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Heather Harper
voc, ss, *1930 GB, Belfast
Musician of Classical
Heather Harper CBE (born 8 May 1930) is a Northern Ireland-born British operatic soprano.She was born in Belfast, where she received her early musical training. She studied piano at the Trinity College of Music in London, with voice as a second subject. She was initially a Mezzo-Soprano, and sang as such in the Ambrosian Chorus; her fellow altos included Jean Allister, Pamela Bowden, and Helen Watts. She also sang in the BBC Chorus, before retraining as a soprano.
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| New Philharmonia Chorus |
Popular Tracks 
Haydn: The Creation, Hob. XXI:2, Pt. 1: No. 13, Trio and Chorus. "The Heavens Are Telling" (Chorus, Gabriel, Uriel, Raphael) on Haydn: The Creation . Missa in tempore belli by Joseph Haydn, Choir of King's College, Cambridge & Sir David Willcocks Symphony No. 8 in E-Flat Major "Symphony of a Thousand", Pt. 2: XVI. Alles Vergängliche on Mahler 8 "Symphony of a Thousand" by Gustav Mahler, Heather Harper, Lucia Popp, Arleen Auger, Yvonne Minton, Helen Watts, René Kollo, John Shirley-Quirk, Martti Talvela, Vienna Boys' Choir, Wiener Singverein, Wiener Staatsopernchor, Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Sir Georg Solti A Midsummer Night's Dream, Incidental Music, Op. 61: VIII. Funeral March on Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream & Symphony No. 4, Op. 90 by Various Artists Symphony No. 8 in E-Flat Major "Symphony of a Thousand", Pt. 1: II. Imple superna gratia on Mahler 8 "Symphony of a Thousand" by Gustav Mahler, Heather Harper, Lucia Popp, Arleen Auger, Yvonne Minton, Helen Watts, René Kollo, John Shirley-Quirk, Martti Talvela, Vienna Boys' Choir, Wiener Singverein, Wiener Staatsopernchor, Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Sir Georg Solti A Midsummer Night's Dream, Incidental Music, Op. 61: II. Scherzo on Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream & Symphony No. 4, Op. 90 by Various Artists A Midsummer Night's Dream: Overture, Op. 21 on Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream & Symphony No. 4, Op. 90 by Various Artists Symphony No. 8 in E-Flat Major "Symphony of a Thousand", Pt. 1: VI. Accende lumen sensibus on Mahler 8 "Symphony of a Thousand" by Gustav Mahler, Heather Harper, Lucia Popp, Arleen Auger, Yvonne Minton, Helen Watts, René Kollo, John Shirley-Quirk, Martti Talvela, Vienna Boys' Choir, Wiener Singverein, Wiener Staatsopernchor, Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Sir Georg Solti Symphony No. 8 in E-Flat Major "Symphony of a Thousand", Pt. 1: VIII. Gloria sit Patri Domino on Mahler 8 "Symphony of a Thousand" by Gustav Mahler, Heather Harper, Lucia Popp, Arleen Auger, Yvonne Minton, Helen Watts, René Kollo, John Shirley-Quirk, Martti Talvela, Vienna Boys' Choir, Wiener Singverein, Wiener Staatsopernchor, Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Sir Georg Solti Symphony No. 8 in E-Flat Major "Symphony of a Thousand", Pt. 1: III. Infirma nostri corporis I - IV. Tempo - V. Infirma nostri corporis II on Mahler 8 "Symphony of a Thousand" by Gustav Mahler, Heather Harper, Lucia Popp, Arleen Auger, Yvonne Minton, Helen Watts, René Kollo, John Shirley-Quirk, Martti Talvela, Vienna Boys' Choir, Wiener Singverein, Wiener Staatsopernchor, Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Sir Georg Solti Symphony No. 8 in E-Flat Major "Symphony of a Thousand", Pt. 1: VII. Veni, creator... Da gaudiorum praemia on Mahler 8 "Symphony of a Thousand" by Gustav Mahler, Heather Harper, Lucia Popp, Arleen Auger, Yvonne Minton, Helen Watts, René Kollo, John Shirley-Quirk, Martti Talvela, Vienna Boys' Choir, Wiener Singverein, Wiener Staatsopernchor, Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Sir Georg SoltiTrack list and 30sec audio provided by 
Band Members
Discography
| Title | Artist | Year | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Symphony No. 8 / Symphony No. 10 (Adagio) | Gustav Mahler, Ileana Cotrubas, Heather Harper, Birgit Finnilä, Hanneke van Bork, William Cochran, Hermann Prey, Hans Sotin, Marianne Dieleman | 2016 | Album |
