Episode 12. The Dancing is Done
Sunday, 25th March 2007, 5.05pm, Radio Scotland
John Purser visits the monks on the island of Inchcolm in the early 16th century, and we hear from the huge and varied catalogue of songs and dances that was written down in Torphichen by Robert Wedderburn in The Complaynt of Scotland in 1547.
Episode Playlist
- Inverness Fragments Recessional
Musick Fyne/ James Ross
CASSETTE A Scottish Mass of 1546 (CMF) - Salva Festa Dies
Cappella Nova/ Alan Tavener
BBC recording - Anon. c.1520 (Henry VIII’s book) - Hey Trolly Lolly Lo!
The Hilliard Ensemble
CD Popular Music from the time of Henry VIII (Saga) - Anon. - O Lustie May
The Kincorth Waits
CD My Delyt (Watercolour Music) - Anon. - Alas That Same Sweet Face
Saltire Vocal Quartet
LP In A Garden So Green (Da Camera Magna) - Anon. (Estienne du Tertre 1557) - Branles d’Ecosse
Balitmore Consort (Edwin George, bagpipes)
CD On The Banks of Helicon – Early Music of Scotland (Dorian) - Anon. - Trip and Go Hey
The King’s Singers
LP A History of Scottish Music, The King’s Music (Scottish Records) - William Kinloch - The Batell of Pavie set be William Kinloche: Celebrations of Victory: Dance ‘la Guerra’
Coronach
CD A Scots Tune (CD) - Anon (Margaret Wemyss MS) – General Lesly’s Goodnight
Coronach
CD A Scots Tune (CD)
