Testament: Archangels' Banquet & Shepherds' Delight

On this CD:

1. The Darkest midnight in December
Composed by Christmas Traditional
Performed by Renaissance Players

2. Jon Bayl's Reel
Composed by Jon Bayl
Performed by Renaissance Players

3. Gaudete!
Composed by Anonymous
Performed by Renaissance Players

4. Pluckpayres' Gaudete Reel
Composed by Winsome Evans
Performed by Renaissance Players

5. Away in A Manger
Composed by Christmas Traditional
Performed by Renaissance Players

6. Lamb of God
Composed by Anonymous
Performed by Renaissance Players

7. Lullay, Lullay
Composed by Anonymous
Performed by Renaissance Players

8. Ther Is No Ros' (English, Trinity Roll, 15th c.), carol
Composed by Christmas Traditional
Performed by Renaissance Players

9. Qui Creavit Coelum
Composed by Anonymous
Performed by Renaissance Players

10. Nancy, variations for keyboard
Composed by Thomas Morley
Performed by Renaissance Players

11. Lullay My Liking
Composed by English Anonymous
Performed by Renaissance Players

12. Mary Maiden
Composed by Winsome Evans
Performed by Renaissance Players

13. Tedesca la Proficia, with Nachtanz
Composed by Marco Facoli
Performed by Renaissance Players

14. Bonny Pegge of Ramsay
Composed by John Bull
Performed by Renaissance Players

15. Ye Sons of Men
Composed by Traditional
Performed by Renaissance Players

16. Mother Hubbard's Whistle
Composed by Winsome Evans
Performed by Renaissance Players

17. C'est de nos Moutons l'allure, mon Cousin
Composed by Traditional
Performed by Renaissance Players

18. Pat-a-pan
Composed by Christmas Traditional
Performed by Renaissance Players

19. Nowell Chimes
Composed by Traditional
Performed by Renaissance Players

20. A Babe is born
Composed by Unspecified
Performed by Renaissance Players

21. The Best Song
Composed by Winsome Evans
Performed by Renaissance Players

22. Rorate Coeli
Composed by Anonymous
Performed by Renaissance Players

23. In dulci jubilo (Piæ Cantiones)
Composed by Christmas Traditional
Performed by Renaissance Players

24. Harry's Shepherd Dances
Composed by Greek Traditional
Performed by Renaissance Players

25. Dance of Zalongou
Composed by Greek Traditional
Performed by Renaissance Players

26. Ching-a-ring-chaw, minstrel song
Composed by Anonymous
Performed by Renaissance Players

27. Virgin Mary Meek and Mild (from John Jacob Niles' transcription)
Composed by American Traditional
Performed by Renaissance Players

28. Job
Composed by English Traditional
Performed by Renaissance Players

29. Job's Jig
Composed by Winsome Evans
Performed by Renaissance Players

30. Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day (English)
Composed by Christmas Traditional
Performed by Renaissance Players

31. Jesus' Disco Caper
Composed by Winsome Evans
Performed by Renaissance Players

32. Gabriel's Salutation
Composed by English Traditional
Performed by Renaissance Players

33. The Saviour's Birth
Composed by English Traditional
Performed by Renaissance Players

34. Violetta's Last Tango, for flute
Composed by Winsome Evans
Performed by Renaissance Players

35. De las Montañas Venimos
Composed by Spanish Traditional
Performed by Renaissance Players

Testament: Archangels' Banquet & Shepherds' Delight, Music, Anonymous, English Anonymous, Jon Bayl, John Bull, Winsome Evans, Marco Facoli, Thomas Morley, Traditional, American Traditional, Christmas Traditional, English Traditional, Greek Traditional, Spanish Traditional, Renaissance Players, Chamber, Chamber Music, Chamber Music & Recitals, Character/Single-Movement/Miscellaneous Work for Keyboard, Christmas Music, Classical, Classical Artists, Classical Music, Keyboard, Miscellaneous, Miscellaneous Music, Miscellaneous Vocal Music, Variations for Keyboard, Vocal
Testament: Archangels' Banquet & Shepherds' Delight
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    		Testament: Archangels' Banquet & Shepherds' Delight

