Cynthia Cathcart - Wire Strung Harp Duet 'New Claret'

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Uploaded by on Jul 12, 2007

A charming little piece off of her CD 'Alchemy of a Rose'. Cynthia is actually playing two different harps in this video, the Kilkoy and the Rose by Ardival Harps of Scotland.

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  • This is such a beautiful version of this Irish Ceol Na Seilge tune, and makes me yearn for times long-gone in my homeland. *Gorgeous* playing of the clarsach and brought literal tears to my eyes. The whistle really does make it feel as though you're soaring over the ocean. Truly beautiful.

  • Well played and beutifully realised.... and so nice to see someone who can play the instrument in a free and flowing style.. not another of the ghastly clones using fixed finger positions... Thank You

  • That is really beatiful. I got a 19 stringed harp for my Birthady, and only now do i find something that i can truly aspire to.

  • Something in my eye production LOL!

  • wow

  • Oh, I agree that this is interesting. Lots of what's in the Gesto Collection is traditional, and many the Scottish and Irish tunes traveled back and forth, often changing in the process. Do you remember where you first heard this tune? (And I do play it in 9/8, so it certainly could be a slip jig.) ~Cynthia

  • Odd..I know it as a Traditional Irish Slip Jig...interesting....

  • [Cynthia writing here:] Thanks for listening to the video. You have a good ear. I just went and found the tune you mention, and it surely is a variation of it. Very close, indeed. My version of the tune is from The Gesto Collection, where it was unnamed, given merely as a "supposed Norwegian air". I forget where I saw it as "New Claret" but I decided that was a much better name than "supposed Norwegian air"!

  • is the first tune "the Sport of the Chase" ? it sounds very familiar....just checking

  • thank you That was beautiful. I do love the Ardival harps

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