| Missa Solemnis | Ludwig van Beethoven - Heather Harper, Julia Hamari, Sven-Olof Eliasson, Peter Meven, Kölner Rundfunkchor, Kölner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester, William Steinberg | 2012 | Album |
| Doktor Faust | Ferruccio Busoni, Sir Adrian Boult, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Richard Lewis, Ian Wallace, Heather Harper, John Cameron, The London Philharmonic Orchestra And The London Philharmonic Choir | 2011 | Album |
| 'Great' Mass In C Minor • Ave Verum Corpus | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart / Stafford Dean • Heather Harper • Helen Donath • Ryland Davies, London Symphony Chorus, The London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis | 2004 | Compil. |
| Mozart (Le nozze di Figaro) | Daniel Barenboim, English Chamber Orchestra, John Alldis Choir, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Lorenzo da Ponte, Richard Amner, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Heather Harper, Judith Blegen, Geraint Evans, Teresa Berganza, Birgit Finnilä, John Fryatt, John Robertson, Bill McCue, Malcolm Donnelly, Elizabeth Gale, Elizabeth Ritchie, Patricia O'Neill | 2003 | Album |
| Symphony No. 3 "A Pastoral Symphony", Symphony No. 4, Symphony No. 5, Symphony No. 6 | Heather Harper, André Previn, Ralph Vaughan Williams | 2002 | Compil. |
| Idomeneo, Rei di Creta | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart : Nicolai Gedda, Jessye Norman, Heather Harper, Rae Woodland, Andrea Snarsky, Antonio Liviero, Franco Pugliese, Elvira Spica, Carla Virgili, Orchestra Sinfonica Di Roma Della RAI, Coro di Roma della RAI, Sir Colin Davis | 2002 | Album |
| Don Giovanni | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Geraint Evans, Heather Harper, Luigi Alva, English Chamber Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim | 2000 | Album |
| Lieder | Benjamin Britten, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Peter Pears, Heather Harper, John Shirley-Quirk, Franz Schubert • Hugo Wolf | 1999 | Compil. |
| The Passion According To Saint Matthew BWV 244 | Johann Sebastian Bach : Heather Harper / Gertrude Jahn / Kurt Equiluz / Marius Rintzler / Prof. Jakob Stämpfli / Wiener Akademie Kammerchor / Die Wiener Sängerknaben / Wiener Symphoniker / Hans Swarowsky | 1999 | Album |
| Symphonie 2 Auferstehung | Gustav Mahler, Otto Klemperer, Heather Harper, Janet Baker | 1998 | Album |
| Missa In Tempore Belli "Paukenmesse" | Joseph Haydn - Heather Harper, Pamela Bowden, Alexander Young, John Shirley-Quirk, The King's College Choir Of Cambridge, English Chamber Orchestra | 1997 | Album |
| Ein Deutsches Requiem · Mass No. 3 "Great" | Johannes Brahms - Herbert von Karajan / Anna Tomowa-Sintow / José van Dam / Wiener Singverein / Berliner Philharmoniker, Anton Bruckner, Heather Harper, Anna Reynolds, Robert Tear, Marius Rintzler, New Philharmonia Orchestra, New Philharmonia Chorus, Daniel Barenboim | 1996 | Album |
| Symphonies N° 1 & 2 | Gustav Mahler - Georg Solti, Heather Harper, Helen Watts, The London Symphony Orchestra & London Symphony Chorus | 1996 | Compil. |
| Judas Maccabaeus | Georg Friedrich Händel, Heather Harper, Helen Watts, Alexander Young, John Shirley-Quirk, Johannes Somary | 1992 | Album |
| War Requiem / Sinfonia Da Requiem / Ballad Of Heroes | Benjamin Britten - Heather Harper, Philip Langridge, Martyn Hill, John Shirley-Quirk, St. Paul's Cathedral Choir, The London Symphony Orchestra & London Symphony Chorus Chorus Richard Hickox | 1991 | Album |
| Messiah - Highlights From The Oratorio | Georg Friedrich Händel, Heather Harper, Helen Watts, John Wakefield, John Shirley-Quirk, The London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis | 1991 | Album |
| Choral Symphony | Ludwig Van Beethoven / Heather Harper • Alfreda Hodgson • Robert Tear • Gwynne Howell - The Northern Sinfonia Chorus | 1988 | Album |
| Or Shall We Die? | Michael Berkeley, Heather Harper, David Wilson-Johnson, London Symphony Chorus, The London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox | 1988 | Album |
| Façade - A Song For The Lord Mayor's Table | Peggy Ashcroft / Paul Scofield, London Sinfonietta, Heather Harper, Paul Hamburger, Sir William Walton | 1986 | Album |
