26 February 2006
Sunday 26 February 2006 13:00-14:00 (Radio 3)
The Hurdy Gurdy has played a significant part in European music since the middle ages. In Britain alone, paintings, prints and even carvings on cathedrals all point to the past popularity of this instrument.
Yet how many people today even know what it sounds like? Lucie Skeaping puts this right in the company of Hurdy Gurdy experts Nigel Eaton and Steve Tyler.
Playlist
Last Chance Bourée
Blowzabella
Wall of Sound
Osmosys OSMOCD005
Istampita Belicha
Misericordia
CD not yet released
Ondas Do Mar
Sinfonye
Bella Donna
Hyperion CDA66283
Bourée croisée
Vielleux du Bourdonnaise
CD not yet released
Shepherd’s Song
Ferenc Sebó Hurdy and Voice
Hongrie Le dernier passage
Ocora C 580031
Hwbad I langoed
Cass Meurig and Nigel Eaton
Cass Meurig Crwth
Air de Fanchon la Vielleuse
J.D. Doche
played by Michele Fromenteu
L’art de la vielle a roué
Arion ARN 36297 side B tk3
Les Saisons Amusantes
Concerto Les Plaisirs de la St Martin
Nicholas Chedville, composer
Les Eclaires de Musique Matthius Loibner
Arts 47669 tk 15
Mozart Allemandes 3 &2
Michelle Fromenteau Orch dir Roger Cotte
L’art de la vielle a roué
Arion ARN 36297 side B tk4
Les Amusements d’une Heure (Gayment)
Baton, composer
Nigel Eaton & Lisa Povey
Music of the Hurdy-Gurdy
Saydisc CD-SDL 374 tk7
Sept Marins trad
Whirling Pope Joan
Spin Panic Atk PAT CCD 20294 tk 6
Duet: Amoroso 15thC anon
Steve Tyler & Nigel Eaton
Recorded for programme
