September 25, 2018. 12:15pm Recital. Na’ama Lion, medieval flute, Jussi Reijonen, oud, Nancy Hurrell, medieval harp, Mike Williams, percussion. Medieval and Ladino traditional music.
King’s Chapel Recital Series, Boston
July 19-22, 2018. Somerset Harp Festival, Parsippany NJ. Nancy Hurrell Workshops and Concert. http://www.somersetharpfest.com/
May 2, 2018. 6:30-8:00pm. Griffins,
Angels and Swans: Harps in the MFA Collection
Lecture-demonstration by Nancy Hurrell.
Sponsored by the American Harp Society, Boston. This is a rare opportunity to view the
exquisitely decorated harps in the Boston MFA collection, several normally held
in storage. Harp historian Nancy Hurrell will show eight European harps dating
from 1700 to 1900, including a recently acquired Pleyel harp, c.1900, adorned
with a splendid gold swan on the top. The talk covers harp decoration,
construction and mechanisms, as well as the type of music played and the
harpists who played them. Hurrell will demonstrate period music on several
instruments.
Museum of Fine Arts, 465 Huntington
Avenue, Boston http://www.mfa.org/
Free museum admission
after 4:00pm
March 17, 2018. 4:00pm. Ensemble Musica
Humana Concert: Turlough O’Carolan- A life in song.
Elks Lodge, 1321 Ocean St., Marshfield. https://www.ensemblemusicahumana.com/March 5, 2018. 11:00-noon. Musical Instrument Demonstration: “The Curious Instruments of Edward Light.”
Museum of Fine Arts, 465 Huntington
Avenue, Boston
Local performers Olav Chris Henriksen
and Nancy Hurrell talk about the history and repertoire of several unusual
hybrid string instruments designed by English musician and inventor Edward
Light during the early nineteenth century. Among the instruments from the MFA’s
collection that were designed by Light and are demonstrated are a guitar-harp,
harp-lute-guitar, and dital harp.
Re-Soundings-
Sit inside the music. Cappella Clausura with instrumentalists Na’ama Lion,
medieval flute, Jussi Reijonen, oud, Nancy Hurrell, medieval and Renaissance
harps, Mike Williams, percussion.
January 27, 2018. 8:00pm Lindsey
Chapel, Boston
January 28, 2018. 4:00pm Eliot Church
of Newton
Friday, September 22, 2017. 5:30pm Opening Reception for Nótaí/Notes:
Music and Ireland Research Symposium sponsored by
Boston College and NUI Galway.
Harp
demonstration: “Key Changes: John Egan and the Revival of Ireland’s Harp” by
harp historian Nancy Hurrell. John J. Burns Library, Boston College.
The John J. Burns Library owns two rare Portable Irish Harps by
Dublin’s leading nineteenth-century harp maker, John Egan (fl. 1797-1829).
Egan’s iconic shamrock-adorned harp was a nationalistic product in post-Union
Ireland, and at a time when harp playing was dying out, the newly-invented
chromatic model enabled a new harping tradition to continue in Ireland. Hurrell
will play a two-hundred year old Egan harp from her own collection. http://libguides.bc.edu/burns/notai
April 29, 2017. Historic New England Gala at opening of Eustis House Museum. Nancy Hurrell, concert harp. https://www.historicnewengland.org/property/eustis-estate-museum-study-center/
April 16,
2017 Easter Brunch at the Boston Harbor Hotel. Nancy Hurrell, concert harp,
provided by Gilded Harps and Music Management.
http://www.bhh.com/dining
ReSound
Concerts. Cappella Clausura with guest instrumentalists Carol Lewis, Vielle,
Na’ama Lion, flutes, Nancy Hurrell, harps and Mike Williams, percussion.
January 21,
2017 at 8pm Lindsey Chapel,
Emmanuel Church
January 22,
2017 at 4pm Eliot Church, Newton
November 6, 2016. 3:00pm. Historical Harp Concert: Harp Music from the Royal Courts
Loring-Greenough House, Jamaica Plain, MA
http://loring-greenough.org/event/sunday-concert-nancy-hurrell/
September 30, 2016. Otis House 100th Anniversary Event. Nancy Hurrell, harp.
Historic 1796 Harrison Gray Otis House reception by Historic New England.
September 23, 2016. 7:00pm. Ensemble Musica Humana Concert: Turlough O’Carolan- A life in song. Opening concert for Pioneer Valley Early Music Festival.
United Congregational Church of Holyoke.
http://www.ensemblemusicahumana.com/
July 23, 2016. Lecture: 'Striking Harps in Castles and Museums.'
Conference of the Historical Harp Society, Connecticut College, New London, CT.
http://historicalharpsociety.org/2016-workshop-conference/
March 7, 2016. 11:00-noon. MFA Gallery Talk: The Irish Harp
Museum of Fine Arts, 465 Huntington Ave, Boston
Nancy Hurrell
will discuss the history, construction, and musical role of the Irish harp in
the 18th and 19th centuries. Using harps from the Museum’s collection, period
repertoire will be demonstrated on a replica of the MFA’s famous “Bunworth” cláirseach
made by John Kelly (1734) and a Royal Portable Irish Harp made by John Egan
(about 1823). Hurrell will also demonstrate her own Egan harp (about 1820) for
comparison of both tone and decoration.
RESOUNDINGS Concerts with Cappella Clausura vocal ensemble and Nancy Hurrell, harps, Na’ama Lion, medieval flute, Carol Lewis, vielle and Mike Williams, percussion. Music from Hildegard von Bingen and Renaissance composers to modern works.
January 16, 2016.
8:00pm. Lindsey Chapel, Emmanuel Church, Boston.
January 17, 2016.
