La Nef
Meredith Hall • soprano
Matthew White • countertenor
ACD2 2510
The battle of Killikrankie in 1689 and its hero, “Bonnie Dundee” have endured as symbols of Scottish national identity. They have been immortalized in the poetry of Robert Burns and Walter Scott, which was often set to popular tunes of the day. La Nef's artistic director Sylvain Bergeron and Sean Dhager have created arrangements of these traditional tunes for this recording.
Two of Canada's finest singers, soprano Meredith Hall and countertenor Matthew White join La Nef's bagpipes, strings, flute, hornpipe, lute, guitars and percussion in this tribute to love and war in 17th century Scotland.
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l :: Scots wha hae wi Wallace bled* (trad.) [2:31] CONTRE-TÉNOR, SOPRANO, CORNEMUSE, VIOLON, VIOLE DE GAMBE, GUITARE, PERCUSSIONS COUNTERTENOR, SOPRANO, BAGPIPES, VIOLIN, BASS VIOL, GUITAR, PERCUSSION Chants d'amour • Songs of Love 2 :: Bonny Barbry O* (trad) [3:16] CONTRE-TÉNOR, SOPRANO, VIOLON, VIOLE DE GAMBE, GUITARE, PEBCUSSI0NS COUNTERTENOR, SOPRANO, VIOLIN, BASS VIOL, GUITAR, PERCUSSION 3 :: Leezie Lindsay* (trad) [3:19] CONTRE-TÉNOR, SOPRANO, VIOLON, VIOLE DE GAMBE, GUlTARE COUNTERTENOR, SOPRANO, VIOLIN, BASS VIOL, GUITAR 4 :: Lumps o' Puddin / Jenny Nettles1 (trad) [3:52] CONTRE-TÉNOR, VIOLON, FLÛTE, VIOLE DE, GAMBE, GUITARE, PERCUSSIONS COUNTERTENOR, VIOLIN, FLUTE, BASS VIOL, GUITAR, PERCSCUSSION 5 :: Sonata on “Bonny Jean of Aberdeen”1 (Alexander Munro, fl. 1732) 5:06 VIOLON, VIOLE DE GAMBE, GUITARE VIOLIN, BASS VIOL, GUITAR Allegro Sarabanda (Grazioso) Corrente (Vivace) 6 :: How sweet is the scene (trad) [1:44] CONTRE-TÉNOR, GUITARE COUNTERTENOR, GUITAR 7 :: O luve will venture in (Paroles / Words: Robert Burns, 1756-1796) [2:25] CONTRE-TÉNOR, SOPRANO, GUITARE COUNTERTENOR, SOPRANO, GUITAR 8 :: My Nanny-O' (trad) [2:10] VIOLON VIOLIN 9 :: Giga (Allegro) (Sonata on “Bonny Jean of Aberdeen”1) [1:01] VIOLON, VIOLE DE GAMBE, GUITARE VIOLIN, BASS VIOL, GUITAR 10 :: I Love My Love in Secret (Paroles / Words: Robert Burns) [2:38] SOPRANO, LUTH SOPRANO, LUTE 11 :: Ae fond kiss (Paroles / Words: Robert Burns) [2:17] CONTRE-TÉNOR, SOPRANO, LUTH COUNTERTENOR, SOPRANO, LUTE La guerre • War 12 :: A Highland Battle1 (James Oswald, 1711-1769) [9:46] FLÛTE, CORNEMUSE, VIOLON, VIOLE DE GAMBE, GUITARE, PERCUSSIONS FLUTE, BAGPIPES, VIOLIN, BASS VIOL, GUITAR, PERCUSSION The March They Mend Their Pace The Battle Begins The Height of the Battle The Preparation for the Retreat The Chief is Killed The Retreat Lamentation for the Chief 13 :: The Massacre of Glencoe [5:45] (Paroles / Words: Walter Scott, 1729-1799) SOPRANO, VIOLE DE GAMBE, PERCUSSIONS SOPRANO, BASS VIOL, PERCUSSION Lamentations • Laments 14 :: The Torment (Hamish Moore**) [2:33] CORNEMUSE, PERCUSSIONS BAGPIPES, PERCUSSION 15 :: The Chevalier's Lament (Paroles / Words; Robert Burns) [3:16] CONTRE-TÉNOR, VIOLON, VIOLE DE GAMBE, LUTH, PERCUSSIONS COUNTERTENOR, VIOLIN, BASS VIOL, LUTE, PERCUSSION 16 :: Niel Gow's Lament for the Death of His Second Wife (Niel Gow) VIOLE DE GAMBE, GUITARE BASS VIOL, GUITAR The Lowlands of Holland (Trad.) [7:01] SOPRANO, VIOLON, FLÛTE, VIOLE DE GAMBE, GUITARE, PERCUSSIONS SOPRANO, VIOLIN, FLUTE, BASS VIOL, GUITAR, PERCUSSION Le retour de guerre • Return from war 17 :: Welcome Home my Dearie1 (trad.) [0:51] VIOLON, FLÛTE, VIOLE DE GAMBE, GUITARE, PERCUSSIONS VIOLIN, FLUTE, BASS VIOL, GUITAR, PERCUSSIONS 18 :: The Braes o' Killiecrankie (Paroles / Words: Robert Burns) [2:13] CONTRE-TÉNOR, SOPRANO, VIOLON, CORNEMUSE, VIOLE DE GAMBE, GUITARE, PERCUSSIONS COUNTERTENOR, SOPRANO, VIOLIN, BAGPIPES, BASS VIOL, GUITAR, PERCUSSIONS ARRANGEMENTS : SYLVAIN BERGERON © SOCAN * ARRANGEMENTS : SEAN DHAGER © SOCAN ** COMPOSITION : HAMISH MOORE 1 DAVID JOHNSON MUSIC EDITIONS / MCPS |
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