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I was just thinking about you this morning and wondering when you would be posting again. So happy to get home and find this. Beautiful as always. Thank you.

Beautiful ! Thank you

That was magical, do you have the sheet music?

Really nice

This is really great, i saw them in concert once actually.

That’s really pretty love/hate the snow 😂

That’s the perfect piece for the kind of weather we’re having as well. Very beautifully done thank you for sharing.

Perfect for a snowy day here in Virginia! Lovely and expressive playing...thank you!

That’s really lovely

I wanted to hear this song played on the harp today. Your specific style of playing it hit the spot. It's just right and I've been playing it over and over. Very serene. Thank you!

This is really lovely playing, great tempo. What is the harp you are playing ? New ? Happy New Year !

This is beautiful Derek. Do you think the high tension in this harp would make it difficult to play celtic ornaments?

This is really lovely Derek

I love both harps but I was more drawn to the Salvi Una. If you get the chance I'd love you to try the Salvi Donegal. Im trying to decide between the Una and the Donegal and unfortunately I have no opportunity to try them. Thanks for your insights.🙌

Ladies and gentlemen, Mr. Calvin Fischoeder and Her Majesty, the Princess Angelica Flavia

Hi Derek, what a lovely piece! I enjoy your version. I started to learn this piece yesterday with my teacher and heard your beautiful version. I checked out which other pieces you already played and I found it very funny, that you also played "The Autumn leaves", "Beauty and the beast", "In the bleak midwinter" and now "Fields of Gold" - all those pieces I have also learned in the past. I am Xenia, 40 years old, from Berlin (Germany). I started learning harp 4 years ago. I play a bohemian level harp and a pedal harp. How do you learn the harp? Do you have a teacher? Wish you a happy new year and always good harp inspirations!

Beautiful, Derek! This is on my list to learn next year.

so nice Derek! Isn't it a magical piece?

very nice musicality, the most important for a musicien!

This is so lovely, merry Christmas Derek!

Wow that was amazing to listen too. I absolutely loved it

Beautiful and beautifully played - thank you, Derek❄❄❄☃ Merry Christmas!

Oh that's so beautiful, a forgotten tune but such a lovely one. You play the harp with such a depth of feeling , thank you for sharing Happy Christmas!

I love this piece so much! ❤ Just learned it myself... 😀

Wow blast from the past, I forgot about this tune

Gorgeous! Touches my heart!

Merry Christmas to you and your loved ones Derek!

Wow, this is fantastic. Do you have the sheet music for this?

Really nice, merry Christmas 🎄

This is so relaxing and beautiful, great work

Really nice

Lovely

Beautifully played, thank you. ❤

Beautiful arrangement and great playing! Merry Christmas 🎄 God bless 🙏

this is better than ACG original performance. Yours is much more thoughtful!

