Hebrides Ensemble and Consort Of Voices - Songs Of Courtship

(September 2006) Out In The Bushlands * In The Lowlands * Plop Fall The Plums * A Very Handsome Gentleman * Of Fair Girls The Loveliest * The Cock Has Crowed * Shu Is Away * A Moon Rising * Outside The Eastern Gate * If Along The Highroad * By The Willows Of The Eastern Gate * I Brought My Great Carriage * Wedding Song: My Lord Is All Aglow * Duo * March * Jig * Intermezzo * Berceuse * Finale * Spring * Triptych * A Song For Kate * Eclogue * Rorate Coeli Desuper

Culture of a classical mode, with a highland overlay. Choral works, chamber music, a capella vocals - a gorgeous and erudite production. Bevan Baker (1926-94) was a prolific writer & composer, providing original pieces plus works based on earlier words.

John Bevan Baker (1926-1994) organised the music school and festival on the Black Isle, near Inverness. He was also a prolific writer and composer, providing original pieces plus works based on earlier words such as those by the poet Dunbar, and the 7th century Chinese poet Mao Shih, whose Songs of Courtship form the first piece on the CD. Choral works, chamber music, a capella vocals - a gorgeous and erudite production.