Episode 16. King, Earl, Outlaw and Chieftain
Sunday, 29th April 2007, 5.05pm, Radio Scotland
John Purser introduces aristocratic music from the early 17th century, including music for harp to soothe a Countess and an Earl, magical music from visiting Spanish gypsies, Gaelic lament, and the noblest music of the pipes.
Episode Playlist
- Monteverdi: Toccata
Concerto Vocale/ René Jacobs
CD Orfeo harmonia mundi (HMC) - Ruairidh O’Cahan: Tabhair dom do Lámh (Give me your hand)
Grainne Yeats
CD The Belfast Harp Festival
Gael-Linn CEFCD 156 - Trad (Lady Margaret Wemyss book, c.1644-48): A Scotts Tune
Jakob Lindberg
CD Lute Music from Scotland and France BIS CD-201 - Trad (Rowallan Lute MS): Gypsies Lilt
Robert Phillips (Rowallan Consort)
CD Notes of Noy, Notes of Joy
Temple Records COMD 2058 - Trad: The Spanish Gypsies
The Harp Consort/Andrew Lawrence-King
BBC live recording 21 January 2006 - Trad (Skene Mandora Book): Ladie Cassiles Lilt
Ronn MacFarlane
CD The Scottish Lute
Dorian DOR 90129 - Trad: The Gypsy Laddies
Jeannie Robertson
CD The Voice of the People
Topic TSCD - Trad: Griogal Cridhe
Anne Lorne Gillies
LP Songs of the Gael
Lochshore Records LOCLP 1014 - Trad: Taladh Choinnich Oig
James Campbell
LP Scottish Tradition 8: James Campbell of Kintail
Tangent TNGM 140 - Trad: The MacDougall’s Gathering
Gordon Duncan
CD The Circular Breath
Greentrax CDTRAX 122
