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Cl​á​irseach Na H​é​ireann - The Harp of Ireland

by Siobhán Armstrong, Bríd Ní Mhaoilchiaráin

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Tune No. 139 01:53
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Siobhán Armstrong is one of a very few harpists worldwide who play harps from earlier centuries and who research historical playing techniques appropriate to these instruments. She has an extensive collection of instruments from the Middle Ages, the Renaissance and the Baroque eras.

Bríd Ní Mhaoilchiaráin is a native of Carna in Connemara. A prize winning traditional Irish sean-nós [‘old style’] singer, she won her first singing competition at the age of nine. Her family is steeped in the traditions of Irish song: Bríd learned her store of songs from her mother, Barbara Éinniú, who is a niece of the legendary sean-nós singer, Joe Heaney.

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released January 1, 2004

Siobhán Armstrong: Early Irish Wire-Strung Harp
Bríd Ní Mhaoilchiaráin: Trad. Irish Sean-Nós Singer

Recorded on a copy of the medieval Trinity College Harp – Ireland’s national emblem. Recorded by John Hadden 21 – 24 of April 2004 at Castalia Hall, Camphill Community, Ballytobin, Co. Kilkenny, Ireland

Produced by John Hadden. Cover art by Stephen Vaughan. Photograph page 2 by Tom Grace. Cover and interior design by Dominik Süess. Linernotes by Siobhán Armstrong. Translations by Thomas Schlachter (German), Joël Surleau (French). Grant Aided by the Arts Council of Ireland

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Maya Recordings Oberstammheim, Switzerland

Barry Guy and Maya Homburger founded Maya Recordings in 1991 to take care of their desires to document the various projects that occupy their musical lives. So unusually
you will find Jazz and improvised musics alongside baroque masterpieces.
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