Heavenly Sisters (1997)

Heavenly Sisters on the Celestial Harp (1997)

 

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Heavenly Sisters and Restoring Inner Truth were composed in memory of the 14 women shot and killed in Montreal on Dec. 6, 1989. They were engineering students and pioneers of their generation.

The Celestial Harp Band (Lisa Swarbrick, Michael Moon, Orest Tataryn & Robin Armstrong) composed and performed these works at a special memorial at York University, in Vari Hall, on Dec 6, 1996.

This was the eleventh cd recorded and published of the Celestial Harp.

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The photo of the Pleiades courtesy of Jim Thommes who has a great website of special effects space photos. http://thommes.com  Please visit his site and let him know you saw his Pleiades image on this cd.

Cover Design by Robin Armstrong

Recorded, mixed and mastered by Robin Armstrong

©1997 RA Publications, Toronto, ON.

 

Track 01: Heavenly Sisters                 13’30”

     Heavenly Sisters refers to the seven sisters of the Pleiades. There were originally seven bright stars in this constellation but one of them, over the years, faded and disappeared. The legend of the Pleiades tells of these heavenly sisters and of the seventh who went away.

(3 on the Celestial Harp)

Lisa Swarbrick,  Celestial Harp.

Orest Tataryn,  Celestial Harp.

Robin Armstrong,  Celestial Harp.

 

Track 02: Restoring Inner Truth 1          13’05”

          This piece was composed to restore harmony and inner truth to a painful and anxious situation. It was based in part on the I Ching hexagram entitled “Inner Truth”.

(3 on the Celestial Harp)

Lisa Swarbrick,  Celestial Harp.

Orest Tataryn,  Celestial Harp.

Robin Armstrong,  Celestial Harp.

 

Track 03: Balancing Inner Truth                    8’41”

     This piece was is another composition based on the I Ching hexagram entitled “Inner Truth”.

(4 on the Celestial Harp)

Lisa Swarbrick,  Celestial Harp.

Orest Tataryn,  Celestial Harp.

Michael Moon,  Celestial Harp.

Robin Armstrong,  Celestial Harp.

 

Track 04: Restoring Inner Truth 2            13’05”

          This piece is a second interpretation of Restoring Inner Truth 1 based on the I Ching hexagram entitled “Inner Truth”.

(4 on the Celestial Harp)

Lisa Swarbrick,  Celestial Harp.

Orest Tataryn,  Celestial Harp.

Michael Moon,  Celestial Harp, xylophone.

Robin Armstrong,  Celestial Harp.

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