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THE SCOTCH HUMOUR
Music of Nicola Matteis

Chatham Baroque
Julie Andrijeski, Violin
Emily Davidson, Violin
Patricia Halverson, Viola da Gamba
Scott Pauley, Theorbo & Baroque Guitar


As a performer, the Italian violinist Nicola Matteis was admired for his ability to work "wonders upon a note."   As a person, however, Matteis was awkward and excessively proud - perhaps even arrogant and anti-social - traits that hindered his advancement in his adopted country England.   He was a virtuoso violinist, composer of considerable skill and charm, guitarist, and author of an important treatise on continuo playing on the guitar.
- Scott Pauley

Ayres in E Minor (Book 3)
[  1.] Preludio - presto: Altro Preludio - Adagio
[  2.] Motivo
[  3.] Adagio
[  4.] Aria (Presto)
[  5.] Sarabanda

Ayres in A Minor (Book 3)
[  6.] Preludio alla Maniera Italiana
[  7.] Fuga
[  8.] Andamento (Adagio)
[  9.] Aria con divisione

Ayres in G Major (Book 2)
[10.] Preludio
[11.] Sarabanda
[12.] Capriccio
[13.] Giga. Al Genio. Turohesco
(Andrijeski, solo violin)

Ayres in D Minor (Book 3)
[14.] Preludio
[15.] Prestissimo
[16.] (3/2) - Prestissimo
[17.] Aria

Ayres in D Major (Book 3)
[18.] Preludietto
[19.] Fuga
[20.] Arioso
[21.] Adagio
[22.] Jigg
Ayres in G Major from
The False Consonances of Musick
"Ayres for a Guitarre either with
a base [sic] or without"
[23.] Preludio
[24.] (3)
[25.] (3/)
[26.] Aria
[27.] (3/) - Adagio

Ayres in G Minor (Book 1)
[28.] Il Genio Inglese
[29.] Allegro
[30.] Giga
[31.] Gavotta
(Davidson, solo violin)

Ayres in A Major (Book 4)
[32.] Preludio in A la mi re#
[33.] Andamento
[34.] Aria facile
[35.] Serio
[36.] Aria in Passaggio

Ayres in F Major (Book 4)
[37.] Ground after the Scotch humour



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