Notes and Editorial Reviews
Quadriga Consort made a name for itself by playing new arrangements of traditional music from the British Isles on Renaissance and Baroque instruments, placing these ancient tunes in a new historic context - far from Celtic clichés and "pub sentimentality". Their idea is to create a musical world in which there is no need or desire for musical categories such as light or serious, folk, popular or erudite. For our programme Ships Ahoy !, we have sought out old British seamen's music. Living on islands surrounded by the sea, the English, Scottish and Irish have always been fishermen, sailors, adventurers, explorers and merchants, trading with faraway places. Countless wars were also fought at sea. Not only does Ships Ahoy !
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offer old sailor's songs and shanties - intended to alleviate long and difficult journeys -, it also offers an insight into the fascinating and often somber myths and legends surrounding the vast oceans and their unfathomable depths. Read less
Works on This Recording
1.
Oran na Maighdinn Mhara (The Mermaid's Song) / The Ship in Distress / Ships Are Sailing, medley for by Nikolaus Newerkla
Performer:
Nikolaus Newerkla (Harpsichord)
Conductor:
Nikolaus Newerkla
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Quadriga Consort
Period: Contemporary
Length: 5 Minutes 48 Secs.
2.
High Barbary, traditional sea shanty by Traditional
Performer:
Nikolaus Newerkla (Harpsichord)
Conductor:
Nikolaus Newerkla
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Quadriga Consort
Length: 3 Minutes 5 Secs.
3.
Boyne Water / Morrison's Jig, medley for ensemble by Nikolaus Newerkla
Performer:
Nikolaus Newerkla (Harpsichord)
Conductor:
Nikolaus Newerkla
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Quadriga Consort
Period: Contemporary
Length: 3 Minutes 18 Secs.
4.
Pulling the Sea-Dulse, traditional sea shanty by Traditional
Performer:
Nikolaus Newerkla (Harpsichord)
Conductor:
Nikolaus Newerkla
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Quadriga Consort
Length: 4 Minutes 27 Secs.
5.
Twa Bonnie Maidens, folk song by Traditional
Performer:
Nikolaus Newerkla (Harpsichord)
Conductor:
Nikolaus Newerkla
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Quadriga Consort
Length: 3 Minutes 48 Secs.
6.
The Banks of Ireland / The Forfeit of the Ship / Sailor's Jacket / Fishing for Eels, medley for ense by Nikolaus Newerkla
Performer:
Nikolaus Newerkla (Harpsichord)
Conductor:
Nikolaus Newerkla
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Quadriga Consort
Period: Contemporary
Length: 4 Minutes 3 Secs.
7.
The Fish of the Sea, traditional sea shanty by Traditional
Performer:
Nikolaus Newerkla (Harpsichord)
Conductor:
Nikolaus Newerkla
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Quadriga Consort
Length: 3 Minutes 19 Secs.
8.
Captain James, traditional sea shanty by Traditional
Performer:
Nikolaus Newerkla (Harpsichord)
Conductor:
Nikolaus Newerkla
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Quadriga Consort
Length: 2 Minutes 15 Secs.
9.
Fair Susan, folk song by Traditional
Performer:
Nikolaus Newerkla (Harpsichord)
Conductor:
Nikolaus Newerkla
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Quadriga Consort
Length: 6 Minutes 41 Secs.
10.
Captain Magan, song by Turlough O'Carolan
Performer:
Nikolaus Newerkla (Harpsichord)
Conductor:
Nikolaus Newerkla
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Quadriga Consort
Period: Baroque
Length: 5 Minutes 39 Secs.
11.
The Sailor Laddie, folk song by Traditional
Performer:
Nikolaus Newerkla (Harpsichord)
Conductor:
Nikolaus Newerkla
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Quadriga Consort
Length: 1 Minutes 10 Secs.
12.
Ailein Duinn (Brown-Haired Allen), folk song by Traditional
Performer:
Nikolaus Newerkla (Harpsichord)
Conductor:
Nikolaus Newerkla
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Quadriga Consort
Length: 4 Minutes 56 Secs.
13.
Dinny Delaney, traditional jig by Traditional
Performer:
Nikolaus Newerkla (Harpsichord)
Conductor:
Nikolaus Newerkla
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Quadriga Consort
Length: 1 Minutes 41 Secs.
14.
Kitty Magennis, song by Turlough O'Carolan
Performer:
Nikolaus Newerkla (Harpsichord)
Conductor:
Nikolaus Newerkla
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Quadriga Consort
Period: Baroque
Length: 1 Minutes 45 Secs.
15.
Ain t-Oilean Ur, folk song by Traditional
Performer:
Nikolaus Newerkla (Harpsichord)
Conductor:
Nikolaus Newerkla
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Quadriga Consort
Length: 4 Minutes 30 Secs.
16.
The Greenland Whale Fishery, folk song by Traditional
Performer:
Nikolaus Newerkla (Harpsichord)
Conductor:
Nikolaus Newerkla
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Quadriga Consort
Length: 4 Minutes 43 Secs.
17.
The Saucy Sailor, folk song by Traditional
Performer:
Nikolaus Newerkla (Harpsichord)
Conductor:
Nikolaus Newerkla
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Quadriga Consort
Length: 3 Minutes 56 Secs.
18.
Cutting the Kelp, folk song by Traditional
Performer:
Nikolaus Newerkla (Harpsichord)
Conductor:
Nikolaus Newerkla
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Quadriga Consort
Length: 1 Minutes 39 Secs.
19.
The Cliffs of Doneen, folk song by Traditional
Performer:
Nikolaus Newerkla (Harpsichord)
Conductor:
Nikolaus Newerkla
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Quadriga Consort
Length: 3 Minutes 29 Secs.
Sound Samples
Oran na Maighdinn Mhara (The Mermaid's Song) - The Ship in Distress - Ships are Sailing
The Coasts of High Barbary
Boyne Water - Morrison's Jig
The Banks of Ireland - The Forfeit of the Ship - Sailor's Jacket - Fishing for Eels
Ailein duinn (Brown-haired Allen)
The Greenland Whale Fishery
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