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NEW ALBUM RELEASE!

“Geodepédie – Hidden Light” – For Christina Tourin, this powerful, thought provoking phrase is more than simply the perfect title for the influential, world renowned harpist/composer’s sparkling, magically lyrical new album – her first since 2010’s Iona Inspirations, which capped a prolific and prodigious 20 years of composing and recording.

Like the title of one of its key tracks “Music Is Love,” it’s an eloquent, multi-faceted expression of her soul purpose, a powerful symbol reflecting her deep understanding of her personal place and role in the universe. Looking into the crystalline light of a newly opened geode, one can see the relationship of the night sky filled with glittering stars, planets and galaxies. The music and narrative themes of Christina’s album remind us of the words we hear spoken so often by the great masters: “AS ABOVE, SO BELOW.” It’s a popular modern paraphrase of the second verse of the Emerald Tablet, a compact and cryptic Hermitic text. Lest we forget we are indeed connected to the ABOVE in every way, while the universe lives BELOW in the smallest beauties within the Earth. “With a twist on Erik Satie’s “Gymnopedie,” Christina says, “may we open ourselves to let light shine forth as the beautiful geode!”

Track Listing:

1. Geodepédie – Hidden Light

2. Music IS Love

3. Passacaglia – Handel’s Healing Harp

4. Brigid’s Green Mantle

5. Land O’ The Leal

6. Early One Morning

7. Walk Through The Sunflowers

8. Reminisce

9. Sommarpsalm

10. Icelandic Northern Lights

11. Morning Mood

12. Largo – Vivaldi’s Vision

13. Arigatou, I For You

14. Amethyst of Avalon

15. As Above, So Below

16. Colors Of The Seasons

All compositions by Christina Tourin

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