    Manufacturer: Celestial Harmonies
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

    Character PiecesCharacter Pieces | Short Forms | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music
    VariationsVariations | Variations | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music
    Chamber MusicChamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music
    GeneralGeneral | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music
    GeneralGeneral | Classical | Styles | Music
    GeneralGeneral | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music
    GeneralGeneral | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
    ASIN: B00004Z3X7
    Release Date: 2000-11-21

    Tracks:

    1. Archangels' Banquet: The Darkest Midnight
    2. Archangels' Banquet: Jon Bayl's Reel
    3. Archangels' Banquet: Gaudete!
    4. Archangels' Banquet: Pluckpayres' Gaudete Reel
    5. Archangels' Banquet: Away In A Manger
    6. Archangels' Banquet: Lamb Of God
    7. Archangels' Banquet: Lullay, Lulla, Thow Littel Tyne Child
    8. Archangels' Banquet: There Is No Rose
    9. Archangels' Banquet: Qui Creavit Coelum
    10. Archangels' Banquet: Nancie
    11. Archangels' Banquet: Lullay Myn Lykyng
    12. Archangels' Banquet: Mary Maiden
    13. Archangels' Banquet: Tedesca Dita La Proficia
    14. Archangels' Banquet: Bonny Pegge Of Ramsay
    15. Archangels' Banquet: Ye Sons Of Men
    16. Archangels' Banquet: Mother Hubbard's Whistle
    17. Archangels' Banquet: C'Est De Nos Moutons L'Allure, Mon Cousin
    18. Archangels' Banquet: Patapan

    Tracks:

    1. Shepherds' Delight: Nowell Chimes
    2. Shepherds' Delight: A Babe Is Born/Babe's Gig
    3. Shepherds' Delight: The Best Song
    4. Shepherds' Delight: Rorate Coeli
    5. Shepherds' Delight: In Dulci Jubilo
    6. Shepherds' Delight: Harry's Shepherd Dances
    7. Shepherds' Delight: Dance Of Zalongou
    8. Shepherds' Delight: Ching-A-Ring
    9. Shepherds' Delight: Virgin Mary Meek And Mild
    10. Shepherds' Delight: Job/Job's Gig
    11. Shepherds' Delight: Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day/Jesus' Disco Caper
    12. Shepherds' Delight: Gabriel's Salutation
    13. Shepherds' Delight: The Saviour's Birth
    14. Shepherds' Delight: Violetta's Last Tango
    15. Shepherds' Delight: De Las Montanas Venimos

    Album Description

    The music on these two compact disks is concerned with connective aspects of angels (the celestial), shepherds (the terrestrial), and dancing circles (in the structures and arrangements of music and poetry, in dance formations, and so on) in an attempt to attain, in sound, Plato's "full bloom of joyfulness", as a formal declaration of the divine inspiration with which God has blessed our creative efforts. Many of the 33 tracks, but by no means all, refer specifically or obliquely to the angelically announced birth of Jesus Christ, divine prophet/son of God made man. What they all share is a structural reference to the circle—the magical/mystical formulation for celestial and terrestrial dance, the halo, the garland, the manifestation of God, the wheel (in the hierarchical order of divine beings), and so on. These circular manfestation are therefore metaphors for the divine inspiration to which this collection attests. This is thus a testament, a solemn declaration, of the indebtedness of shepherds to archangels, God's messengers and bearers of creative gifts, metamorphosed as a balanced, spiritual blend of the sacred and the secular, the religious and the proface, via game playing, convivial hospitality, and zig-zagging connections of opposites and likes. It has been important to us in 2000 to offer this testament as an affirmation of hope, for we have lived in what Robert Manne (Professor of Politics, Latrobe University, Melbourne) describes as "The most politically barbarous century of which history has record, (even though) it has been a time of unparalleled scientific, technological and economic accomplishment, where millions of humans, at least in the most prosperous parts of the world, came to live at a level of material comfort beyond the dreams of kings in previous times." Testament is a small gesture against scientific, technological and economic "advances" as a reminder of what the human imagination has been able to accomplish in the past and continues to do so untrammelled by "advances" in a simple creative environment of hope and belief.

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