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W.B. Yeats said that as a boy he longed to hear poems spoken to the harp as he imagined poets of old to have spoken them. In this album Claire Hamilton blends Celtic harp and voice to transport the listener back to ancient times. Under her hands the harp becomes a magical gateway into the realm of the Otherworld – a world of gods and goddesses, love affairs, magical spells and enchantments from the myths and legends of Scotland, Ireland and Wales. Claire Hamilton is a well-known figure in Celtic harp world, having recorded many solo albums. She is also a published poet and writer of several books on mythology.
Claire Hamilton has made many recordings on harp and Celtic harp. She studied classical harp with David Watkins, Professor at the Guildhall School of Music. Since then she has become fascinated with the Celtic harp and Celtic Myth and has been studying and writing about it. She has also been experimenting with ways to present words and music together in the manner of the old bards who, it is thought, punctuated their narratives with set pieces, describing heroes or events in the stories. One of her specializations is to perform spoken words to harp and she has toured with the Company of Strangers presenting her work in their production of Celtic Myth.
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