Harp of the Wind

Harp of Wild sets a text by Emily Bronte (1818-1848) who wrote her poetry in a kind of "white heat". Perhaps as a result of the speed at which she wrote, the poem exhibits improvisatory and ephemeral qualities that I wanted to somehow capture in my setting. The theme of the text describes how the sound of the poet's harp is perceived by the writer, both now and in the past. She remembers the "good old days" and the beautiful and happy sounds that the harp used to produce.