The Edinburgh Quadrille Society performing at the Early Dance Circle Festival, Edinburgh 2019.

Programme Notes for the EDC perfomance 2019 (by Talitha Mackenzie)
A Selection of Quadrilles performed (in 1817 and 1819) at the Assembly Rooms' Annual Balls of Regency, Edinburgh;
Music arranged by Nathaniel Gow, composers unspecified.
Dance reconstruction by Talitha MacKenzie, with input from Meryl Thomson and Stuart Marsden.
Piano recordings by Talitha MacKenzie.
1. 0:01 Duc de Berry, 2nd Set of the Favourite French Quadrilles, No.3 (1817)
2. 1:22 Le Désir, New Selection of Quadrilles, Waltzes & Spanish Country Dances, 7th Set, No 4 (1819)
3. 2:46 La Blondine, New Selection of Quadrilles, Waltzes & Spanish Country Dances, 8th Set, No 1 (1819); adapted by Talitha MacKenzie
4. 3:52 L’Espagnole, New Selection of Quadrilles, Waltzes & Spanish Country Dances, 8th Set, No 3 (1819)
After the end of the Napoleonic Wars, Paris-based violinist Finlay Dun brought a dance craze from the City of Light to Enlightenment Edinburgh. His father, Dancing Master Barclay Dun, teamed up with the prolific Band leader Nathaniel Gow to create a plethora of dance sets, which were largely forgotten until a few years ago.
The newly-established Edinburgh Quadrille Society will be pleased to present a few of these dances for your delectation.
Video by Richard Smithies