COMD2012 Alison Kinnaird & Ann Heymann - The Harpers Land

Alison Kinnaird & Ann Heymann - The Harpers Land
Alison Kinnaird
Ann Heymann
COMD2012

Alison Kinnaird is already well known, and in Ann Heymann we have a virtuoso second to none on the wire strung harp. Again, Temple produces a first. This was the first record to combine the sounds of the gut and the wire strung harps. This album is a record of two different, but related, small harps. The approach to the music, and the harps on which it is played, has been formed by years of research in both Scotland and Ireland. The music itself has been gleaned from many sources, including the oral tradition, ancient archives and collections, and also includes original compositions by Ann Heymann and Alison Kinnaird, the harpers.

MUSIC WEEK - A beautiful album - could be snapped up by the MOR/light classical market as well as the widest possible range of folk appreciators. With faultless playing they conjure up visions of misty heather-clad hills or smokey peat fires, and one is transported to a gentle world where all is peace and beauty.

EDINBURGH EVENING NEWS - ... with two well-received solo albums to her name already, this record of Alison Kinnaird with Ann Heymann will win her and her music more than a few followers.
Award: 1st in Folk Section MTS Awards 1983.

Track list

1. The Harpers Land
2. Ellens Dreams
3. Lady Iveagh
4. The Braidwood Waits
5. Rory Dall Morisons Jig
Far-Fuadach A Chlarsair (The Harpers Dismissal)
6. THE GRANARD TUNES
Carraic na h-Uaine
The Market House
John Dungans Return
The Canons Cup
7. Bas Alastruim
McAllistruims March
8. Miss Hamilton
9. Cumh Easbig Earraghaal (Bishop of Argyles Lament)
10. Baltiorum
Charlies Fancy
11. Blar Sliabh An t-Siorraidh
The Battle of Sheriffmuir
12. The Bells of Cork City
The Dusty Miller
13. Clarsach Na Cloiche (The Harp of the Stones)
14. Airs By Fingal
15. Leslies March