Revenge Of The Folksingers / Mcguinness, Concerto Caledonia

Another hallmark collaboration, this album was created by Concerto Caledonia and guests during a week’s residency in the Suffolk countryside at Aldeburgh. Traditional and original songs are interspersed with old and new tunes from Scotland, all informed by the group’s magpie diversity and by Britten’s folksong arrangements, which they found in Aldeburgh’s library. The resulting alchemy of nu-folk with an early music sensibility defies categorisation. Another hallmark collaboration, this album was created by Concerto Caledonia and guests during a week’s residency in the Suffolk countryside at Aldeburgh. Traditional and original songs are interspersed with old and new tunes from Scotland, all informed by the group’s magpie diversity and by Britten’s folksong arrangements, which they found in Aldeburgh’s library. The resulting alchemy of nu-folk with an early music sensibility defies categorisation. Read less

1. Trees they grow so high by Traditional

Conductor: David McGuinness
Orchestra/Ensemble: Concerto Caledonia
Written: England

2. The Lincolnshire Poacher by Traditional

Conductor: David McGuinness
Orchestra/Ensemble: Concerto Caledonia
Written: England

3. The foggy, foggy dew by Traditional

Conductor: David McGuinness
Orchestra/Ensemble: Concerto Caledonia
Written: England

4. O can ye sew cushions by Traditional

Conductor: David McGuinness
Orchestra/Ensemble: Concerto Caledonia
Written: Scotland

5. Down by the Salley Gardens by Traditional

Conductor: David McGuinness
Orchestra/Ensemble: Concerto Caledonia
Written: Ireland
Notes: Arrangement: Benjamin Britten

6. All in the Early Morning by Traditional

Conductor: David McGuinness
Orchestra/Ensemble: Concerto Caledonia
Period: Renaissance

7. Bonnie Susie Cleland by Traditional