St George's Day
Wednesday 23 April 2008 23:15-1:00 (Radio 3)
Verity Sharp celebrates St George's Day with a selection of English music, both traditional and contemporary. Featuring Chris Wood's Listening to the River, a soundscape which interweaves oral history from the River Medway area with live music. Plus works by Leon Rosselson, Shirley Collins, Billy Pigg and Lisa Knapp.
Duration:
1 hour 45 minutes
Playlist
Wednesday 23rd April
11:15
Trad, Arr. Collins: Sweet England
Shirley Collins
Taken from the compilation Within Sound, Vol. 1
Fledgling 3033
11:17
Trad: Hard Times of Old England
Ron Copper
Taken from the album Come Write Me Down
Topic TSCD0534
11:21
Trad/Bragg: Hard Times of Old England Retold
Billy Bragg; Young Coppers; Eliza Carthy; Simon Emmerson
Taken from the album The Imagined Village
Realworld CDRW147
11:27
Trad, Arr. Boden: Cuckoo's Nest
Jon Boden
Taken from the album Tunes
Fellside FECD192
11:31
Rosselson: Conversation On Mobile
Leon Rosselson
Taken from the album A Proper State
Fuse Records CFCD 024
11:34
Dickinson: Tinker Box
Johnny Dickinson, guitar
Taken from the album English Summer
Hard Road Recordings HRCD001
11:35
Trad: She Moves Through The Fair
Anne Briggs
Taken from the album A Collection
Topic TSCD 504
11:38
James/Trad: Maggot
Kerfuffle
Taken from the album Links
Rootbeat Records RBRCD05
11:45
Trad: Merry Mountain Child
Will Noble & John Cocking
Taken from the album Yon Green Banks: Songs sung in South Yorkshire
Vetran VT147
11:49
Heywood: Balor
Nick Hennessy
Taken from the album A Rare Hunger
HARCD 049
11:51
The School of Trobar: Bele Aelis
The School of Trobar
Taken from the album Love Songs and Trance Hymns
Pure Definition Music PDCD01
11:56
Wood: Listening To The River
Chris Wood
Taken from the BBC Recording, Queen Elizabeth Hall, March '08
12:26
Boyes: The River Flows
Coope, Boyes and Simpson
Taken from the album Where You Belong
No Masters CD15
12:31
Trad: Wild Hills O Wannie
Billy Pigg (Northumbrian small pipes)
Taken from the compilation The Northumbrian Small Pipes
Topic TSCD 487
12:33
Trad, Arr. Tickell/Carr: Lads of Alnwick - Sunderland Lasses - Peacocks March
Kathryn Tickell (pipes); Ian Carr (guitar)
Taken from the album The Gathering
Park Records PRKCD39
12:38
Trad, Arr. Knapp: Blacksmith
Lisa Knapp
Taken from the album Wild and Undaunted
Ear to the Ground ETGCD001
12:44
Trad/Collins/Chhadeh/Blake/O'Neill/Cronshaw: No Trust In A Man
Abdullah Chahadeh (qanun); Andrew Cronshaw (gu-cheng);
Ian Blake (clarinet); Bernard O'Neill (double bass)
Taken from the album Ochre
Cloud Valley CV 2008
12:53
Field Recording: Brigachquelle (underwater)
Annea Lockwood (sound recordist)
Taken from the album A Sound Map of the Danube
Lovely Music LCD 2083
