Welcome to ILIO!
This Collection owes its two instruments to the use of two harps in orchestral music of the mid 19th century. Harp 1 is played by Ruth Rojahn, harpist of the Hofer Symphoniker and internationally successful soloist. Apart from single notes in various playing styles the first harp offers an enormous wealth of glissandos, which now in Vienna Instruments are particularly brilliant and easy to use. The controller structure allows for extremely flexible and quick access – the user can switch between ranges, different tempos, up and down movements, and different scales in real-time while playing. Now you can access all Dimensions at the same time! The first harp’s spectrum is rounded out by a wide range of arpeggios which were not available until now.
The second harp in Harp 2, played by Julia Reth, contains an even larger number of single notes, also offering playing styles like damped, fingernail playing, and pedal glissandos. A lovely ethereal effect is created by the bisbigliando variations, the whispering of tender tremolos on two strings playing the same note.
Harp I | ||
ARTICULATION GROUP | STANDARD & FULL LIBRARY | FULL LIBRARY ONLY |
01 SINGLE NOTES |
Normal Muted Harmonics Bisbigliando |
Près-de-la-table Normal with muted release |
02 GLISSANDI | Medium speed major, diminished, pentatonic, and whole tone | All speeds, major, minor, diminished, pentatonic, and whole tone |
03 ARPEGGIOS a3 | Major and minor, diminished and augmented upward arpeggios, slow, fast, and straight (played as chords) | |
04 ARPEGGIOS a4 | Major and minor, diminished and augmented upward arpeggios, slow, fast, and straight (played as chords) | |
Harp II | ||
ARTICULATION GROUP | STANDARD & FULL LIBRARY | FULL LIBRARY ONLY |
01 BASIC ARTICULATIONS |
Normal Muted Harmonics Bisbigliando |
Damped Près-de-la-table Fingernails Pedal glissando Normal with release variations |