Episode 15. Farewell to the Moon Goddess
Sunday, 22nd April 2007, 5.05pm, Radio Scotland
Much of the earliest music written to venerate the Virgin Mary can be traced back to pre-Christian roots, in the worship of the Moon Goddess. John Purser follows her story through to its abrupt end, in the state-sponsored violence and destruction of the Reformation.
Episode Playlist
- Trad. - plough whistle
John Purser - Trad. arr Nóirín Ní Riain: Caoineadh Mhuire
Nóirín Ní Riain
CD Caoineadh na Maighdine (Gael-Linn) - Anon. - Kyrie Virginitatus Amator
Capella Antiqua München/Konrad Ruhland
LP Ars Antiqua (Telefunken Das Alte Werk) - Robert Johnson: Ave dei patris filia
Cappella Nova/Alan Tavener
CD Laudes Deo and other motets (ASV Gaudeamus) - Trad. - Righ nan Duil
Mary MacMaster
BBC recording - Robert Johnson: Gaude Maria Virgo
Cappella Nova/Alan Tavener
CD Laudes Deo and other motets (ASV Gaudeamus) - Anon. - Ave Gloriosa (final section)
Cappella Nova/Alan Tavener
BBC recording - Trad. arr Nóirín Ní Riain - An Coineadh
Nóirín Ní Riain
CD Caoineadh na Maighdine (Gael-Linn) - Trad. - plough whistle
John Purser
