Banks, Jon [Harp]

Music for Bird Lovers / Baroque Festival Orchestra, Souter, Giles, Spring and Gregory

1 CD / Gift of Music / 2013-03-26

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin in E major, Op. 8 no 1/RV 269 "Primavera"; Louis-Claude Daquin: Premier livre de pièces; Jean-Philippe Rameau: Zoroastre; Irish Traditional: The lark in th...
Performers: Banks, Jon [Harp]; Giles, Ian; Gregory, James; Souter, Martin; Spring, Matthew
Conductors: Lizzio, Alberto; Croft, David; ; Craig-McFeely, Julia; Adolph, Henry
Ensemble: ; Serendipity Singers

A beautiful selection of classical music inspired by our feathered friends! Composers have been inspired by birds and birdsong for generations. Blue tit, robin, lark,...continue...

Spirit of England - A Musical Landscape / Elgar, Coates, Handel, Holst, Perry et al.

1 CD / Gift of Music / 2013-03-26

Works: Irish Traditional: Greensleeves Jig; Edward Elgar: Enigma Variations; Chanson de matin, Op. 15 no 2; Coronation Ode, Op. 44; Eric Coates: By the Sleepy Lagoon, valse serenade for orchestra; In Town T...
Performers: Banks, Jon [Harp]; Souter, Martin
Conductors: Davis, Carl; Williams, Guy;
Ensemble: ; Massed Bands of the Guards Division

From Greensleeves to Jerusalem this selection of music in celebration of England's green and pleasant land will evoke fond memories of summer holidays, end-of-term assemblies...continue...

Hush a Bye: Music for Children - gentle lullabies and quiet music

1 CD / Gift of Music / 2012-10-30

Works: English Traditional: Hush a Bye Baby; Traditional: Sleep My Baby; Mervyn Burtch: Sleep, my gentle child; Frédéric Chopin: Nocturne for piano no 2 in E flat major, Op. 9/2, CT. 109; Anonymou...
Performers: Banks, Jon [Harp]; Giles, Ian; Souter, Martin; Spring, Matthew; Stowe, Sara

Gentle lullabies and quiet music combine to form this special program of music to invite sleep. Unlike most calming programs, this release relies on real...continue...
Includes work(s) by Anonymous....continue...

Minstrel's Musicke: Medieval Songs & Dances / Banks, Spring, Lindo, Wesseling

1 CD / Gift of Music / 2011-10-25

Works: Anonymous, Italian: Saltarello no 1 (GB-LBl Add.29987); La Manfredina; Saltarello no 2 (GB-LBl Add.29987); Christmas Traditional: Angelus ad virginem (English); Hyer matin; Anonymous: Amoroso for flu...
Performers: Banks, Jon [Harp]; Lindo, Sharon; Spring, Matthew; Wandor, Michelene; Wesseling, Lisette

The music of medieval minstrel for voice, harp, pipe, tabor & drum. Lively & cheerful dances, songs, reflective ballads played on authentic instruments from the...continue...

A Pageant Of Medieval Music

1 CD / Gift of Music / 2011-01-25

Works: Anonymous: Arrival of the Lord and Lady, ductia for ensemble; Jester's Dance, estampie for ensemble; Entry of the Spanish Musicians, ductia for ensemble; The Spanish Lady Sings, for voice & ensemble;...
Performers: Banks, Jon [Harp]; Rowlands-Pritchard, John

Music For Bedtime

1 CD / Gift of Music / 2011-01-25

Works: Gabriel Fauré: Pavane, Op. 50; Dolly, Op. 56; Frédéric Chopin: Nocturne for piano in E minor, KK IV/b; Anonymous: Quiet harp song; The gentle lute; Franz Joseph Haydn: Quartet fo...
Performers: Banks, Jon [Harp]; Gregory, James; Piha, Sam; Souter, Martin; Spring, Matthew; Vishnik, Martin
Conductors: Jackson, Don;
Ensemble: ; The Amber Quartet

Stuart Age Music: Tunes from Troubled Times

1 CD / Griffin Records / 2010-06-08

Works: English Traditional: Work(s); When the King Enjoys His Own Again, folk song; Johney Cock Thy Beaver; The Witches (from Anne Cromwell's Virginal Book, 1638); I Serve a Worthy Lady, song; The Jolly Bar...
Performers: Banks, Jon [Harp]; Spring, Matthew; Stobart, Henry; Stowe, Sara
Conductors:
Ensemble: Sirinu

Ludus Danielis - The Play of Daniel / The Dufay Collective, et al

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2008-08-12

Works: Anonymous, Egerton Manuscript 2615: Ludus Danielis (The Play of Daniel), medieval mystery play
Performers: Banks, Jon [Harp]; Brough, Harvey; Ellis, Vivien; Grant, Simon [Bass Vocal]; Lewin, Giles [Violin/Bagpipe]; Lyons, William; Pell, Susanna; Phillips, Tom [Tenor Vocal]; Pott, Charles; Potter, John [Te...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Dufay Collective

"The singing and instrumental playing are first rate, as we expect from these forces, and I have to say that the way instruments are used...continue...

