Colonial Christmas

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Album Summary

Performers

• Barry Phillips (Cello)
• Barry Phillips (Cittern)
• Deby Grosjean (Fiddle)
• Jesse Autumn (Double Harp)
• Shelley Phillips (Oboe)
• Lars Johannesson (Flute)
• Robin Petrie (Hammer Dulcimer)
• Barry Phillips (Mandolin)
• Christa Stiner (Bassoon)
• Sarah-Jane Summers (Fiddle)
• Linda Burman-Hall (Harpsichord)
• Barry Phillips (Zither)
• Robert Evans (Fiddle)
• Shelley Phillips
• Shelley Phillips (Recorder)
• Shelley Phillips (Harp)

Composers

• John Playford (1623 - 1686)
• Amos Munsen
• William Billings (1746 - 1800)
• Christmas Traditional
• Daniel Read (1757 - 1836)
• Michael Praetorius (1571 - 1621)
• Joseph Stephenson (18th cent. Composer) (1723 - 1810)
• James Lyon (Composer) (1735 - 1794)

Notes & Reviews:

This recording is a collection of instrumental carols and dances from colonial America. Barry Phillips, cellist is joined by musicians performing a variety of music that might well have been played at a Christmas party of the time.

Notes & Reviews:

Recording information: Barry's Cave, Santa Cruz, CA; Bear Creek Recording Studio; University of California, Santa Cruz, CA.

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Works Details

Playford, John : The Merry Wassail

• Performers: Barry Phillips (Cello); Barry Phillips (Cittern); Deby Grosjean (Fiddle); Jesse Autumn (Double Harp); Shelley Phillips (Oboe)
• Notes: Barry's Cave, Santa Cruz, CA; University of California, Santa Cruz, CA; Bear Creek Recording Studio
• Running Time: 1 min. 58 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Christmas

Playford, John : Drive the cold winter away, dance (from The English Dancing Master)

• Performers: Deby Grosjean (Fiddle); Jesse Autumn (Double Harp); Lars Johannesson (Flute); Barry Phillips (Cello)
• Notes: Barry's Cave, Santa Cruz, CA; University of California, Santa Cruz, CA; Bear Creek Recording Studio
• Running Time: 3 min. 5 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque

Traditional, Christmas : Sussex Carol ("On Christmas Night")

• Performers: Barry Phillips (Cittern); Robin Petrie (Hammer Dulcimer); Shelley Phillips (Oboe)
• Notes: Barry's Cave, Santa Cruz, CA; University of California, Santa Cruz, CA; Bear Creek Recording Studio
• Running Time: 2 min. 35 sec.
• Period Time: Post-Romantic
• Form: Christmas
• Written: by 1892

Stephenson, Joseph : Milford (Joseph S. James, ed. Original Sacred Harp Revised, 1911)

• Performers: Barry Phillips (Mandolin); Barry Phillips (Cittern); Christa Stiner (Bassoon); Shelley Phillips (Oboe); Lars Johannesson (Flute)
• Notes: Barry's Cave, Santa Cruz, CA; University of California, Santa Cruz, CA; Bear Creek Recording Studio
• Running Time: 2 min. 58 sec.
• Period Time: Classical

Traditional, Christmas : Christ Child Lullaby, carol (Hebrides)

• Performers: Jesse Autumn (Double Harp); Sarah-Jane Summers (Fiddle); Barry Phillips (Cello)
• Notes: Barry's Cave, Santa Cruz, CA; University of California, Santa Cruz, CA; Bear Creek Recording Studio
• Running Time: 5 min. 9 sec.

Munsen, Amos : Christmas

• Performers: Barry Phillips (Mandolin); Barry Phillips (Cittern); Christa Stiner (Bassoon); Shelley Phillips (Oboe); Lars Johannesson (Flute)
• Notes: Barry's Cave, Santa Cruz, CA; University of California, Santa Cruz, CA; Bear Creek Recording Studio
• Running Time: 1 min. 20 sec.
• Form: Christmas

Playford, John : New Year's Eve

• Performers: Barry Phillips (Cello); Deby Grosjean (Fiddle); Linda Burman-Hall (Harpsichord)
• Notes: Barry's Cave, Santa Cruz, CA; University of California, Santa Cruz, CA; Bear Creek Recording Studio
• Running Time: 2 min. 52 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Christmas

