
Music composed by Wayne Lytle for Animusic (http://www.animusic.com). Video by Kevin King
Maia will be back to France soon for an exciting series of concerts in the Aquitaine region with the ensemble Traversées (flute and harp) as well as Dan Jones on guitar.
Thursday 14 May, 8pm, Carignan : flute and harp, Ensemble Traversées
Thursday 14 May,11h45, Mios : flute and harp, Ensemble Traversées
Saturday 16 May, 8pm, Mussidan : guitar, flute and harpe trio (European Night of Museums)
Sunday 17 May, 6pm, Bertric Biurée : guitar, flute and harpe trio
A year ago, Maia created a channel and started posting harp videos on youtube. They now have more than 30,000 views! A heartfelt thank you to everyone.
There will be more coming soon… Subscribe to Maia’s youtube channel HERE if you don’t want to miss them!
Maia perfoming Toccata, a solo harp piece written by Guillaume Connesson (Paris, April 2013).
