THE CELTIC VIOL II (Treble Viol & Lyra Viol) - Jordi Savall

The Celtic repertoire is currently preserved through very different performance styles or trends; on the one hand, there are those musicians who continue to study and perform the repertoire in a strictly traditional way; on the other hand, there is a body of musicians who, since the 1970s, have drawn inspiration from a “new traditional” musical style developed by such pioneering groups as The Chieftains and Ceoltóirí Chualann. Finally, there are the musicians who from the 1980s have transformed those traditions into “marketable, modern and syncretic forms.”

I. The Galway Set (D-minor, 440)

1. The Galway Bay Hornpipe Traditional Irish
2. The Rover Reformed John Playford (1718)
3. Lord Frog Dance John Walsh (1713)
& Buckingham House Traditional Irish

II. The Gold Ring Set (D major, 440)

4. The Hills of Lorne Charlie Hunter of Oban
5. Miss Sally Hunter of Thurston Jig Nathaniel Gow (1763-1831)
6. Mrs. Scott Skinner James Scott Skinner (1843-1927)
7. Alexander’s Hornspipe & Harvest Home Traditional Irish
8. The Gold Ring Jig Traditional Irish

III. The Abergeldie Castle Set (E-minor, 415)

9. Abergeldie Castle Strathspey Dan R. MacDonald (1911-1976)
10. Caribou Barren Dan R. MacDonald
11. Regents Rant Traditional Scottish
12. Crabs in the skillet Slow Jig Ryan’s Collection (Boston, 1883)
13. Lord Moira’s Hornpipe Ryan’s Collection (Boston, 1883)
Jordi Savall Lyra Viol

IV. The Nathaniel Gow Set (A-minor, 440)

14. The Braes o’ Bushbie Slow march P. John Bowie, 1789
15. Nathaniel Gow’s Lament for the Death of his Brother Nathaniel Gow
16. Abigail Judge O’Carolan (1670-1738)
(O’Neill The Music of Ireland, Chicago, 1903)
17. Planxty O’Daly O’Carolan (O’Neill, Chicago, 1903)

V. The Lancashire Pipes Set (E Major / minor)
18. The Lancashire Pipes (E-major) Manchester Gamba Book
19. Pigges of Rumsey / Kate of Bardie (E-major) Manchester Gamba Book
20. The Cup of Tea (E-minor) Traditional Irish
21. A Toye (E-major) Manchester Gamba Book

VI. The Archibald MacDonald Set (D minor / major)
22. Planxty Sir Ulick Burke (D-minor) O’Carolan (O’Neill, Chicago, 1903)
23. The Sword Dance-New Stepny Slip Jig (D-minor) Traditional Irish
24. Archibald MacDonald of Keppoch (D-minor) Traditional Irish
25. Jimmy Holme’s Favorite – Reel (D-major) Ryan’s Collection (Boston, 1883)

VII. The Liverpool Set (D-major, 440)
26. Planxty Irwin O’Carolan (O’Neill, Chicago, 1903)
27. The Liverpool Hornpipe James Stewart Robertson
28. Peter’s Peerie Boat Jig Tom Anderson (1910-1991)