Glass Art & Music by Alison Kinnaird: Ring of Crystal, Ring of Stone

Alison Kinnaird has always had two careers running in parallel: as a well known Scottish musician & also as an artist working primarily with glass, whose work is collected internationally. In 1997 she was awarded an M.B.E. for services to art & music. Alison usually keeps these two fields seperate but in a number of projects, including this one, both glass & harp have featured together.

The glass artwork shown in this film was created in 1988, based on the theme of standing stones, and it was acquired by Leicester Museum & Art Gallery in the same year. The tune was composed by Alison to accompany the glass. Like a circle of stones, the music follows the characteristic form of harp music, beginning with a theme, progressing through a series of variations, before returning to the theme at the end. Each variation has a corresponding engraved crystal block.

The short film, which features images of the standing stones at Castlerigg, Long Meg & her daughters, and the majestic Callanish stones on the Isle of Lewis, was filmed, edited & directed by Robin Morton. This film was released on a DVD containing three films & interviews relating to Alison's work, which was included free with Alison's 2004 album 'The Silver String' (Temple Records COMD2096). This CD/DVD package is still available direct from www.templerecords.co.uk or from all good record shops.

PUBLISHING DETAILS:
Alison Kinnaird, Pub. Kinmor Music

COPYRIGHT:
Temple Records 2004 & Kinmor Music.
All Rights Reserved

FIND OUT MORE AT:
www.alisonkinnaird.com
or
www.templerecords.co.uk

REVIEWS:
"This is Scottish traditional music at it's very best, something to be proud to be part of, thrilling to hear and humbling to realise the lack of extent of our knowledge"
Edinburgh Guide, December 2004

"...yet another extraordinary example of her mastery of all forms of Scottish traditional music....the music alone is enough to make this CD essential, the glass art videos simply take her vision to a whole new level"
Folk Harp Journal, Spring 2005

"Rarely have such ancient themes been so successfully meshed with modern images, techniques and technology. This is a truly ground-breaking project, fully recognized with great artistry"
Dirty Linen

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[mata1595]

Incredibel music and a amazing video thank you uploader

[rjfunnyguy007]

it's great video. i like it very much. thanks for sharing.

[cristi1595]

He has a real talent to work with crystal and stone. I like them a lot, thanks for the video.

[marko290693]

Excellent video and even better music!!!

[mdmasum]

WOW!!! What's a Wonderful music! Nice video and audio combination. Thanks for sharing this video.

[rohitsingh2276]

really talented person. awesome presentation in the video really liked it

[moka6002]

it is a very good video and very helpful too, thanks for sharing and keep up the good work

[PirBaba]

This is awesome work . I like it .go ahed.

[6867870]

What a talent Alison Kinnaird is. Arts looks like her passion. working in two different fields and producing beauties in both.Hats off to her

[autumnsong]

That was soooo cool! :D

I love the glass art and the music! :D