And what if all of animated nature
Be but organic Harps diversely framed,
That tremble into thought, as o’er them sweeps
Plastic and vast, one intellectual breeze,
At once the Soul of each, and God of all?

—Samuel Taylor Coleridge, “The Eolian Harp” (1795)

PERFORMANCE HISTORY

August 10, 2023: first version performed (under the title PHARPH) at the Harp Composition Concert, Darmstädter Ferienkurse (Darmstadt, Germany)
Lucie Spedicato, harp

March 2, 2024: performed at University of Washington Composition Studio concert
Simon Harty and Kelly Guangyin Hou, performers