Midnight Viols — England’s Glory: Country Dances, Songs and Consorts of the Golden Age

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Caroline Nicolas ~ treble viol
Charlie Reed ~ tenor viol
Lisa Terry ~ tenor viol
Patricia Neely ~ bass viol
Sarah Stone ~ bass viol
Gene Murrow ~ concertina, recorders
Ruth Cunningham ~ voice, flute, recorders

English Country Dances from John Playford’s The Dancing Master, along with music by William Byrd, John Dowland, Orlando Gibbons, Anthony Holborne, Peter Philips, and William Brade. The Elizabethan and Jacobean eras in England, during the reigns of Queen Elizabeth I and James I in the late 16th and well into the 17th centuries, were a true golden age for English arts, including social dance and music. This program provides a taste of the richness and extraordinary quality of the instrumental music, “consort songs” (music for singer and chamber ensemble), and “country dances” of that unique time.

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0:00 Opening credits
0:12 English Country Dances (Musical Arrangements by Marshall Barron; from The Dancing Master, John Playford)
Indian Queen (1701)
Beggar Boy (1651)
Beaux of Oak Hill (Traditional)
7:14 Fantasia a 6, No. 2 (William Byrd (1540–1623))
14:10 Come Again (John Dowland (1563–1626))
18:08 Fantasia a 6, No. 2 (Orlando Gibbons (1583–1625))
23:27 From Pavans, Galliards, Almains and other short Aeirs (1599) (Anthony Holborne (ca.1550–1602))
The Cradle ~ The Honie-suckle ~ The Widowes myte
31:18 Pavan Passamezzo a 6 (Peter Philips (1560–1628))
37:31 Awake Sweet Love (John Dowland)
41:20 English Ballads and Country Dances (John Playford)
Greensleeves ~ Greensleeves and Yellow Lace (1721)
Broom of the Cowdenknows ~ Broom, the Bonny, Bonny Broom (1651)
The Joviall Broom Man ~ Jamaica (1670)

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