Reid Lunch-hour Concert
Edinburgh University Madrigal Group
Michael Turnbull - director
Shenagh Massey - soprano
Martin Eastwood - tenor
Philip Cartwright - baritone
Programme
1. Chansons etc.
Ce moy de may ... Jannequin
La, la, maistre Pierre ... Sermisy
Ah, Robin ... Cornyshe
Ich weiss mir ein Maidlein ... Lassus
2. Part-songs
The Blue Bird ... Stanford
The Hills ... Ireland
The Cloud-Capp'd Towers ... Vaughan Williams
Over Hill, over Dale ... Vaughan Williams
3. Folk-song settings
The Turtle Dove (Dorset)
The Dark-eyed sailor (West Country)
Ca' the Yowes (Scottish)
4. Drei ernste Gesange
Nehmt Abschied Bruder ... Dilbrennsmund
The National Anthem for Tired Choirs ... D.F. Tovey
(Praktische Detonirungsfassung)
(Apparently composed by this distinguished scholar in a moment of aberration)
Geographical Fugue (for speaking chorus) ... Ernst Toch
5. Sumer is icumen in (We hope) ... Anon. 13th century
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