Thanks Derek - This was interesting to me. I went through the gut-wrenching harp decision a year ago to add a larger lever harp to my harp family (I also have a Lyon and Healy 85 GP and LOVE it). The closest harp stores were in Salt Lake City, 400 miles away. I made a spreadsheet with all of the considerations you mentioned - height, weight, string spacing, types and tension, cases, price, special features etc. I actually had 18 harps on the spreadsheet based on what was available in each store. The harp on my vision board had been the beautiful green Una Deluxe and I'd been saving $ for that but knew that the strings were different and I really knew I needed to see how they played for me. I was 90% sure I wanted that harp since it was so beautiful and made by such a great harp maker. I thought my 2nd choice would be a Lyon and Healy Ogden as I'd played one owned by a friend. I did however want to keep my mind open to other harps offered at the other store including Dusty Strings. Day 1 was store #1 where I first tried the Una. - I kept wishing I liked the sound better and didn't like the feel or sound of the lower strings. I wondered what kind of technique I would have to develop to get the sound I desired. I tried other Salvi's and also the Ogden's and Troubadour. I was disappointed in how the levers dulled the sound on the 3 Odgens and didn't love the tall swooping point on the Troubadour. I was IN love with the beautify of that Una. I had the professional pedal harpist play the Una for me and she struggled with it too, stating that she truly rarely played lever harps. Anyway, I left wishing I liked the Una better. Da2 2 was store #2 where I tried a variety of new and consigned harps. I did enjoy the Dusty Strings harps as many of my online harp friends had stated. I didn't know how much I loved them. I was hoping for a floor harp without legs and trying to figure out what might work for me. I tried them with and without legs. I'm short so no legs may have worked on the Crescendo. After going back and forth about a few things I felt I would go home and decide whether to drive to Grand Junction , Colorado to try the newer Blevins Riversong, and perhaps to check out a used Musicmakers harp in the Denver area, before making a decision. The harpist there asked me to try one more harp I hadn't seen online. A Dusty Strings GH36S. I didn't realize as I first played it that it was a 2003 and on consignment. I also didn't know why I hadn't considered that in my spreadsheet ??? Perhaps the cost of a new one??? , or perhaps it was pretty close to 30# - almost 5 pounds more than the Una, and a bit lass portable - I'm not sure but I felt the harp almost played itself and I LOVED the sonorous deep sounds of the bass strings. Very unlike the Una. I traveled back home without a new harp and started listening to videos of people playing the Una and talking more to my friends with Dusty Strings harps. I made phone calls to Blevins and Musicmakers to learn more about their harps that were only in their own showrooms. I called store #1 telling her the next time I went back to SLC maybe I would give the Una a 2nd chance??? I also told her how much the Dusty Strings resonated with me, and how surprised that made me. She encouraged me to buy the harp I love the sound of most, knowing it wasn't her Una. I then realized that the 2003 Dusty Strings with an affordable price might disappear quickly to another buyer and that if I really wanted it, I better just buy it. I called store #2 back to discuss the purchase, even asking if the owner would look at an offer lower than the asking price considering how many miles away we lived. She said sure and within hours I purchased that harp via the phone! In a serendipity way, a friend was traveling to SLC and said he could actually pick up the harp and bring it to me - which he did a few days later - Dec. 26, 2023! I got nervous wondering if it would sound as I remembered. When he dropped it off I opened the case and was thrilled to know I had made the right choice!! I have loved every minute of my 11+ months of playing "Sally Pearl" as I named the FH36S. My 20# Blevins Encore (now discontinued) still serves me for playing in Hospice and hospital rooms, but I DO plan to visit the Blevins store 7 hours away in Colorado someday to try out a Riversong in person and see if I'd like to upgrade from the Encore. A caveat to this story is there was another lady who was trying to decide between the beautiful Una and the FH36S, and she had decided on the Una - Both stores sold their harps and both customers got something they loved!! Yes - harps have a way of finding you.

Beautifully done, I can tell you enjoy your harp. Happy Christmas.

A great arrangement, and I love the emotion you put into playing it💝.

Nice and relaxing Derek. Another great arrangment by ACG! 🎶🎄

Thanks for replying, I will post some vids on Facebook,in a few weeks,after I have got to grips with my new ( bigger) harp, what made you choose Salvi ? For me it was the clarity,of sound,and the fantastic build quality,fit and finish is excellent 🐻❤️

Very nice , is that harp a salvi Daphne 47ex ? Or se,? I have my new ex coming in the next week, in a new version of walnut, I might just get the music for this song ❤️🐻

I thought it was lovely too - thanks !

So beautiful, and so sensitively played. Very nice, Derek!

Thank you. Beautiful arrangement played beautifully. I have been checking every morning to see if you posted something. As you know, I'm a fan.

Lovely job Derek! I’m completely inspired to add this to my Winter repetoire

Well, that is just gorgeous , a beautiful classic Christmas tune. You play beautifully as always, just need some silver bells in your background! No snow where I live near the sea in Devon, England, just wild stormy weather!

Such a great classic!

So lovely! Thank you Derek ❄️🔔❄️🔔❄️

Oh this was so beautiful to listen too. I absolutely loved it 😊

Lovely!