Keziah Thomas – Harp
12th March, 2026
In
a
totally
engaging
concert,
Keziah
Thomas
brilliantly
performed
her
original
and
complete
arrangement
for
orchestral
harp
of
Vivaldi’s
Four
Seasons
.
Immediately
one
was
struck
by
the
lovely
clarity
of
her
rhythmic
playing,
by
the
dynamics
and
by
Keziah’s
oozing
musicality.
That
she
was
at
one
with
the
harp
and
playing
from
the
heart
was
patent.
Her
plucking
was
at
times
hypnotic
and
at
times
illusory
–
so
fast
that
more
notes
were
heard
than
one
could
visually
perceive
the
plucking
of.
“
The
Four
Seasons
”,
which
included
a
few
surprises,
formed
the
first
half
of
her
concert;
for
those
that
missed
it
and
for
those
like
me
who
want
to
hear
it
again,
she
has
recorded
it
on
a
CD
of
the
same title on the Convivium Records label.
Keziah
was
the
perfect
musician
and
entertainer,
her
warm
introductions
to
pieces
both
set
the
scene
and
provided
new
insights
for
the
audience,
adding
to
the
understanding
and
appreciation
of
the music.
Having
filled
the
acoustic
of
Grimsby
Town
Hall
with
the
sounds
of
spring,
summer,
autumn
and
winter,
Keziah
provided
a
programme
of
equally
interesting
and
delightful
music
in
the
second-half,
opening
with
the
impressionist
Sonatine
by
Ravel.
This
was
another
unique
solo
arrangement
by
her
requiring
much
and
at
times
frenetic
pedal
work
–
the
product
of
her
amazing
playing
was
magic
and
delight.
The
only
work
not
arranged
by
Keziah
was
Caroline
Lizotte’s
La
Madone
(2009)
which
used the entire range of the harp in a peaceful lullaby.
Keziah
then
performed
her
entrancing
arrangement
of
themes
from
Scheherazade
,
Rimsky-
Korsakov.
In
another
marvellous
interweaving
of
her
magic
hands,
she
played
Vaughan
Williams
Fantasia
on
Greensleeves
(&
Lovely
Joan
).
Somewhere
from
Bernstein’s
West
Side
Story
came
from
the
heart
in
a
moving
and
deeply
pleasurable
interpretation.
For
an
encore,
Keziah
performed
a
theme from
Swan Lake
– a quintessential harp delight with which to end a wonderful concert. IM
Keziah Thomas – Harp
12th March, 2026
In
a
totally
engaging
concert,
Keziah
Thomas
brilliantly
performed
her
original
and
complete
arrangement
for
orchestral
harp
of
Vivaldi’s
Four
Seasons
.
Immediately
one
was
struck
by
the
lovely
clarity
of
her
rhythmic
playing,
by
the
dynamics
and
by
Keziah’s
oozing
musicality.
That
she
was
at
one
with
the
harp
and
playing
from
the
heart
was
patent.
Her
plucking
was
at
times
hypnotic
and
at
times
illusory
–
so
fast
that
more
notes
were
heard
than
one
could
visually
perceive
the
plucking
of.
“
The
Four
Seasons
”,
which
included
a
few
surprises,
formed
the
first
half
of
her
concert;
for
those
that
missed
it
and
for
those
like
me
who
want
to
hear
it
again,
she
has
recorded
it
on
a
CD
of
the
same
title
on
the Convivium Records label.
Keziah
was
the
perfect
musician
and
entertainer,
her
warm
introductions
to
pieces
both
set
the
scene
and
provided
new
insights
for
the
audience,
adding
to
the
understanding and appreciation of the music.
Having
filled
the
acoustic
of
Grimsby
Town
Hall
with
the
sounds
of
spring,
summer,
autumn
and
winter,
Keziah
provided
a
programme
of
equally
interesting
and
delightful
music
in
the
second-half,
opening
with
the
impressionist
Sonatine
by
Ravel.
This
was
another
unique
solo
arrangement
by
her
requiring
much
and
at
times
frenetic
pedal
work
–
the
product
of
her
amazing
playing
was
magic
and
delight.
The
only
work
not
arranged
by
Keziah
was
Caroline
Lizotte’s
La
Madone
(2009) which used the entire range of the harp in a peaceful lullaby.
Keziah
then
performed
her
entrancing
arrangement
of
themes
from
Scheherazade
,
Rimsky-Korsakov.
In
another
marvellous
interweaving
of
her
magic
hands,
she
played
Vaughan
Williams
Fantasia
on
Greensleeves
(&
Lovely
Joan
).
Somewhere
from
Bernstein’s
West
Side
Story
came
from
the
heart
in
a
moving
and
deeply
pleasurable
interpretation.
For
an
encore,
Keziah
performed
a
theme
from
Swan
Lake
–
a
quintessential
harp
delight
with
which
to
end
a
wonderful
concert. IM
