In Peascod Time

16th and 17th Century Music, Words and Song for Summer and the Harvest.
Ballads, Lutesongs, Consort Music, Readings and Madrigals

Tracks:

In Peascod Time/Gathering Peascods/In Summertime/
Upon a summer's day
Michael Cavendish: Zephyrus brings the time
In summer time when flowers do spring
Francis Pilkington: Amyntas with his Phyllis fair
Thomas Campion: Jacke and Jone
The leaves be green
John Wilbye: Come shepherd swains
John Bennett: Hunting for the Hearne and Duck
The cherry garden
John Gamble: The Morning doth waste
The Country people's felicity
Shepherd's Holiday/Strawberries and Cream/
The Glory of the Sun
Robert Johnson: As I walked forth one summer's day
Wolverton Hall
John Wilson: Lawn as white as driven snow
Bury Fair/Bartholomew Fair
A description of Bartholomew Fair
Michael East: Why are summer sports so brittle?
Claudio Monteverdi/William Shakespeare: Tempest
masque sung
Thomas Robinson: Whetelies wheat-sheafe/Robert
Herrick: The Hock Cart
Maurice Greene: Thou visitest the earth
Henry Purcell: Harvest home

Performers:

Eleanor Cramer - Soprano, Bass Viol
Christopher Goodwin - Lute, Theorbo, Gittern, Bass
Peter Luke Kenny - Baritone, Actor, Drum
Alison Kinder - Viols, Recorders, Alto
Tamsin Lewis - Renaissance Violin, Viols, Alto

Recorded at St Johns Wood Parish Church 18 and 19 October 2010

Sheet music for most of the music on this cd is available

In Peascod Time
Price: from £10.00

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The leaves be green
The cherry garden
The Country people's felicity
As I walked forth one summer's day
Wolverton Hall
Whetelies wheat-sheafe
Thou visitest the earth