Traditional, Christmas : Höken

• Performers: Barry Phillips (Zither); Barry Phillips (Cello)
• Notes: Barry's Cave, Santa Cruz, CA; University of California, Santa Cruz, CA; Bear Creek Recording Studio
• Running Time: 2 min. 46 sec.
• Form: Christmas

Playford, John : Cold and Raw

• Performers: Barry Phillips (Cittern); Barry Phillips (Cello); Deby Grosjean (Fiddle); Linda Burman-Hall (Harpsichord); Lars Johannesson (Flute)
• Notes: Barry's Cave, Santa Cruz, CA; University of California, Santa Cruz, CA; Bear Creek Recording Studio
• Running Time: 3 min. 54 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Christmas

Traditional, Christmas : Deck the Halls (Welsh)

• Performers: Barry Phillips (Cello); Deby Grosjean (Fiddle); Jesse Autumn (Double Harp); Robert Evans (Fiddle)
• Notes: Barry's Cave, Santa Cruz, CA; University of California, Santa Cruz, CA; Bear Creek Recording Studio
• Running Time: 2 min. 13 sec.
• Form: Christmas
• Written: by 1784

Read, Daniel : Sherburne

• Performers: Barry Phillips (Cello); Deby Grosjean (Fiddle); Shelley Phillips (Oboe); Lars Johannesson (Flute)
• Notes: Barry's Cave, Santa Cruz, CA; University of California, Santa Cruz, CA; Bear Creek Recording Studio
• Running Time: 2 min. 22 sec.
• Period Time: Classical

Traditional, Christmas : Ding Dong! Merrily on High (French)

• Performers: Shelley Phillips; Barry Phillips (Cello); Jesse Autumn (Double Harp); Robin Petrie (Hammer Dulcimer)
• Notes: Barry's Cave, Santa Cruz, CA; University of California, Santa Cruz, CA; Bear Creek Recording Studio
• Running Time: 2 min. 47 sec.
• Period Time: Medieval
• Form: Christmas
• Written: circa 1588

Traditional, Christmas : The Wexford Carol ("Good People All, This Christmastime") (Enniscorthy Carol) (Irish)

• Performers: Barry Phillips (Cello); Deby Grosjean (Fiddle); Jesse Autumn (Double Harp); Shelley Phillips
• Notes: Barry's Cave, Santa Cruz, CA; University of California, Santa Cruz, CA; Bear Creek Recording Studio
• Running Time: 3 min. 7 sec.
• Period Time: Medieval
• Form: Christmas
• Written: 12th Century

Lyon, James : Christmas (tune :: Urania)

• Performers: Barry Phillips (Cello); Deby Grosjean (Fiddle); Shelley Phillips (Oboe); Linda Burman-Hall (Harpsichord); Lars Johannesson (Flute)
• Notes: Barry's Cave, Santa Cruz, CA; University of California, Santa Cruz, CA; Bear Creek Recording Studio
• Running Time: 2 min. 32 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Christmas

Billings, William : A Virgin Unspotted

• Performers: Barry Phillips (Cello); Deby Grosjean (Fiddle); Shelley Phillips (Oboe); Lars Johannesson (Flute)
• Notes: Barry's Cave, Santa Cruz, CA; University of California, Santa Cruz, CA; Bear Creek Recording Studio
• Running Time: 2 min. 58 sec.
• Period Time: Classical

Billings, William : Shiloh (Suffolk Harmony, 1786)

• Performers: Barry Phillips (Cello); Deby Grosjean (Fiddle); Christa Stiner (Bassoon); Shelley Phillips (Oboe)
• Notes: University of California, Santa Cruz, CA; Barry's Cave, Santa Cruz, CA; Bear Creek Recording Studio
• Running Time: 2 min. 31 sec.
• Period Time: Classical

Praetorious, Michael : Musae Sioniae

• Performers: Barry Phillips (Cello); Shelley Phillips (Recorder); Shelley Phillips (Harp)
• Notes: Barry's Cave, Santa Cruz, CA; University of California, Santa Cruz, CA; Bear Creek Recording Studio
• Running Time: 2 min. 14 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance
• Written: 1600