Union Flag
Music for the Act of Union
Sunday 29 April 2007 13:00-14:00 (Radio 3)
A look at the flavour of the musical outpourings in England and Scotland in the first few decades following the Act of Union that, 300 years ago on 1 May, abolished separate parliaments for England and Scotland, an event greeted with joy and anger on both sides of the border.
Print of Union Sermon
This is a print of the Sermon given at the Thanksgiving Service for the Union, held at St. Paul's Cathedral, 1st May 1707 (Guildhall Library, City of London)
Playlist
William Croft - Jubilate in D - 'O be joyful in the Lord'
Choir of St. Paul's Cathedral (London)
Parley of Instruments
John Stott
Helios CDH55252
Track 26
Why Should I be so Sad on my wedding day
Ronald Leith, carillion
Linn Records LINN CKD 008
CD 2, Track 21
John Abell - 'Reading ends in Melancholy' (2nd Song from his Songs in Several Languages)
Concerto Caledonia (directed by David McGuinness)
Mhairi Lawson
Delphian DCD34014
Track 11
John Clerk of Pennicuik - Leo Scotiae Irritatus
Concerto Caledonia (directed by David McGuinness)
Catherine Bott
Hyperion CDA67007
Track 2
Daniel Purcell - Trio Sonata No. 2 in G minor
1. Adagio
2. Allegro
3. Largo
4. Allegro
Parnassian Ensemble
Avie AV2094
Tracks 5-8
Handel - 'Love in her eyes sits playing', aria from Act 1, Acis and Galatea
Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor)
English Baroque Soloists
John Eliot Gardiner
Archiv Produktion/Polydor 4234062
Track 9
William McGibbon - Lochaber (trad. Folk song with Variations for Violin and
Basso Continuo
Lorna Anderson (soprano)
Castalian Band
(BBC Recording, 1994)
James Oswald - A Sonata of Scots Tunes 1. Largo - 'O Mother what shall I do'
2. Adagio - 'Ettrick Banks'
3. Andante - 'She rose and let me in'
4. Largo - 'Cromlit's Lilt'
5. Andante - 'Polwart on the Green'
Concerto Caledonia (directed by David McGuinness)
Linn Records CDK101
Track 13-17
Robert Bremner - 'Auld Robin Gray' Concerto Caledonia (directed by David McGuinness)
Mhairi Lawson (Soprano)
Delphian DCD34014
Track 13
