Mr Forster’s Jigg
from The Compleat Flute-Master (London, 1695), from ‘The Businesse of Angels’ scheduled for release in the fall of 2010.
Sample Audio Clips
JOHN STANLEY: Adagio from Sonata No. 2
with Michael Jarvis, harpsichord
[Archipelago]
BEN GROSSMAN: The Ill-Fated Ornithopter
[Something in the Air]
Slow Ayre from John Young's Complete Instructor, 1700
[The Businesse of Angels]
JAMES OSWALD: Greensleeves
[She's Sweetest when she's Naked]
G.P. TELEMANN: Allegro from his Concerto à 3
Alison Melville, recorder; Derek Conrod, natural horn; Michael Jarvis, harpsichord; Mary Cyr, viola da gamba. (2’30) (from Archipelago)
NATHANIEL GOW: Lament for the Death of his Brother
Alison Melville, traverso; Kirk Elliott, celtic harp (1’53)
(from She’s sweetest when she’s naked)
MELVILLE/SINHA: The Hulder Girls go Shoe Shopping
Alison Melville, seljefløyte; Debashis Sinha, percussion(2’43)
(from Ensemble Polaris’s Not Much is Worse than a Troll)
A. CORELLI: Adagio from Sonata in F, op. V no. 4
Alison Melville, recorder; Michael Jarvis, harpsichord (1’52) (from Archipelago)
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Banner photos: Paul Orenstein
“My favourite piece of music is the one we hear all the time if we are quiet.”
