Maggie's Music: Hesperus

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An Early American Quilt - MM235
From the first colonists to the American Revolution and the birth of our republic Hesperus' music reflects a time of new ideas, freedom and vitality. In town and village, parlor and ballroom, from the Appalachian mountains to the great concert halls hear the musical pulse of early American music performed on a wide variety of folk and early music instruments. Includes: lively country-dance tunes, evocative Shape Note Hymns, old time Appalachian fiddle tunes, graceful European parlor music, French cotillions, divisions and improvisations.

Musicians:

Hesperus: Tina Chancey, Director, fiddle, viola da gamba, recorder (1-3,5-9,11-20); Scott Reiss, Founder, recorders, Irish whistle, hammered dulcimer (2,5,6,9,11,16,17,19,20); Grant Herried, lute, guitar, theorbo, recorder (1-4,8-9,11-15,17-18); Mark Cudek, cittern, baroque guitar (5,6,20); Robert Eisenstein, viola da gamba, recorder (6,6,19,20); Peter Marshall, harpsichord (6,16,19,20).

Guest Musicians:

Melissa Weaver Dunning, traditional singer (10,16); Hesperus Shape-Note Chorus (16); Bonnie Rideout, Scottish fiddle (9);Maggie Sansone, hammered dulcimer (1,8); William Taylor, bray harp (2,9); Philippe Varlet, Irish fiddle (9).
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Track Information:

1. *Noboddie's Jig 3:26
2. Old Simon the King 3:15
3. Dublin Bay/Old Noll's Jig 2:22
4. A Scottish Dance/I Never Knew Ye Loved Me 3:04
5. Bobbing Joe/Cuckolds All in a Row/Rufty Tufty/Parson's Farewell 7:09
6. Jefferson 's March/Ça Ira/The Presidents' March 4:10
7. Jig Divided 12 Ways 2:56
8. *Greensleeves 2:06
9. Haste To The Wedding/The Priest In His Boots/Off She Goes 3:55
10. Barbara Allen 4:24
11. Prelude/La Catherine 3:11
12. Pavan/The Night Watch 5:43
13. *Stingo 1:57
14. *Fortune My Foe 5:35
15. New Year's Eve 2:19
16. New Jerusalem 2:09
17. La Luxillier/La Balanje 2:26
18. Go From My Window%u2022 2:08
19. Trio Sonata #5 in D major: Largo et Amoroso-Allegro 2:27
20. Merry Milkmaids%u2022 1:40

*Improvisations

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Colonial America - MM227
Spirited new sounds from across the sea to the shores of the New Land--From the first colonists to the American Revolution and the birth of our republic Hesperus' music reflects a time of new ideas, freedom and vitality. In town and village, parlor and ballroom, from the Appalachian mountains to the great concert halls hear the musical pulse of early American music performed on a wide variety of folk and early music instruments. Includes: lively country-dance tunes, evocative Shape Note Hymns, old time Appalachian fiddle tunes, graceful European parlor music, French cotillions, divisions and improvisations.

Musicians: Tina Chancey ~ Bass viola da gamba, fiddle & recorder; Scott Reiss ~ Recorders & pennywhistle; Grant Herried ~ Lute, theorbo, early guitars & recorder

Track List

1. Ricketts Hornpipe/Fisher's Hornpipe (2:30)
2. Maiden Lane/Jack O' Lent/Chestnut/Bonny Broom (5:02)
3. Parting Friends/Primrose (4:22)
4. Flowers of Edinburgh/East Neuke of Fife (2:16)
5. Prelude/La Catherine (3:15)
6. Planxty Browne/Planxty Burke (1:46)
7. Cutie Clat Her (2:41)
8. John Come Kiss me Now (2:58)
9. Scots Tune (1:39)
10. Carolan's Farewell to Music (2:56)
11. A Port (1:37)
12. Yeil, Yeil (2:42)
13. Kedron/Saint's Delight/Promised Land (2:34)
14. Gird the Logie (2:38)
15. La Belle Cavalier (1:33)
16. La Luxillier/La Balanje (2:31)
17. Federal Overture (7:51)
18. Death & Life (6:44)

