Variations on a Chant – for Solo Harp, Op. 92

“The melody I selected as a theme for these variations belongs to an old chant used by the Jews of Yemen for the recitation of the Pentateuch.  It was preserved thanks to Idelsohn’s studies of early Jewish music.  I took it from the Harvard Dictionary and wrote a set of eight variations including the initial presentation of the theme…” -Juan Orrego-Salas