Listen & tracks
2 of 15 tracks have a preview · 15 works
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1 High Country / Helping Hands Alex Cronin
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2 The Minstrelsy of Chirke Castle (Welsh, 1791) Anonymous
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3 Eileen Aroon (Irish) Traditional
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4 La Seconda Estampie Royal (French, 13th century) Anonymous
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5 Dragons Breath Alex Cronin
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6 Cumberland River Alex Cronin
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7 Durme (Sephardic, 15th century) Anonymous
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8 Flowers of Edinburgh (Scottish) Traditional
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9 Saltarello (Italian, 14th century) Anonymous
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10 In te Domine (Josquin, 1500) Josquin des Prez
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11 Almond Tree Alex Cronin
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12 Three by Three Alex Cronin
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13 Forgotten Valley Alex Cronin
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14 Slipping Away Alex Cronin
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15 Farewell to Music (T. O'Carolan) Turlough O'Carolan
Alex Cronin's own pieces grew out of memorable places visited while touring with the group. Beside those originals sit two medieval dance tunes, a haunting arrangement of Josquin's In te Domine, and traditional Irish, Scottish and Welsh music.
Artists
Pastance
ensemble
Pastance came together in 1993 to perform mediaeval and Renaissance music. Based in Sydney, the ensemble has reached the early-music fraternity and a wide public, from folk festivals and formal concerts to schools, corporate feasts and open-air markets.
Alex Cronin
performer
Multi-instrumentalist Alex Cronin trained as a lutenist in Australia and Holland. As a lutenist and guitarist he has performed with the Australian Chamber Orchestra, the Brandenburg Orchestra, Opera Australia and the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, among others.
Josquin des Prez
composer
Josquin des Prez shaped Renaissance vocal polyphony into something keenly expressive: independent voices that imitate, answer and lock around the text. Masses, motets and chansons still sound alive in the throat.
Turlough O'Carolan
composer
Turlough O'Carolan (1670–1738) was a blind Irish harper, composer and singer whose lasting fame rests on his gift for melody. Though not a classical composer in the later sense, he is often called Ireland’s national composer.
Performers
- Pastance · ensemble
- Alex Cronin
- Megan Cronin
- Myfanwy Dibben
- Matthew Ridley
Details
- List price
- $25.00 AUD
- Categories
- Australian, Early music, Folk music
- Genres
- Folk, Early Music
- Catalogue
- MCD 249
- EAN
- 9314574024920
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