PGM 685R "THE HEALING HARP"

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PGM 685R : "THE HEALING HARP"
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PGM NOTE : a winter celebration of the harp
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FEED DATE : 12-28-07
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INTRO: THE HARP. For over 4000 years, it's brought
the human family a little bit of heaven on earth.

From its beginnings in Mesopotamia, it spread across
the ancient world to Asia, Egypt, Greece, and Africa.
In Medieval times, it was used for sacred and secular
music, and to comfort the dying.

As the instrument of the bards and troubadors,
it played a key role in the evolution of folk music.
In the 19th century, the pedal harp matured into a
concert instrument and took its place in the orchestra.
And in the 20th century it went electric — even laser.

Whether wirestrung, cross-strung, single, double,
or triple strung, pedal or electric, folk or classical —
there are harps for every purpose.

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CATRIN FINCH
"Eternal Dream" (part) <>4:10 >
"Crossing the Stone (Tros y Garreg)" <>8:12 >
: CROSSING THE STONE; Sony/Odyssey SK 87320; 2003
: Info: www.catrinfinch.com

ANDREAS VOLLENWEIDER
"Wanja the Wanderer" (edited) <>12:38 >
: KRYPTOS; Sony Classical SK 60237; 1997
: Info: www.sonyclassical.com/artists/vollenweider/bio.html;
www.vollenweider.com

HAROLD BUDD
"She Dances By the Light of the Silvery Moon" <>14:47 >
: BY THE DAWN'S EARLY LIGHT; Opal/Warner Bros.9 26649-2; 1991
: Info: www.myspace.com/haroldbudd

YOLANDA KONDONASSIS
"Danses Sacree et Profane" (part) <>19:21 >
Composed by Claude Debussy
: SCINTILLATION; Telarc CD-80361; 1993
: Info: www.telarc.com; www.ykharp.com

AINE MINOGUE
"Enchanted Valley" <>23:27 >
: THE TWILIGHT REALM; Little Miller LM 010; 2003/2004
: Info: www.minogue.com

GEORGIA KELLY
"Birds of Paradise, harp solo" <>26:21 >
: PERENNIALS: THE GEORGIA KELLY HARP COLLECTION;
Seventh Wave SWP7024-2; 1996
: Email: www.georgiakelly.com

THERESE SCHROEDER-SHEKER
"Amor con Fortuna" (part) <>28:48 >
: THE QUEEN'S MINSTREL; Windham Hill WD-1074; 1988
: Info: www.windovertheearth.com/Msheker.html

APRIL STACE
"First Snow" <>32:22 >
: HARP 46; AprilStace.com; 2003
: Info: www.aprilstace.com; www.harp46.com

JOEL ANDREWS
"Iridescence I" (part) <>38:41 >
: IRIDESCENCE; Golden Harp Enterprises [no catalog #]; 1987
: Info: www.harpofgold.com

CECILIA CHAILLY
"Onda" (composed by Ludovico Einaudi) <>42:49 >
: LUDOVICO EINAUDI: STANZE; Dischi Ricordi CRMCD 1025; Italy 1992
: Info: www.ceciliachailly.com; www.ludovicoeinaudi.com

ERIK BERGLUND and CHRISTOPH HAUSMANN
"Lament" (edited) <>46:28 >
: PROJECT EARTH; Elarian Unlimited CD-030; 1995
reissued as ANGEL FLIGHT; Oreade ORB 60892; 2002
: Info: www.erikberglund.com/catalog/project-e.html;
www.oreade.com/usa_canada/artists/004.html

DEBORAH HENSON-CONANT
"The Nightingale" <>50:57 >
: HARPESTRY [compilation]; Imaginary Road 314 536 142-2; 1997
: Info: www.hipharp.com

HAROLD BUDD
"A Child in a Sylvan Field" <>54:33 >
: BY THE DAWN'S EARLY LIGHT; Opal/Warner Bros.9 26649-2; 1991
: Info: www.myspace.com/haroldbudd

RUDIGER OPPERMANN
"Jardin Des Roses" (extended) <>58:59 >
: UNCHAIN MY HARP; Biber 66531; Germany 1993
: Info: www.vollton.com/OppermannE.htm

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