Night Owl

1 CD / Gift Of Music / 2006-08-01

Works: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade; Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Piano no 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27/2 "Moonlight"; Camille Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila, Op. 47; Carnival of the animals...
Performers: Banks, Jon [Harp]; Bennett, Elinor; Bohle, Walter; Flachot, Reine; Gregory, James; Hill, Sarah; Ricci, Ruggiero; Souter, Martin
Conductors: Rezucha, Bystrik; Tenant-Flowers, Sarah; Kuntsch, Matthias; Chang, Yun-Sung

Late night classics. At the end of a long day, and on into the night, this lovely album of relaxing music will help banish those...continue...

Pax Romana - Peaceful Music from the Age of Rome / Jon Banks

1 CD / Gift Of Music / 2006-01-01

Works: Jon Banks: Lugete, o cupidines, for dulcimer; Insomnia curus, for lyre; Ecce ascendimus, for harp; Otium tibi molestum est, for gittern; Spring Song, for psalterium; Alma Venus, for dulcimer; Somnus ...
Performers: Banks, Jon [Harp]

Peaceful music from the age of Rome .The Romans loved music and used it both in peace and at war. This unique programme recreates the...continue...

Flower of Chivalry - Tranquill Medieval Music

1 CD / Gift Of Music / 2005-02-01

Works: Anonymous: Unicorns in the Mist; Henry VIII, King of England: Consort no 16; Consort no 8 for instrumental ensemble; Consort no 4; Consort no 3 for instrumental ensemble; Consort no 22; Consort no 2 ...
Performers: Banks, Jon [Harp]; Davies, Victoria; Hilliard Ensemble; Souter, Martin
Conductors:
Ensemble: Sirinu; The Hilliard Ensemble

Tranquil medieval music featuring The Hilliard Ensemble An emphasis on peace and calm in this selection of medieval music, including gentle songs by one of...continue...

Sanctus - Music for Quiet Contemplation

1 CD / Gift Of Music / 2004-09-01

Works: Gregorian Chant: Facta est cum angelo; Puer natus est nobis, introit; Angelus ad pastores, antiphon (Mode 7); Alleluia. Dies sanctificatus; Sanctus; Agnus Dei; Quem vidistis pastores, responsory in m...
Performers: Banks, Jon [Harp]

Music for quiet contemplation Haunting and evocative words and music that bring us echoes from the world of the monks of Lindisfarne, the Saxon monastery...continue...

Music for Mothers

1 CD / Gift Of Music / 2003-02-01

Works: Claude Debussy: Arabesques (2) for Piano; Clair de lune; Serenade for the doll, for piano (Children's Corner no 3), L. 113/3; Luigi Boccherini: Menuett; Anton Rubinstein: Melodies (2) for Piano, Op 3...
Performers: Banks, Jon [Harp]; Hill, Sarah; Souter, Martin

A charming album which combines music evoking children and childish things with music for moments of repose for a tired mum! A perfect gift for...continue...

Music For My Lady

1 CD / Gift Of Music / 2003-02-01

Works: Scottish Traditional: O Lustie May; The Laydie Louthian's Lilte (Robert Edward's Book); The Last Time I Came O'er the Moor; Canaries; François Campion: Pieces for guitar in D major (from Nouvell...
Performers: Banks, Jon [Harp]; Birt, Heather; McCoy, Stewart; Souter, Martin; Spring, Matthew; Stowe, Sara

Songs of love from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, performed with the gentle accompaniment of the lute. Violin solos and harpsichord and viol consort music...continue...

Songs from the Taverne

1 CD / Gift Of Music / 2003-01-01

Works: Anonymous, Italian: Saltarello no 1 (GB-LBl Add.29987); La Manfredina; Saltarello no 2 (GB-LBl Add.29987); Anonymous, English: Angelus ad Virginem; Sumer is icumen in; Brawle, for ensemble; Anonymous...
Performers: Banks, Jon [Harp]; Lindo, Sharon; Spring, Matthew; Wandor, Michelene; Wesseling, Lisette

Ballads and songs from the time of Chaucer. Lively and cosmopolitan, these songs and ballads are performed in an authentic style using period instruments. The...continue...
Includes estampie(s) real by Anonymous, Manuscrit du Roi....continue...

Christmas Vespers - Monks & Novices of Saint Frideswide

1 CD / Gift of Music / 2002-09-01

Performers: Banks, Jon [Harp]

An album for an evening of calm before the storm! Ages old sounds ring around the cloister, of plainchant sung by the choir, of quiet...continue...