REPERTOIRE

Harp Solo

Claudia Besné plays literature for harp solo, own arrangements**, and pieces dedicated directly for her, from Baroque to nowadays music, e.g.:

• C.P.E. Bach (1714-1788) -  Sonate in G-Dur

• Mateo Albeniz (1755-1831) - Sonata in D Major

• Sophia Corri (1775-1831) - Sonata in c minor

• Louis Spohr (1784-1859) - Fantasie in c-moll

• Felix Godefroid (1818-1897) - Étude de concert, op. 193

• Bedrich Smetana (1824-1884), arr. Hans Trnecek - The Moldau

• Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924) - Impromptu, op.86

• Enrique Granados (1867-1916), arr. Claudia Besné - Valses Poéticos **

• Henriette Renié (1875-1956) - Feuillets d'album

• Aita Donostia (1886-1956) - Preludios Vascos

• Jesús Guridi (1886-1961) - Viejo Zortzico

• Germaine Tailleferre (1892-1956) - Sonate pour harpe

• Adolfo Mejía (1905-1973) - Luminosidad de aguas

• Francisco de Madina (1907-1972) - Sonata Vasca**

• Julien-François Zbinden (1917-2021) - Trois esquisses japonaises pour harpe, op.72

• Nicolas Flagello (1928-1994) - Berceuse

• Anthony Sidney (1952*) - Harp Prelude nº 1 (2015) World premiere on 21st of February 2025. Klosterklang: Klosterkyrka (Lund, Sweden)

• Paul Patterson (1947*) - Lizards (2012)

• Caroline Lizotte (1969*) - Suite Galactique, op 39 (2000)

• Laura Hynninen (1976*) - Annin ja Viljamin valssi (2020)

• Maria Suarez (1977*) - Sueño de Pujllay (2024)

• Corentin Boissier (1995*) - Autumn Ballade, for harp (2023)

Chamber Music

Claudia Besné plays regularly with divers ensembles. Apart from it, she has more chamber music repertoire, e.g.:

• Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921) - Fantasie for Violin and Harp, op.124

• Isaac Albeniz (1860-1909) - Suite Española for flute and harp

• Claude Debussy (1862-1918) - Sonata for Flute, Viola and Harp

• Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) - Introduction and Allegro

• Maurice Ravel (1875-1937), arr. Kenny Staškus Larsen - Ma mère l'Oye (violin, cello, flute, basson anf harp)

• Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) - A Birthday Hansel, op.92 (1975)

• Paul Patterson (1947*) - Canonic Crimson, op.129 (2018)

• Tōru Takemitsu (1981*) - Toward the Sea III for alto flute and harp

Concertos with Orchestra

• Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) - Concerto in D RV. 93

• Georg Friedrich Händel (1685-1759) - Harp Concerto in B-flat 

• Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf (1739-1799) - Harp Concerto in A major

• Francisco de Madina (1907-1 972) - Concierto para Arpa y Orquesta** World premiere on 5th of November 2022. ANDRES EGIGUREN OKESTRA:  Teatro Coliseo (Eibar, Spain)