Queen of Harps by Ann Heymann
reviewed by Adam Victor Christensen
Released by Temple Records, Shillinghill, Temple, Midlothian, Scotland
Ann Heymann's personal, artistic quest
for the wellsprings of the wire-strung Gaelic harp tradition has led her
upon some beautiful and less traveled paths. In her new solo Celtic harp
recording "Queen of Harps," she has returned from the sacred grove
with sweet water, full and overflowing. These nine selections gracefully
combine Ann's passion for the details of scholarship with equally passionate
musical skill, intuition and imagination. In passage after passage of precise
and brilliant playing , she demonstrates why this instrument was held in
such great regard in all the Celtic lands ... there is simply no other sound
like it in the world. 
- Copyright © 1998 Adam Victor Christensen -
Playing time: 61:20
Titles: 1) Queen of Harps 2) Ex Te Lux Oritur 3) Feachain Gleis 4) Lamentation of Youths 5) Sir Thomas Brook's Pavane/Cormac's Alma/Lord Sheffield's Pavan 6) The First Irish Jig/Holyrood Measure 7) Hawk of Ballyshanon 8) Temple Hill Reel/Temple Hill Jigs 9) Lament for the Harp
Originally published in the Folk Harp Journal No. 87 Spring 1995
This recording is available from ... a harper's garden
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