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Jordi Savall at the 2016 Poblet Early Music Festival

Simon Heighes presents highlights from the 2016 Poblet Early Music Festival, featuring viol player Jordi Savall in Irish and Scottish music from the 17th to 19th centuries.

Simon Heighes presents highlights from the Poblet Early Music Festival. The theme of the concert is 'Man and Nature', with sequences of music of Celtic dialogues between the Ancient and the New World. Jordi Savall goes back to original manuscripts to reveal the hidden beauties of Irish and Scottish music from the 17th to 19th centuries.

The Caledonia Set
The Lancashire Pipes Set
Flowers of Edinburg Set
The Donegal Set

Jordi Savall (viols - treble and lyra)
Andrew Lawrence-King (Irish harp and psaltery)
Frank MacGuire (bodhran).

1 hour

Music Played

  • Trad.

    Archibald MacDonald of Keppoch; The Musical Priest

    Performer: Jordi Savall. Performer: Andrew Lawrence鈥怟ing. Performer: Frank McGuire.
  • Trad.

    Scotch Mary

    Performer: Jordi Savall. Performer: Andrew Lawrence鈥怟ing. Performer: Frank McGuire.
  • Captain Simon Fraser

    Caledonia's Wail for Niel Gow

    Performer: Jordi Savall. Performer: Andrew Lawrence鈥怟ing. Performer: Frank McGuire.
  • Anonymous

    The Lancashire Pipes (Manchester Gamba Book)

    Performer: Jordi Savall. Performer: Andrew Lawrence鈥怟ing. Performer: Frank McGuire.
  • Anonymous

    Kate of Bardie (Manchester Gamba Book)

    Performer: Jordi Savall. Performer: Andrew Lawrence鈥怟ing. Performer: Frank McGuire.
  • Anonymous

    The Pigges of Rumsey (Manchester Gamba Book)

    Performer: Jordi Savall. Performer: Andrew Lawrence鈥怟ing. Performer: Frank McGuire.
  • Trad.

    The Cup of Tea

    Performer: Jordi Savall. Performer: Andrew Lawrence鈥怟ing. Performer: Frank McGuire.
  • Anonymous

    A Toye (Manchester Gamba Book)

    Performer: Jordi Savall. Performer: Andrew Lawrence鈥怟ing. Performer: Frank McGuire.
  • Traditional Irish

    The Tuttle's Reel

    Performer: Jordi Savall. Performer: Andrew Lawrence鈥怟ing. Performer: Frank McGuire.
  • Traditional Irish

    The Sword Dance

    Performer: Jordi Savall. Performer: Andrew Lawrence鈥怟ing. Performer: Frank McGuire.
  • Charlie Hunter

    The Hills of Lorne

    Performer: Jordi Savall. Performer: Andrew Lawrence鈥怟ing. Performer: Frank McGuire.
  • Traditional Irish

    Alexander's Hornpipe

    Performer: Jordi Savall. Performer: Andrew Lawrence鈥怟ing. Performer: Frank McGuire.
  • Traditional Scottish

    The Flowers of Edinburg Reel

    Performer: Jordi Savall. Performer: Andrew Lawrence鈥怟ing. Performer: Frank McGuire.
  • Niel Gow

    Lament for the Death of his Second Wife

    Performer: Jordi Savall. Performer: Andrew Lawrence鈥怟ing. Performer: Frank McGuire.
  • Traditional Scottish

    Fisherman's Hornpipe

    Performer: Jordi Savall. Performer: Andrew Lawrence鈥怟ing. Performer: Frank McGuire.
  • Tomas Andersson

    Peter's Peerie Boat

    Performer: Jordi Savall. Performer: Andrew Lawrence鈥怟ing. Performer: Frank McGuire.
  • John Playford

    The Rover Reformed

    Performer: Jordi Savall. Performer: Andrew Lawrence鈥怟ing. Performer: Frank McGuire.
  • Traditional Scottish

    Lady Mary Hay's Scots Measure

    Performer: Jordi Savall. Performer: Andrew Lawrence鈥怟ing. Performer: Frank McGuire.
  • Turlough O'Carolan

    Carolan's Farewell

    Performer: Jordi Savall. Performer: Andrew Lawrence鈥怟ing. Performer: Frank McGuire.
  • Traditional Irish

    Gusty's Frolics

    Performer: Jordi Savall. Performer: Andrew Lawrence鈥怟ing. Performer: Frank McGuire.
  • Anonymous

    Jimmy Holme's Favorite Reel (Ryan's Mamoth Collection, Boston)

    Performer: Jordi Savall. Performer: Andrew Lawrence鈥怟ing. Performer: Frank McGuire.
  • MG Improvisation

    Variations on a Breton lullaby; Dance

    Performer: Jordi Savall. Performer: Andrew Lawrence鈥怟ing. Performer: Frank McGuire.

Broadcast

  • Sun 13 Nov 2016 22:30