We’ve been performing our new show Harpland extensively in 2023-24 and are delighted to be continuing the tour into the Autumn. For several years I’ve been exploring the music and stories of the Scottish Highlands and the theme of migration in its many forms. Graham has composed new works based on old Gaelic songs and tunes from bagpipe and fiddle … Read More
FitkinWall – Harpland at Thurso West Church
We’ve been performing our new show Harpland extensively in 2023-24 and are delighted to be continuing the tour into Caithness this Autumn, as part of Lyth Arts programme in Thurso. For several years I’ve been exploring the music and stories of the Scottish Highlands and the theme of migration in its many forms. Graham has composed new works based on … Read More
FitkinWall – Harpland at Lancaster Arts
We’ve been performing our new show Harpland extensively in 2023-24 and are delighted to be continuing the tour into the Autumn and returning to Lancaster Arts. For several years I’ve been exploring the music and stories of the Scottish Highlands and the theme of migration in its many forms. Graham has composed new works based on old Gaelic songs and … Read More
FitkinWall – Harpland at SOUND Festival, Aberdeen
We’ve been performing our new show Harpland extensively in 2023-24 and are thrilled to be continuing the tour into the Autumn and returning to Sound Festival. For several years I’ve been exploring the music and stories of the Scottish Highlands and the theme of migration in its many forms. Graham has composed new works based on old Gaelic songs and … Read More
FitkinWall – Harpland Waterside Arts, Sale
We’ve been performing our new show Harpland extensively in 2023-24 and are thrilled to be continuing the tour into the Autumn and returning to Waterside Arts. For several years I have been exploring the music and stories of the Scottish Highlands and the theme of migration in its many forms. Graham has composed new works based on old Gaelic songs … Read More
FitkinWall – Harpland on Valentia Island, Ireland
FitkinWall have been touring the new show Harpland extensively in 2023-24 and we’re thrilled to be playing at Valencia Festiaval in Ireland this summer. Over several years I have been exploring the Scottish Highlands and the theme of migration in its many forms. Graham has composed new works based on old Gaelic songs and tunes from bagpipe and fiddle books … Read More
FitkinWall – Harpland at Eden Court, Inverness
FitkinWall have been working on a new album and show for 2023-24. Over the last couple of years we have been exploring the Scottish Highlands and the theme of migration in its many forms. Graham has composed new works based on old Gaelic songs and tunes from bagpipe and fiddle books for my three harps – the beautiful medieval Gaelic … Read More
FitkinWall – Harpland at Anvil Arts, Basingstoke
“…composer Graham Fitkin and harpist Ruth Wall conjured a haunting sense of longing and loss, wringing contemporary resonance from traditional tunes.” Guardian on FitkinWall Harpland **** We are continuing to perform our new album and show in 2024. Over the last couple of years we’ve been exploring the Scottish Highlands and the theme of migration in its many forms. Graham has … Read More
FitkinWall – Harpland at Lakeside Arts, Nottingham
“…composer Graham Fitkin and harpist Ruth Wall conjured a haunting sense of longing and loss, wringing contemporary resonance from traditional tunes.” Guardian on FitkinWall Harpland **** We are continuing to perform our new album and show in 2024. Over the last couple of years we have been exploring the Scottish Highlands and the theme of migration in its many forms. Graham … Read More
FitkinWall – Harpland at The Stables, Wavendon, Milton Keynes
“…composer Graham Fitkin and harpist Ruth Wall conjured a haunting sense of longing and loss, wringing contemporary resonance from traditional tunes.” Guardian on Harpland **** FitkinWall continue to perform their new album and show in 2024. Over the last couple of years we have been exploring the Scottish Highlands and the theme of migration in its many forms. Graham has composed … Read More
FitkinWall – Harpland at Shetland Arts
FitkinWall have been working on a new album and show for 2023-24! Over the last couple of years we have been exploring the Scottish Highlands and the theme of migration in its many forms. Graham has composed new works based on old Gaelic songs and tunes from bagpipe and fiddle books for my three harps – the beautiful medieval Gaelic … Read More
FitkinWall – Harpland at York NCEM
FitkinWall have been working on a new album and show for 2023-24! Over the last couple of years we have been exploring the Scottish Highlands and the theme of migration in its many forms. Graham has composed new works based on old Gaelic songs and tunes from bagpipe and fiddle books for my three harps – the beautiful medieval Gaelic … Read More
FitkinWall – Harpland at Howard Assembly Room, Leeds
FitkinWall have been working on a new album and show for 2023-24! Over the last couple of years we have been exploring the Scottish Highlands and the theme of migration in its many forms. Graham has composed new works based on old Gaelic songs and tunes from bagpipe and fiddle books for my three harps – the beautiful medieval Gaelic … Read More
FitkinWall – Harpland at Stirling Tolbooth
FitkinWall have been working on a new album and show for 2023-24. Over the last couple of years we have been exploring the Scottish Highlands and the theme of migration in its many forms. Graham has composed new works based on old Gaelic songs and tunes from bagpipe and fiddle books for my three harps – the beautiful medieval Gaelic … Read More
FitkinWall – Harpland at Queen’s Hall Edinburgh
FitkinWall have been working on a new album and show for 2023-24. Over the last couple of years we have been exploring the Scottish Highlands and the theme of migration in its many forms. Graham has composed new works based on old Gaelic songs and tunes from bagpipe and fiddle books for my three harps – the beautiful medieval Gaelic … Read More
Harpland – FitkinWall – UNIVERSITY OF SURREY
FitkinWall have been working on a new album and show for 2023-24! Over the last couple of years we have been exploring the Scottish Highlands and the theme of migration in its many forms. Graham has composed new works based on old Gaelic songs and tunes from bagpipe and fiddle books for my three harps – the beautiful medieval Gaelic … Read More
Paris Days Off Festival 2019 – Will Gregory Moog Ensemble
Ruth will perform on mini Korg 900S with Will Gregory Moog Ensemble in Paris. Festival line up also includes Kraftwerk 3D, Thom Yorke, Jonsi and Cat Power.