| The Turn Of The Screw | Benjamin Britten, Helen Donath, Heather Harper, Robert Tear ; Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden ; Sir Colin Davis | 1985 | Album |
| Messias / Josué / Xerxes / Júlio César / Ariodante / Seleções | Georg Friedrich Händel - Elly Ameling, Norma Burrowes, Heather Harper, Janet Baker, David Rendall, John Shirley-Quirk, Samuel Ramey, Sir Colin Davis | 1983 | Album |
| The Children Of Lir / Ode To A Nightingale | Sir Hamilton Harty, Heather Harper, Ulster Orchestra, Bryden Thomson | 1982 | Album |
| King Priam | Sir Michael Tippett, David Atherton, Robert Tear · Thomas Allen · Norman Bailey · Felicity Palmer, Yvonne Minton · Philip Langridge · Heather Harper, London Sinfonietta · London Sinfonietta Chorus | 1981 | Album |
| Messiah | Georg Friedrich Händel, Heather Harper, Helen Watts, John Wakefield, John Shirley-Quirk, The London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis | 1981 | Album |
| Paukenmesse | Joseph Haydn - Heather Harper, Pamela Bowden, Alexander Young, John Shirley-Quirk, The King's College Choir Of Cambridge, English Chamber Orchestra, David Willocks | 1978 | Album |
| Symphony No.9 'Choral' / Symphony No.5. | Ludwig van Beethoven, Leopold Stokowski, Heather Harper • Helen Watts • Alexander Young • Donald McIntyre, The London Symphony Orchestra & London Symphony Chorus, The London Philharmonic Orchestra | 1978 | Album |
| Der Messias | Georg Friedrich Händel - Sir Colin Davis - The London Symphony Orchestra - London Symphony Chorus - Heather Harper - Helen Watts - John Wakefield - John Shirley-Quirk | 1978 | Album |
| Verdi Requiem | Giuseppe Verdi - Heather Harper, Josephine Veasey, Hans Sotin, Carlo Bini, The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, The London Philharmonic Choir, Carlos Païta | 1975 | Album |
| Bach: St. John Passion Highlights | Johann Sebastian Bach, Benjamin Britten, Peter Pears, Heather Harper, Russell Burgess, John Tobin, Robert Tear, John Shirley-Quirk, Gwynne Howell, Alfreda Hodgson, Wandsworth School Boys' Choir, English Chamber Orchestra | 1974 | Album |
| Sings Songs By Beethoven And Schubert | Heather Harper | 1974 | Album |
| Handel's Judas Maccabeus | Johannes Somary, English Chamber Orchestra, Heather Harper, Alexander Young, Helen Watts, John Shirley-Quirk, Amor Artis Chorale | 1974 | Album |
| The Creation | David Willcocks, Joseph Haydn, The King's College Choir Of Cambridge, Heather Harper, Robert Tear, John Shirley-Quirk | 1974 | Album |
| Symphony No. 3 | Sir Michael Tippett - Heather Harper, The London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis | 1973 | Album |
| Owen Wingrave (Highlights) | Benjamin Britten, Benjamin Luxon, Janet Baker, Peter Pears, John Shirley-Quirk, Heather Harper, Sylvia Fisher, Jennifer Vyvyan, Nigel Douglas, Wandsworth School Boys' Choir, English Chamber Orchestra | 1973 | Album |
| Messiah Record 2 | Georg Friedrich Händel, Heather Harper, Helen Watts, Duncan Robertson, Roger Stalman, Ralph Downes - Christopher Wood, The London Philharmonic Orchestra - Frederick Jackson | 1972 | Album |
| Mass No. 3 In F Minor | Anton Bruckner / Heather Harper ‧ Anna Reynolds ‧ Robert Tear ‧ Marius Rintzler ‧ Philharmonia Chorus ‧ Philharmonia Orchestra ‧ Daniel Barenboim | 1972 | Album |
| Handel's Judas Maccabeus | Johannes Somary, English Chamber Orchestra, Heather Harper, Alexander Young, Helen Watts, John Shirley-Quirk, Amor Artis Chorale, Wandsworth School Boys' Choir | 1972 | Album |
| Messiah Record 3 | Georg Friedrich Händel, Heather Harper, Helen Watts, Duncan Robertson, Roger Stalman, Ralph Downes - Christopher Wood, The London Philharmonic Orchestra - Frederick Jackson | 1972 | Album |
| A Mass Of Life | Frederick Delius, Heather Harper, Helen Watts, Robert Tear, Benjamin Luxon, The London Philharmonic Choir, The London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Charles Groves | 1972 | Album |
| Ariadne / A Song For The Lord Mayor's Table / Three Songs | Elizabeth Maconchy / Sir William Walton - Heather Harper, English Chamber Orchestra, Raymond Leppard, Paul Hamburger | 1972 | Album |
