EARLY MUSIC FROM SCOTLAND
Music from the 12th through the 18th centuries
Featuring the American premieres of music by "the heretic priest" Robert Johnson
Concert of October 18, 2019
Collectio Musicorum
Dr. Jeff S. Dailey, Artistic Director
Much of this program is devoted to music by Robert Johnson, a priest and reformer, who was forced to flee Scotland due to his reformed religious views. A prolific composer, his music has recently been edited by Dr. Elaine Moohan, Lecturer at the Open University of Scotland, as part of the Musica Scotica series. This music has never before been performed in the United States.
Also among the pieces on the program are works from the twelfth century, when the northern portions of Scotland were under the control of Scandinavian kings, including one of the earliest examples of medieval polyphony, a hymn to St. Magnus the Martyr, who was martyred in 1115. Music by Mary, Queen of Scots, and her son, James VI, will also be heard, as well as music by Roderick Morison, also called “The Blind Harper,” who lived at the turn of the eighteenth century.
Dun transsset sabbatum………………………………………Robert Johnson
Killiekrankie……………………………………………………..Thomas O’Connellan
Vir perfectis……………………………………………………...W1
Two Scottish bransles………………………………………….Thoinot Arbeau
I give you a new commandment………………………………Robert Johnson
Into a mirthful May morning……………………………………Anonymous
Nobilis, humilis…………………………………………………..Anonymous
Gypsies lilt……………………………………………………….Rowallan MS
Defiled is my name……………………………………………...Robert Johnson
O death, rock me asleep……………………………………….Anne Boleyn
The beggar’s meal pokes………………………………………James VI
Benedicam Domino………………………………………….....Robert Johnson
Is eagal leam am bas…………………………………………...Roderick Morison
How shall a young man?.......................................................Anonymous
Scotch cap—Edinburgh Castle………………………………..John Playford
O eternal God……………………………………………………Robert Johnson
Cumha peathar ruaidhri………………………………………...Roderick Morison
Ex te lux oritur……………………………………………………Anonymous
I long for the wedding……..…………………………………….Straloch MS
Deus miseratur nostri…………………………………………...Robert Johnson
I long for thy virginitie..…………………………………………..Straloch MS
Nou let us sing……………………………………………………Anonymous
Collectio Musicorum
Nate Adams, tenor
Padraic Costello, countertenor
Jeff S. Dailey (director), recorder, bass
Christopher Morrongiello, lute
Andrew Padgett, bass, percussion
Christopher Preston Thompson, harp, tenor
Amanda Sidebottom, soprano
This concert was part of the New York Early Music Celebration--Ex Borealis