Ray Golding Sunset Series – New Connections – Townsville Civic Theatre
Ruth performs Maurice Ravel’s Introduction and Allegro for harp, flute, clarinet and string quartet with Sally Walker (flute), David Griffiths (clarinet) and the Australian String Quartet in a programme alongside Sergei Prokofiev’s Sonata No.1 for violin and piano in F minor, Op.80 and Jessica Wells Dancing with Diaghilev.
Magnetic Island After Party – Australian Festival of Chamber Music
A perfect way to complete your time in Townsville with a final concert on Magnetic Island. Music by Festival artists including Wu Man, Amy Dickson and Ruth Wall.
AFCM – Homelands, Townsville Civic Theatre
Ruth plays the traditional English dance tune My Lady Carey’s Dompe on Renaissance bray harp and joins mezzo soprano Lotte Betts-Dean to perform the traditional Irish tune My Lagan Love. Other composers featured in this concert include Astor Piazzolla, Xiaogang Ye, Pavel Fischer, Connor D’netto and Franz Liszt.
Ray Golding Sunset Series – Baroque Around the Clock – Townsville Civic Theatre
A fascinating program spanning 400 years with musical time travel at its heart, with music by Manuel Maria Ponce, Thomas Adès, György Ligeti and Maurice Ravel. Ruth joins mezzo soprano Lotte Betts-Dean in John Dowland’s Flow, my tears (arranged Ruth Wall).
Ghostly Shadows – Townsville Civic Theatre
Ruth plays a 13th C English Estampie and 16C English work Greensleeves on Renaissance bray harp in an evening of music hosted by Christopher Lawrence. The concert also features Tan Dun’s Concerto for string quartet and pipa and Tchaikovsky’s Piano Trio in A minor Op.50.
Concert Conversations 3 with Kathryn Stott – The Pavilion, The Ville Resort
During the concert Kathryn Stott chats with Timo-Veikko Valve, Lotte Betts-Dean, Aura Go, Ruth Wall and the Australian String Quartet. Ruth will also perform her own work Pibroch Patterns on Gaelic wire strung harp.
A Tale of Two Cities: Moscow/Paris – Townsville Civic Theatre
Ruth performs Douce Dame Jolie by Guillaume De Machaut on bray harp in an evening of music focusing on Moscow and Paris, hosted by Christopher Lawrence.
Evening Safari – St James’ Cathedral – Townsville
Ruth features on concert harp in Claude Debussy’s Sonata for Flute, Viola and Harp, L.137 alongside Sally Walker (flute) and Jennifer Stumm (viola). In this work Debussy looked back far beyond the impressionism of his earlier works to the emotional reserve and textural clarity of the music of the French baroque. It is one of Debussy’s most uncompromisingly modern creations, about … Read More
Cleveland Bay Concert – The Pavilion, The Ville Resort, Townsville
Artistic Director Kathy Stott has created a menu of musical journeys based around chemistry, colour, rhythm, jazz and personal memory in a three part concert ending with gypsy fireworks. Ruth joins percussionist Timothy Constable in Steve Reich’s Clapping Music.
Governor’s Gala – Traces and Transformations – Townsville Civic Theatre, Australia
From Chinese folk music, to Schoenberg’s truly exquisite ‘Verklärte Nacht’, this program pays homage to the vivid worlds of song, tone poems and an instrument Mozart enjoyed taking to new heights. Ruth will perform on concert harp with Wu Man (pipa) and percussionist Timothy Constable in the Australian première of Yao Dance.
Australian Festival of Chamber Music – Opening night Concert – Creations
Kathryn Stott, the Artistic Director of AFC has invited Ruth to perform on harps throughout the 2019 Australian Festival of Chamber Music Festival taking place in Townsville. She will play Graham Fitkin’s Recur on concert harp with the Goldener String Quartet on the opening night in Townsville Civic Theatre.
