Episode 8. Secret Garden of the Heart
Sunday, 25th February 2007, 5.05pm, Radio Scotland
John Purser takes us into a medieval garden to listen to the birds, and to love songs and laments. Duncan Williamson sings the tale of Thomas the Rhymer, we hear love poems by King James I of Scotland, and the magical Gaelic spell of the apple tree, Craobh nan Ubhal.
Episode Playlist
- Anon. - The Gowans are Gay
CD Scotland’s Music (Linn) - Trad. - I Long for Thy Virginitie,
Ronn MacFarlane
CD The Scottish Lute (Dorian) - Trad. - O Lustie May
The Baltimore Consort
CD On The Banks of Helicon (Dorian) - Trad. - Deirdre’s Lament
Mary MacMaster
CD Scotland’s Music (Linn) - Trad. - Craobh nan Ubhal
Flora MacNeil
CD Craobh nan Ubhal (Temple) - Trad. - True Thomas
Duncan Williamson
BBC recording - Trad. - A Scots Tune
Rowallan Consort (Rob McKillop and William Taylor)
CD Notes of Noy, Notes of Joy (Temple)
