Early Music from Scotland

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The Gowans are Gay ............................. Anonymous 
soprano, tenor, garklein recorder, alto gemshorn, audience

In a Garden so Green ........ Anonymous 
soprano, harpsichord

 


Our Father God Celestial (Lord's Prayer) ...... Pierre Cadeac (pub. 1538) 
soprano, harp, bass and contrabass recorders, gamba

 


My Lord of Marche Paven a 4 ........... James Lauder (16th century) 
dancers, tenor and great bass recorders, gamba, harpsichord

The Queine of Ingland's Paven ................ Anonymous 
dancers, tenor recorder, sacbut, gamba, harpsichord

 


Sequence: Rex coeli domine .................... (Middle Ages) 
tenor

Hymn to St. Magnus, Earl of Orkney ......... Anonymous (13th century) 
tenor, alto and tenor gemshorns, clarsach, rebec

Conductus: Hac in anni lanua ............Anonymous (13th century) 
alto gemshorn, organetto, alto recorder, tambourine, finger cymbals

 


All Sons of Adam ........ Anonymous 
tenor, baritone, bass

My Heartly Service (The Pleugh Song) ........ Anonymous (16th century) 
two voices, sacbut, tenor hirtenschalmei, gamba

 


Round: Scotland, it Burneth 
audience

 


The Flowers of the Forrest ............ Anonymous (Skene MS, c. 1620) 
hammered dulcimer, tenor recorder, rebec

Medieval Romance: Graysteil ...... Anonymous (Straloch Lute Book, 1627) 
tenor and bass gemshorns, clarsach

 


Rory Dall's Port ........... Straloch Lute Book 
lute

Scottish Song ............ Robert Johnson 
lute

In Nomine .......................... Robert Johnson 
bells, organetto, harp, lute, bass cornamuse

 


Captain Hume's Galliard ........... Tobias Hume 
gamba

Tobacco, Tobacco from Musical Humors ......... Tobias Hume 
tenor, harpsichord

 


Branle d'Ecosse ............................ Straloch Lute Book 
dancer, garklein and sopranino recorders, serpent, percussion

Scottish Branle ........................ Arbeau (Orchesographie, 1588) 
dancers, alto krummhorn, alto schawm, gamba, percussion

 


This concert was performed in conjunction with John Purser's residency at ISU 
John Purser is Scotland's foremost music historian

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