4:00pm. Eliot Church, Newton. www.clausura.org
October 2 & 3, 2015. Hildegard von Bingen Ordo Virtutum. Ensemble Musica Humana with Nancy Hurrell, medieval harp http://www.ensemblemusicahumana.com/
First
Churches of Northampton, 129 Main St, Northampton MA
Friday, Oct 2, 8:00pm
Saturday, Oct 3, 8:00pm
August 19-25, 2015. Historical Harp Society of Ireland Summer
School in Kilkenny, Ireland
Lecture Aug 24: ‘A Patriotic Present’-
John Egan harps for the Irish Harp Societies
The
design and decoration of the six surviving Egan society harps, Byrne’s harp and
an extant Drogheda society harp are viewed in historical context.
August 15, 2015. Harp Ensemble at
Maine Highland Games
August 9, 2015. Turlough O’Carolan- A life in song. Ensemble
Musica Humana
House Concert. Northampton, MA. http://www.ensemblemusicahumana.com/
SOUNDINGS Concerts with Cappella
Clausura. Hildegard to Stravinsky. Choir, medieval flute, percussion, and
Nancy Hurrell, harps. http://www.clausura.org/
Sat, Jan. 31, 2015. 8pm
Lindsey Chapel / Emmanuel Church, Boston
Sun, Feb. 1, 2015. 4pm
Eliot Church of Newton, Newton Corner
October 12, 2014, 2:00-5:00pm. Harp and Clarsach Ensemble Workshop with Nancy Hurrell London Clarsach Society and Sue Rothstein. The Free Church Hall, Northway, London, England. Book by emailing Sue Rothstein: suerothstein@ntlworld.com
October 8, 2014, 4:00pm. RAM Lecture: "From Irish Icon to Royal Instrument: John Egan's Winged-maiden Harp"
Royal Academy of Music Museum, London, England
An illustrated talk on Egan and the Academy's rare golden harp. Museum Piano Gallery, Royal Academy of Music. Details: http://www.ram.ac.uk/events?event_id=2889
July 31-Aug.3, 2014. Somerset Folk Harp Festival in Parsippany, NJ. Nancy returns as a performer/ presenter. http://www.somersetharpfest.com/
Tuesday, June 24, 2014. 7:00pm. Turlough O'Carolan: A Life in Song. Ensemble Musica Humana. St. Peter's Church, 838 Mass Ave, Cambridge. $10 at door. http://www.saintpeterscambridge.org/worship/music
Friday, June 20, 2014. 7:30pm. Turlough O’Carolan: A Life in Song. Ensemble Musica Humana, The Old Meeting House, Montpelier, VT. The 8th Annual Vermont Carolan Festival. http://www.carolanfestvt.com/
Hildegard von Bingen’s Ordo Virtutum. Ensemble Musica Humana. Medieval morality play with singers and vielle, flute, organetto and medieval harp. First Church in Cambridge.
April 4, 5 & 6, 2014. Info and tickets: http://www.ensemblemusicahumana.com/ordo-virtutum.html
March 9, 2014. 2:00pm. Irish Harp Concert with Pilgrim Celtic Harp Trio. Brewster Ladies Library. 1822 Main St., Brewster, Cape Cod.
February 19, 2014. 6:00, 6:30 & 7:15pm. MFA Spotlight Talk: "Lions, Unicorns and Shamrocks: Egan's Royal Portable Irish Harp". Nancy plays her 1820 Irish harp in the new Art of the English Regency Gallery at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. www.mfa.org
October 12, 2014, 2:00-5:00pm. Harp and Clarsach Ensemble Workshop with Nancy Hurrell London Clarsach Society and Sue Rothstein. The Free Church Hall, Northway, London, England. Book by emailing Sue Rothstein: suerothstein@ntlworld.com
October 8, 2014, 4:00pm. RAM Lecture: "From Irish Icon to Royal Instrument: John Egan's Winged-maiden Harp"
Royal Academy of Music Museum, London, England
An illustrated talk on Egan and the Academy's rare golden harp. Museum Piano Gallery, Royal Academy of Music. Details: http://www.ram.ac.uk/events?event_id=2889
October 3–5, 2014.
The Clarsach Course at Benslow Music in England. Tutors: Danielle Perrett and
Nancy Hurrell. Traditional music course for harpers, fiddlers and singers in
Hitchin, Hertfordshire. http://www.benslowmusic.org/
July 31-Aug.3, 2014. Somerset Folk Harp Festival in Parsippany, NJ. Nancy returns as a performer/ presenter. http://www.somersetharpfest.com/
Tuesday, June 24, 2014. 7:00pm. Turlough O'Carolan: A Life in Song. Ensemble Musica Humana. St. Peter's Church, 838 Mass Ave, Cambridge. $10 at door. http://www.saintpeterscambridge.org/worship/music
Friday, June 20, 2014. 7:30pm. Turlough O’Carolan: A Life in Song. Ensemble Musica Humana, The Old Meeting House, Montpelier, VT. The 8th Annual Vermont Carolan Festival. http://www.carolanfestvt.com/
Hildegard von Bingen’s Ordo Virtutum. Ensemble Musica Humana. Medieval morality play with singers and vielle, flute, organetto and medieval harp. First Church in Cambridge.
April 4, 5 & 6, 2014. Info and tickets: http://www.ensemblemusicahumana.com/ordo-virtutum.html
March 9, 2014. 2:00pm. Irish Harp Concert with Pilgrim Celtic Harp Trio. Brewster Ladies Library. 1822 Main St., Brewster, Cape Cod.
February 19, 2014. 6:00, 6:30 & 7:15pm. MFA Spotlight Talk: "Lions, Unicorns and Shamrocks: Egan's Royal Portable Irish Harp". Nancy plays her 1820 Irish harp in the new Art of the English Regency Gallery at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. www.mfa.org