Windes Blast
Meg Compton - Voice; Bowed
Psaltery, Percussion
Howard Frey - Mandolin; Guitar; Darakuka, Voice
Julia Thomas - English Concertina; Leicestershire Smallpipes; Recorders, Voice
For further information contact: Howard
Frey/Julia Thomas - 21 Denys Road Totnes Devon TQ9 5TJ Telephone 01803
864674
| Wilson's
Wild:Sellegner's Round - 16th Century
dance tunes based on William Byrd's keyboard arrangements |
| Canarios:Mui
Grandes Noit e Dia - Two 6th Century
dance tunes from the Canary Islands and an instrumental version of the 13
century pilgrim song from the Cantigas de Sania Maria |
| Peter's
Tears - words and music by Meg
Compton - Volta Lady Morley:La Volta
- Byrd (1543-1623) |
| Hunting
The Wren - A traditional song for
St. Stephen's Day |
| Branle
Commun - Branle double, simple and
gai from Arbeau's 1589 dance manual |
| On
the Cold Ground - Playford 1665
- The Woodcutter's Song - The words
are from a traditional English poem and are set to Goddesses from Playford
1651 |
| When
Winters Come - (Quande je voi) From
the 13th century troubedour, Colin Muset. The English words are by Brian
Sargent, with his kind permission |
| Waves
of Vigo - Two songs from the 13th
century Galician troubadour, Martin Codex |
| Three
Ravens - Thomas Ravenscroft
(c1582-1669) |
| Lavena
or The Passionate Lover -
Playford 1651 - Rover Reformed - Traditional |
| Rose,
Rose - The words are from an existing
stanza of the 13th century poem, The Irish Dancer, set to music by Julia
Thomas |
| Estampie
Julia - New music for this medieval
dance form by Julia Thomas |
| Sumer
Is Icumen In - English 13th century |
| Corpus
Christi Carol - A Holy Grail carol
from ?14th century |
| Angelus
ad Virginew - English 14th century |
| Branle
d'Escosse - Arbeau 1589 |
| Go
from My Window - |
| Miri
It Is - early 13th century English
song |
| The
Wind and the Rain - The traditional
song as it appears at the end of Shakespeare's Twelth Night |
| Side
A Maypole |
| Indian
Queen/Jamaica - Two tunes from John
Playford's English Dancing master 1695 &1670 editions |
| Staines Morris/In May - Colin Muset (13C French
Troubadour)/Mock Hobby Horse -
Playford 1698 edition |
| Wilson's
Wild or Wolsey's Wild - Mock Hobby
Horse's arrangement refers to the keyboard setting by William Byrd
1543-1623 and the words date from Henry VIII |
| Man
is for Woman Made - Henry Purcell
1659-1695 |
| Come
Again - John Dowland 1563-1626 |
| Fairest
Isle - Henry Purcell |
| Give
Me My Yellow Hose Again - Roxburghe
Collection |
| The
Quarter Brawles - first notated in
1551 by Timan Susato sackut player of Antwerp City Band |
| Side
B Mistletoe |
| Anello
- A renaissance court dance
originating in Italy |
| The
Holly and The Ivy |
| Horses
Brawle/Bransfe de Bourgoine - two
mid 16 C. French dance tunes |
| The
Boar's Head Carol |
| Volta:
Lady Morley/Volta - two voltas from
Byrd's settings for keyboard |
| Lully,
Lully, Thow Littel Tyne Child - this
song was added to the Coventry Cycle of Mystery plays manuscript in 1591 |
| On
the Cold Ground - Playford's 1665
edition |
| Paul's
Wharf - arrangement based on the
variations by Giles Farnaby c.1563-1640 |
| Personent
Hodie - a medieval carol first
collected by Pies Cantiones 1582 |
| I
Saw Three Ships/The Sussex carol/In Dulci Jubilo |