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Celtic Roots - MM220
Scottish and Irish Music From the Earliest Written Sources

Hesperus...won a Wammie (Best Classical Recording) for "Early American Roots," the first recording in its "Roots" series for Maggie's Music records. It has another winner in "Celtic Roots." The Washington Post

Musicians

Tina Chancey - Treble (6) and bass violas da gamba, fiddle (1, 21) & recorder.
Grant Herried - Lute, theorbo, early guitars and recorder
Scott Reiss - Recorders, whistle & hammered dulcimer

With special guests

Bonnie Rideout - Scottish fiddle (3, 9, 14, 16, 17, 20 & 21)
William Taylor - Wire harp (clarsach), Gothic "bray" harp
Philippe Varlet - Irish fiddle (1, 7 & 12)

Tune List

1 Jigs: Rural Felicity/ Haste to the Wedding/The Priest in His Boots/ Off She Goes (4:01)
2 The Reel of Tulloch (3:16)
3 March, Strathspey and Reel: MacDonald of the Isles March to Harlaw/ The Source of the Spey/ The Periwig (4:05)
4 Aileen Aroon (3:35)
5 Scotch Hornpipe (Souters of Selkirk) (2:06)
6 A Scots Tune/ Gypsie's Lilt (3:11)
7 Strike the Gay Harp (Jackson's Night Cap)/ Langstrom's Pony (Farrell's Pipes) (4:01)
8 When She Cam Ben, She Bobbit (2:39)
9 The Thistle (4:44)
10 Gowd On Your Gartens, Marion (2:30)
11 Cary Owen (1:18)
12 O'Farrell's Welcome to Limerick (2:43)
13 Through the Wood, Laddie (3:31)
14 The Minstrel of MacDonald's (6:30)
15 Old Simon the King (3:25)
16 The Highland Laddie (2:53)
17 The Highland Laddie: Variations (1:43)
18 A New Scotch Tune (2:16)
19 Eilionoir a Ruin (2:24)
20 Meeting at Strathmore /Lumps of Pudding (3:47)
21 The White Cockade/ Soldier's Joy (2:40)

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Early American Roots - MM216
Spirited new sounds from early Colonial America - from the arrival of the first colonists to the American Revolution and the birth of our republic. Performing on recorders, Baroque violin, viola da gamba, flageolet, hammered dulcimer, cittern and Baroque guitar, the musicians perform high energy improvisations, lively country dance tunes, elegant French cotillions and early American shape-note hymns. Includes... Music from Apollo's Banquet (17thc.) A Sett of Hornpipes, A Sett of jiggs; from John Playford's DANCING MASTER (1651) Scotch Cap, Rufty Tufty, Childgrove, Parson's Farewell, Daphne, Lusty Gallant, The Merry Milkmaids; from John Carr's FIRST BOOK OF COTILLIONS (1801) Madison's Whim, La Poulle, The Swallow and the haunting shape-note hymn, Rockbridge.

Music from this CD was featured in the movie Sleepy Hollow (with actor Johnny Depp}.

Track List

1. Madison's Whim/The Merry Strollers/The Killerman 2:20
2. Bobbing Joe Medley: Bobbing Joe 2:52
3. Cuckholds all in a Row/Rufty Tufty/ Parson's Farewell 4:14
4. Captain Kidd/Nashville 2:19
5. A Sett of Hornpipes 1:56
6. Butter'd Peas 1:49
7. Daphne 1:50
8. La Poulle 1:26
9. Childgrove,2:27
10. Spirit of Gambo 3:07
11. Portsmouth/Staines Morris/Lusty Gallant/Chelsea Reach 4:50
12. Argeers 1:47
13. Daniel Purcell's Ground 3:47
14. New Jersey/The ball 1:54
15. John Come Kiss Me Now 1:42
16. Rockbridge/The Garden Hymn 2:20
17. A Sett of Jiggs 2:47
18. Scotch Cap 1:44
19. The Merry Milkmaids 1:52
20. The President's March/Ça Ira ,2:58
21. The Swallow/The Colly Flower 3:08
22. Johnny Cock thy Beaver 1:51

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