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Revenge of the Folksingers

This CD is the result of an unusual collaboration and residency...The material ranges from traditional to newly written, with some less than reverential nods to Britten. The harp-heavy arrangements... — The Times, 9th July 2011, 3 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 1st Aug 2011
Catalogue No: DCD34108
Label: Delphian
Length: 72 minutes

trad.: The Foggy Dew

Work length2:15

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Jim Moray (vocals)
Concerto Caledonia
David McGuinness

Britten: Folksongs Volume 1: British Isles · Folk Songs

Work length2:39

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Mairi Campbell (vocals)
Concerto Caledonia
David McGuinness

No. 1, The Salley Gardens

Track length2:39

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trad.: Bonnie Susie Cleland

Work length5:02

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Olivia Chaney (vocals), Alasdair Roberts (vocals)
Concerto Caledonia
David McGuinness

Grotte: My Lord of Marche Paven / Galliard "Or voy-je bien" / The Trees They Grow High

Work length6:27

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Jim Moray (vocals)
Concerto Caledonia
David McGuinness

Chaney: Swimming in the Longest River

Work length4:14

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Olivia Chaney (vocals)
Concerto Caledonia
David McGuinness

trad.: Up in the Morning Early

Work length3:49

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Olivia Chaney (vocals), Mairi Campbell (vocals), Alasdair Roberts (vocals)
Concerto Caledonia
David McGuinness

Roberts, A: The Sacred Nine and the Primal Horde

Work length6:02

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Alasdair Roberts (vocals)
Concerto Caledonia
David McGuinness

trad.: Mack Beth / Sheugar Candie

Work length3:35

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Concerto Caledonia
David McGuinness

trad.: Psalm 124 / The Freedom Come-all-ye / The Red-Haired Boy

Work length6:31

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Alasdair Roberts (vocals)
Concerto Caledonia
David McGuinness

Chaney: Daddy Oh, I’m Hoovering

Work length4:07

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Olivia Chaney (vocals)
Concerto Caledonia
David McGuinness

trad.: Delighted / The Lincolnshire Poacher

Work length3:41

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Jim Moray (vocals)
Concerto Caledonia
David McGuinness

trad.: False Lover John

Work length4:59

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Alasdair Roberts (vocals), Olivia Chaney (vocals)
Concerto Caledonia
David McGuinness

Britten: OK, I'll Count to 8

Work length1:21

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Alasdair Roberts (vocals), Olivia Chaney (vocals)
Concerto Caledonia
David McGuinness

trad.: Laddie Lie Near Me

Work length4:46

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Mairi Campbell (vocals)
Concerto Caledonia
David McGuinness

Chaney: Losing What You Find

Work length3:28

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Olivia Chaney (vocals)
Concerto Caledonia
David McGuinness

trad.: A Scots Tune / O Can You Sew Cushions

Work length5:05

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Mairi Campbell (vocals)
Concerto Caledonia
David McGuinness

Chaney: The King’s Horses

Work length4:49

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Olivia Chaney (vocals)
Concerto Caledonia
David McGuinness

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“When Bill Lloyd at Aldeburgh Music asked us if we would like to take up a residency there, my first response was ‘Why would we do that?’ I’ve never been altogether convinced by the ‘Let’s go off to the country to discover our true artistic selves’ concept of retreat, suspicious of the notion that you can enhance your work by ignoring the world around you. And why would we travel all the way to Suffolk to rehearse, when we can do that at home? But it didn’t take him long to convince me that this was a proposal loaded with potential, and within a few minutes I was enthusing about the possibilities of reconvening our 17th - century dance band, and developing work with some favourite singers, free from our usual constraints of short rehearsal periods, and, to be honest, of the world around us. Spurred by some less than thrilling performances of Britten’s folksong arrangements heard over the years (and also by Dudley Moore’s parody Little Miss Muffet), we came up with the idea of reclaiming some traditional songs from recital room culture, and of bringing folk singers together with our early music specialists to improvise on some common ground… As the snow continued to fall around us in Snape, we luxuriated in its ideal working environment and freedom from distractions, with additional inspiration coming from the volumes of Britten’s folksong arrangements that we found in the library. The morning after our concert in the Britten Studio, we returned to record this album. Other than a few short sections taken from the live performance, and some bass overdubs a few weeks later, all of the music was recorded in a single day.” David McGuinness

Artists

Concerto Caledonia: Alasdair Roberts (voice, guitar), Olivia Chaney (voice, harmonium, piano, dulcitone, Jim Moray (voice, Mairi Campbell (voice, viola, violin), Pamela Thorby (recorders, glockenspiel), Clare Salaman (hurdy gurdy, nyckelharpa), Alison McGillivray (bass viol, cello, violone), Bill Taylor (bray harp, clàrsach), Nick Halley (percussion, dulcitone) & David McGuinness (dulcitone, harpsichord, reed organ, melodica, bass guitar, piano)

Reviews

9th July 2011

This CD is the result of an unusual collaboration and residency...The material ranges from traditional to newly written, with some less than reverential nods to Britten. The harp-heavy arrangements sometimes veer close to all-purpose Celtic doodling; elsewhere there is a real sense of different traditions finding common ground.

Revenge of the Folksingers

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