Ancient Dance Trance Meditation Drum Reeds

Dance & Trance 1710

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The Oaks of Lochwood

Little Wee Winking Thing

Another tune written in Iceland - Patreksfjör∂ur is also in the Westfjords.

Patreksfjör∂ur

An "air a chanter sur la musette" from Borjon de Scelery's "Traite de la Musette", published 1672.  Michele Kennedy-soprano, Peter Walker-musette, Bob Eisenstein-viol, and Christine Gewert-organ.  Recorded live, June 2016.

Text and translation:
J'aimerois mieux mon Berger,
Qu'un Gentil homme,
Ne manger que du pain bis
Avec des pommes.
On trouve plus d'inconstans,
En amourettes,
Que l'on ne voit au printemps
De violettes.
J'e n'ayme des instrumens,
Que la musette,
Et pour les fleurs du printemps
La violette.

I will love my shepherd,
More than I would a gentleman,
I do not eat the brown bread
With apples.
One finds much falsity,
In lovers,
Yet one sees none among violets
In the spring.
I love no instrument,
So much as the musette,
And no springtime flower
So much as the violet.

J'aimerois Mieux Mon Berger

A piece from Pickering's lute book, c.1615, arranged by the late Tom Zajac, with violin part by Bob Eisenstein.  Peter Walker-smallpipes, Bob Eisenstein-violin, Christine Gewert-harpsichord, and Meg Pash-viol.  Recorded live, June 2016.

The Scottish Huntsupe

A song about the decline of the fishing industry, by the great Archie Fisher.  

Final Trawl

Piper, multi-instrumentalist, singer...folk and early music.

Final Trawl

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