Lucie Skeaping visits The George Inn in Southwark to join a meeting of the Merrie Fellowes Catch Club. With the club's chairman, Patrick Johns, she traces the rise and fall of Catch and Glee clubs in Britain in the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries.
Playlist
All music performed by the Merrie Fellowes Catch Club (f.2001) conducted by Patrick Johns, unless otherwise stated.
Henry Purcell - Now, Now We Are Met
John Isham – Celia learning on the spinnet
The City Waites
REGIS RRC 1175
Track 20
Anon – Jenkin the Jester
John Hilton – Here lies a woman
Henry Lawes – O Absalom my son
Henry Purcell – A Farewell to wives
Henry Purcell – If all be true that I do think, there are five reasons why we should drink
Henry Purcell – Once, twice, thrice I Julia tried, the scornful puss as oft denied
Henry Purcell – My lady’s coachman John, being married to her maid
The Merry Companions
DORIAN DOR-90155
Track 13
John Eccles – My man John had a thing that was long
Maurice Greene – I've lost my my mistress, horse and wife
Benjamin Cooke – Epitaph on a dormouse
Pro Cantione Antiqua
CONIFER CDCF 145
Track 2
Thomas Warren – Country sports
Lord Mornington – See, see the bowl sparkles
Samuel Webbe (Snr) – When winds breathe soft
The Scholars
L’Oiseau Lyre DSLO 33
Side 1, Band 2
Henry Purcell – Tom making a manteau
The City Waites
REGIS RRC 1175
Track 20
John Wall Calcott – O snatch me swift (excerpt)
The Scholars
L’Oiseau Lyre DSLO 33
Side 2, Band 1
attrib. William Byrd – Hey ho, to the greenwood
