Verity Sharp
Verity Sharp presents a St George's Day programme, with music from Howard Skempton, Davy Graham, Cornelius Cardew, PewPew, June Tabor and archive recordings of traditonal festivals.
Verity Sharp presents a special St George's Day English music edition of the programme, featuring music from Howard Skempton, Davy Graham, Cornelius Cardew, PewPew, June Tabor and archive recordings of traditonal festivals.
Track List:
23:15
Brian Peters (anglo-concertina): Kissing Stones – The Spud Spattered Piper – Go Away Miss Ashton
Album: Anglophilia
Pugwash PUGCD006
23:21
Tippett: Bonny at Morn
Performed By Michael Copley, Maurice Hodges, Evelyn Nallen (recorders); Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Oxford.
Album: Sir Michael Tippett
Nimbus NI1759
(Segue)
23:24
Howard Skempton: Passing Fancy
Performed By John Tilbury
Album: Howard Skempton
Sony Classical SK66482
(Segue)
23:25
Busby/Harries: Moth Wings For Lisa
Sleeps in Oysters
Album: We Kept The Memories Locked Away Like The Beetles Of Our Childhood, Or How To Appreciate Someone Who’s Always Around
Seed CD16
(Segue)
23:28
Bryars: Lauda 23
Performed By Latvian Radio Choir
Album: Glorious Hill
GB Records BCGB CD09
23:32
Anne Briggs: The Cuckoo
Album: A Collection
Topic TSCD 504
(Segue)
23:35
Trad: Tom Mellin’s Hornpipe
Becky Price (accordion) & Dave Shepherd (fiddle)
Album: Ashburnham
Beautiful Jo Records BEJO CD36
23:40
Speech: Account of the Padstow Hobby Horse Ceremony – Morning Song - Jack Collins – Night Song
Joe Channell, Jack Collins & Padstow Residents, recorded May 1st 1945
(Segue)
23:44
The A Lords: Summerhouse
Album: John Barleycorn Reborn - Dark Britannica
Cold Spring Records CSR84
(Segue)
23:50
Bednall: Nunc Dimittis
Performed By Wells Cathedral Choir & David Bednall (organ)
Album: Hail, Gladdening Light
Regent REGCD 247
23:55
Andy May (Northumbrian smallpipes) & Ian Stephenson (guitar): Unknown – The Regular Climber
Album: Happy Hours
Fellside FECD 224
23:59
James Fagan (voice & guitar); Nancy Kerr (fiddle); Robert Harbron (concertina): Alan Tyne of Harrow – Alvin’s
Album: Station House
Fellside FECD 211
00:06
June Tabor: The Band Played Waltzing Matilda
Album: Always
Topic TSFCD 4003
(Segue)
00:13
Cornelius Cardew: Four Principles on Ireland
Album: Cornelius Cardew - Piano Music
B&L BLCD 011
00:19
John Metcalfe: Curve of the Sand
Album: Scorching Bay
Black Box BBM 1082
(Segue)
00:22
Sieben: Ogham on the Hill
Album: John Barleycorn Reborn - Dark Britannica
Cold Spring Records CSR84
(Segue)
00:26
Sharron Kraus: Horn Dance
Album: compilation John Barleycorn Reborn: Dark Britannica
Cold Spring Records CSR84
00:30
Abbots Bromley players, Staffordshire, September: Abbots Bromley Horn Dance
Album: English Customs and Traditions
Saydisc CD SDL 425
(Segue)
00:36
Reigns: Take It Down
Album: The House on the Causeway
Monotreme Records Mono 37
00:42
Howard Skempton: The Voice of the Spirits
Performed By Exaudi
Album: Ben Somewhere
NMC D 135
00:50
Quickthorn: PewPew
Album: John Barleycorn Reborn - Dark Britannica
Cold Spring Records CSR84
(Segue)
00:52
Davy Graham : Ballad of the Sad Young Men
Album: Folk Blues and Beyond
Fledgling Records FLED 3050
00:56
John Metcalfe: 7 Days Later
Album: Scorching Bay
Black Box BBM1082
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