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 | CRCD2366: MUSIC FOR A MAY MORNING
The singing of Magdalen College Choir from the tower at dawn is one of Britain’s most famous celebrations of May Morning. This 70-minute programme sets the scene with the dawn chorus and college bells, followed by a 30-track sequence of madrigals, glees, partsongs and instrumental solos.
32 tracks; 70:00 play time
Listen to excerpt (NB not CD standard)
O lusty May
Now is the Month of Maying
Morley: Now is the month of Maying –
Reading Rota: Sumer is icumen in –
Bishop: Foresters sound the cheerful horn –
Hatton: When evening’s twilight –
Sweelinck: Paduana Lacrymae –
Seiber: Three Hungarian folksongs -
Banchieri: Contrapunto bestiale alla mente –
Cornyshe: Ah, Robin – Ford: Since first I saw your face – Holborne: The Fairy Round Bull: The King’s Hunt, A gigge –
Janequin: Au Joli Jeu – Hassler: Tanzen und Springen –
Byrd: Sellinger’s Round –
de Pearsall: Who shall win my lady fair –
Vaughan Williams: O mistress mine; Over hill, over dale –
Britten: Begone, dull care -
arr. Runswick: She moved through the fair –
arr. Langford: Bobby Shaftoe –
R R Bennett: The Lark –
Ford: How shall I then describe my love? –
Holborne: Lute Galliard no 17 –
Rogers: Hymnus Eucharisticus -
Anon: O lusty May, Watkin’s Ale, Dindirin, dindirin,The Welsh Allemaine, Amo amas, I love a lass
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