Ode to Joy for Harp Ensemble

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To celebrate all things Spring, here's a harp ensemble version of Beethoven's Ode to Joy from his 9th Symphony.  I arranged it from Franz Liszt's transcription for 2 pianos, and both of those guys were total geniuses.  The best way to fully experience this video is with a headset for the music and a full-sized screen for the art.  It's a wild, harpy ride through the glories of nature - just over 13 minutes long.

Pictures in Video -

1 - Study of Clouds with a Sunset Near Rome (detail), by Simon Alexandre Clement Denis, circa 1793
2 - Moonrise, by Guillermo Gomez Gil, 1906
3 - A Cloud and Landscape Study by Moonlight, by Johan Christian Claussen Dahl, 1822
4 - Crimean Coast by Moonlight, by Ivan Aivazovsky, 1853
5 - Nighttime Horses Grazing, by Arkhip Kuindzhi, circa 1906
6 - Evening Scene with Full Moon and Persons, by Abraham Pether, 1801
7 - Moonlight on the Water, by Ivan Choultse, pre-1939
8 - Moonlight Over the Coast, by Lionel Walden, pre-1933
9 - Twilight Over a Lake, by Hermann Herzog, pre-1932
10 - Swans at Dawn, by Caspar David Friedrich, circa 1832
11 - Bean Geese Shedding, by Bruno Liljefors, 1921
12 - Florida Sunrise, by Martin Johnson Heade, circa 1895
13 - Before Sunrise in the Mountains, by Caspar David Friedrich, circa 1930
14 - Sunrise in Nicaragua, by Martin Johnson Heade, 1869
15 - Sunrise with Flowers and Sky, by Maritess Sulcer, 2018
16 - Partridge with Daisies, by Bruno Liljefors, 1890
17 - Meadow with Poppies, by Pal Szinyei Merse, 1896
18 - Before a Thunderstorm, by Nicolay Dubovskoy, 1903
19 - Study of Clouds with a Sunset Near Rome, by Simon Alexandre Clement Denis, circa 1793
20 - Before a Thunderstorm, by Ivan Shishkin, 1884
21 - After the Storm (detail), by Nicolay Dubovskoy, 1897
22 - Birch Tree in a Storm (detail), by Johan Christian Dahl, 1849
23 - The Gust of Wind, by Gustave Courbet, circa 1865
24 - Rain in Oak Forest, by Alexander Shishkin, 1891
25 - Grazing Cows on the Meadow, by Wilhelm Zillen, 1864
26 - Hare in the Field, by August Heyn, pre-1837
27 - A Passing Storm, by Frederic Edwin Church, 1849
28 - Twilight, by Apollinary Vasnetsov, 1889
29 - Gathering Storm in the Valley, by Albert Bierstadt, 1891
30 - Vale of St. Thomas, Jamaica, by Frederic Edwin Church, 1867
31 - Klansko Lake in Storm, by Marko Pernhart, 1852
32 - Thunderstorm in the Rocky Mountains, by Albert Bierstadt, 1859
33 - Horses in a Thunderstorm, by Thomas Woodward, 1823
34 - Storm in the Mountains, by Hermann Herzog, pre-1932
35 - The Storm, by George Caleb Bingham, circa 1852
36 - Dramatic Rapids Landscape with Figures and Mill Buildings, by Marcus Larson, 1854
37 - Deer in an Autumnal Landscape, by Henryk Weyssenhoff, pre-1922
38 - Lake Keitele, by Akseli Gallen Kallela, 1905
39 - Leaping Trout, by Winslow Homer, 1889
40 - Saugers and White Bass Fishes, by Bob Hines, pre-1994
41 - Trout Breaking, by Winslow Homer, 1889
42 - Salmon Fish Swimming Upstream, by Bob Hines, pre-1994
43 - Black-Throated Divers, by Bruno Liljefors, 1901
44 - Duck Family Among Reeds, by Bruno Liljefors, 1917
45 - Common Swifts, by Bruno Liljefors, 1886
46 - Ducks Taking Off, by Bruno Liljefors, 1908
47 - Stretching Swans, by Bruno Liljefors, 1915
48 - Morning in a Pine Forest, by Ivan Shishkin, 1889
49 - Twelve with Pack, Christian Kroner, 1888
50 - Horses in the Pasture, by Friedrich Anton Kilp, pre-1872
51 - Long-Tailed Ducks in the Outer Archipelago, by Bruno Liljefors, 1911
52 - Mother and Son, by Henry William Banks Davis, 1881
53 - Forest Scene with Two Deer and a Fawn, by Adolf Mackeprang, 1910
54 - On the Prowl, by Otto von Groote, circa 1920
55 - Mountain Lake with Steep Rock Face, by Heinrich Heinlein, circa 1865
56 - Cayambe, by Frederic Edwin Church, 1858
57 - Rainy Season in the Tropics, by Frederic Edwin Church, 1866
58 - Aurora Borealis, by Frederic Edwin Church, 1865
59 - Internal View of the O'Neill Cylinder, by Don Davis, circa 1976
60 - Jupiter and Io as Seen by Voyager 1, by Don Davis, 2007
61 - Earthlike Planet Art, NASA
62 - Kepler 186, by Tim Pyle, 2014
63 - LkCa 15b, Keck Observatory, 2011
64 - Study of Clouds with a Sunset Near Rome (detail), by Simon Alexandre Clement Denis, circa 1793