| St. John Passion | Johann Sebastian Bach - Peter Pears · Gwynne Howell · Heather Harper · Alfreda Hodgson · Robert Tear · John Shirley-Quirk, Wandsworth School Boys' Choir . English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten | 1972 | Album |
| Messiah Record 1 | Georg Friedrich Händel, Heather Harper, Helen Watts, Duncan Robertson, Roger Stalman, Ralph Downes - Christopher Wood, The London Philharmonic Orchestra - Frederick Jackson | 1972 | Album |
| Madrigali Libro VIII | Claudio Monteverdi - Heather Harper, Lilian Watson, Luigi Alva, Ryland Davies, John Wakefield, Stafford Dean, Glyndebourne Festival Chorus, Raymond Leppard | 1971 | Album |
| Requiem • Grosse Messe | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Helen Donath • Heather Harper • Yvonne Minton • Ryland Davies • Stafford Dean • Gerd Nienstedt • The London Symphony Orchestra And London Symphony Chorus • Sir Colin Davis | 1971 | Album |
| Britten: Serenade For Tenor, Horn And Strings / Les Iluminations | Robert Tear, Alan Civil, Heather Harper, Sir Neville Marriner, Northern Sinfonia | 1971 | Album |
| Die Jahreszeiten, Ausschnitte | Joseph Haydn - Heather Harper, Ryland Davies, John Shirley-Quirk | 1970 | Album |
| A Sea Symphony | Ralph Vaughan Williams, André Previn, The London Symphony Orchestra And London Symphony Chorus, Heather Harper, John Shirley-Quirk | 1970 | Album |
| Symphony No. 4 | Gustav Mahler, Lorin Maazel, Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Heather Harper | 1970 | Album |
| Theodora: A Dramatic Opera In Three Acts | Georg Friedrich Händel – Heather Harper, Maureen Forrester, Alexander Young, Edgar Fleet, John Lawrenson, English Chamber Orchestra, Johannes Somary | 1969 | Album |
| Sancta Civitas / Benedicite | Ralph Vaughan Williams, Heather Harper, Ian Partridge, John Shirley-Quirk, The Bach Choir, Boys Of King's College Choir, Cambridge, The London Symphony Orchestra, David Willcocks | 1968 | Album |
| Requiem And Idyll (Once I Passed Through A Populous City | Frederick Delius - Meredith Davies, The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Heather Harper, John Shirley-Quirk | 1968 | Album |
| Missa In Tempore Belli - Insanae Et Vanae Curae | Joseph Haydn, Heather Harper, Pamela Bowden, Alexander Young, John Shirley-Quirk, The King's College Choir Of Cambridge, English Chamber Orchestra, David Willcocks | 1967 | Album |
| Italian Baroque Music | Claudio Monteverdi / Francesco Cavalli - Heather Harper, Gerald English, Hugues Cuénod, Bath Festival Orchestra Directed By Raymond Leppard | 1967 | Album |
| Haydn/Mass In Time Of War | Joseph Haydn - Heather Harper, Pamela Bowden, Alexander Young, John Shirley-Quirk, The King's College Choir Of Cambridge, English Chamber Orchestra | 1967 | Album |
| Symphony No.2 | Gustav Mahler / The London Symphony Orchestra, Georg Solti, Heather Harper, Helen Watts | 1966 | Album |
| Dido And Aeneas | Henry Purcell ; Victoria De Los Angeles, Heather Harper, Patricia Johnson, Peter Glossop, Raymond Leppard (Harpsichord), The Ambrosian Singers, English Chamber Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli | 1966 | Album |
| Messiah Volume Two | Georg Friedrich Händel / Heather Harper / Helen Watts / Duncan Robertson / Roger Stalman / The London Philharmonic Choir And The London Philharmonic Orchestra Conducted By Frederick Jackson | 1961 | Album |
| Haydn: The Seasons | Heather Harper, Ryland Davies, John Shirley-Quirk | Album | |
| Landmarks Of 20th Century Music | Arnold Schoenberg / Anton Webern / Alban Berg / Heather Harper / John Alldis Choir / English Chamber Orchestra / Gary Bertini / New Philharmonia Orchestra / Frederik Prausnitz | Album | |
| Musik zu Ein Sommernachtstraum | Heather Harper, Janet Baker, Otto Klemperer, The London Philharmonic Orchestra | Album | |
| Hoogtepunten Uit Messiah, Crudel Tiranno Amor, Tolomeo, Berenice, Giulio Cesare, Dixit Dominus | Georg Friedrich Händel - Elly Ameling, Helen Donath, Heather Harper, Aafje Heynis, Helen Watts, John Wakefield, John Shirley-Quirk, Gérard Souzay, Sir Colin Davis | Compil. | |
| Messiah | Georg Friedrich Händel, London Symphony Chorus, The London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis, Heather Harper, John Shirley-Quirk | Single |
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