Off the Beaten Track
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Salutation of the Angel
English, late 15th century
sound sample: salut.wav (22.2 kHz, 497k, 11.27 sec)
ANNA— voice, hurdy-gurdy, recorders
JOHN— guitar
Chrisimas Day / Robin Hood’s Dance / La Montagnarde
Traditional English carol / Traditional English / Traditional French
sound sample: chrisday.wav (22.2 kHz, 302k, 6.85 sec)
ANNA— voice, hurdy-gurdy, recorders, crumhorn
JOHN— mountain dulcimer, bells, bass guitar, synthesizer
Masters in This Hall
Traditional French melody; lyrics by William Morris, c. 1860.
sound sample: masters.wav (461k, 10.68 sec)
ANNA— voice, octave mandolin, fiddle
JOHN— bass guitar
Babe of Bethlehem
Traditional American
sound sample: babe.wav (22.2 kHz, 414k, 9.6 sec)
ANNA— voice, recorders, fiddle
JOHN— synthesizer
Personent Hodie
From Piae Cantiones, 1582
sound sample: pers.wav (22.2 kHz, 336k, 7.61 sec)
ANNA— voice, fiddle, recorder
JOHN— cittern, frame drum, finger cymbals
Entre le boeuf et l’âne gris / Gabriel
Traditional French carol, followed by a tune by John Peekstok (© 1992)
sound sample: entre.wav (22.2 kHz, 340k, 7.72 sec)
ANNA— voice, octave mandolin, hurdy-gurdy, whistle, jaw harp, scrap lumber
JOHN— bass guitar, synthesizer, vibra-slap
Come Mad Boys
Traditional English melody (appears in 16th-century collections as Robin); lyrics are from the 17th century.
sound sample: madboys.wav (22.2 kHz, 321k, 7.28 sec)
ANNA— voice, recorders
JOHN— mountain dulcimer, synthesizer, bells
Lullay, My Child / Blessed Be That Maid Marie
Anonymous Medieval English fragment / English carol (melody from William Ballet’s Lute Book; lyrics traditional).
sound sample: blessed.wav (22.2 kHz, 393k, 8.91 sec)
ANNA— voice, recorders, hurdy-gurdy
JOHN— Celtic harp
Pat-a-pan / Dehors lonc pré
Bernard de la Monnoye (1700) / Anon. 13th-century French
sound sample: pat.wav (22.2 kHz, 367k, 8.33 sec)
ANNA— voice, hurdy-gurdy, whistle, bodhran
JOHN— cittern, bells
Gloria Ad Modem Tubae
Guillaume Dufay (d. 1474)
sound sample: gloria.wav (22.2 kHz, 286k, 6.5 sec)
ANNA— voice
JOHN— synthesizer
Star of the East
Traditional American
sound sample: star.wav (22.2 kHz, 348k, 7.89 sec)
ANNA— voice, bass guitar
JOHN— synthesizer
JOHN RIGG— electric guitar, voice
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