7:30 PM

Viva Caledonia!

Music for Robbie Burns Day

Alison Melville baroque flute, recorders
Julia Seager-Scott baroque harp, larsach
Margaret Jordan-Gay baroque cello
Paul Jenkins harpsichord, tenor 

Featuring sonatas and variations by James Oswald, Charles Macklean, Alexander Munro and General John Reid, as well as 18th-century settings of traditional airs and other tunes from the Caledonian Pocket Companion, the Simon Fraser Collection and the Scots Musical Museum, to which Burns himself was a major contributor.

Program:

The Lazy Mist (Caledonian Pocket Companion/Scots Musical Museum)
Traditional 

The Souters of Selkirk (A Collection of the Best Scots Tunes…, Paris, 1732) 
Alexander Munro
Allegro-Largo–Allegro–Largo-Allegro

A Ground after the Scotch Humour (Ayrs for the Violin, vol. 4, London, 1685)
Nicola Matteis (d.1707) 

The Thistle (The Seasons, 1747)
James Oswald (1711-1769)
Andantino – Brilliante – Amoroso, Andante – D.C. Brilliante

A set of Scottish tunes
Trad., arr. various
[to be announced from the stage]

Sett in g (Edinburgh, 1735)
Alexander Baillie (d. 1776)
Adagio – Vivace – Minuett – Allegro

Sonata II in C
Francesco Barsanti (1690-1772)
Adagio – Allegro – Largo – Presto

Intermission

Sonata XII in b (Op. 1, 1737)
Charles Macklean (c.1712-c.1765) 
Largo e Siciliano – [Allegro] – Minuett

Green Sleeves (The Caledonian Pocket Companion)
Oswald

The Boat Man (Paris, 1732)
Munro
Moderato-[Allegro]-Vivace-Double-[Giga]

The Heather Bells (Summer, The Seasons, 1747)
Oswald
Pastorale – Allegro – Brilliante

A second set of Scottish tunes
Trad., arr. Various
[to be announced]

Bannocks of Beer Meal
Trad., arr. Robert Bewick (1788-1849)

Walter Hall

$40, $25 senior, $10 student

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