Legends of the Celtic Harp will perform Friday, Feb. 24, at 7 p.m. at Unity of Sedona, 65 Deer Trail Drive in West Sedona.
Legends of the Celtic Harp is a musical journey into the heart of a legendary instrument. Three Celtic harpers — Patrick Ball, Lisa Lynne and Aryeh Frankfurter — have created a dramatic ensemble that takes listeners deep into the myths, stories, magic and fabled history of this most captivating instrument.
Tickets are $20 for this concert and storytelling event. Advance tickets can be purchased at brownpapertickets.com/event/2785909. For further information, call 282-7181 or visit unityofsedona.com.
This trio of Celtic harpers who have toured extensively throughout the U.S. to sold-out audiences and rave reviews.
Presenter Review states, “Legends of the Celtic Harp is a blend of music and oratory, falling somewhere between concert and theater. It spanned nearly the range of human feeling, from humor to tragedy, tenderness to rage, reality to mysticism, and more besides. The effects were powerful and exhilarating.”
Audiences will hear three Celtic harps, including the rare wire strung, Swedish nyckelharpa, cittern and Irish bouzouki intertwined with moving stories of humanity and music through time.
Ball is an American master of the Irish harp and a spoken word artist. He has recorded nine instrumental and three spoken word albums that have sold well over a half million copies internationally.
His concerts and solo theatrical productions have toured extensively throughout the U.S., Canada, Ireland and the U.K., and have been awarded grants by the California Arts Council and the Circle of Excellence Award from the National Storytelling Association.
Lynne is a multi-instrumentalist and performer who has gained recognition for her original music featuring her Celtic harp. She composes memorable and heartwarming melodies on the Windham Hill/Sony Music labels that have repeatedly placed in the Top 10 and Top 20 on the Billboard New Age music charts.
Lynne tours year round performing at large U.S. festivals and performing art centers. Her work in therapeutic music has gained recognition from NBC, CNN, Fox News Atlanta and numerous newspaper and magazine articles including Wall Street Journal.
Her music is heard throughout the PBS special “Alone in the Wilderness,” among many other soundtracks for commercial television and independent films.
Frankfurter is a Celtic harper and world traveling multi-instrumentalist who went from progressive rock violin to intricate Swedish folk and Celtic music. He began with classical violin at the age of 3; his early studies and successes led him to explore various ethnic and international musical genres.
He taught himself to play a variety of instruments bowed and plucked and most recently the rarely seen Swedish Nyckelharpa. His uncommon approach to the Celtic harp and folk harp repertoire, his numerous critically and commercially successful albums have earned him credit as a musician, recording and performance artist of extraordinary talents and abilities.
