24 WAYS UPON THE BELLS

 

After John Playford 1623-1686 (Lambert guitar)

1. L’heure. Scotch Cap

John Dowland 1563-1626 (Koch archlute)

2. Mr Dowland’s Midnight

3. Mrs Winter’s Jump

4. Lady Hunsdon’s Puffe

5. Sir John Smith, His Almain

6. Lachrimæ Pavan

7. Lord Strang’s March

8. The Most Sacred Queen Elisabeth, Her Galliard

9. Mrs Vaux’s Galliard

10. The Right Honourable Robert Earl of Essex, His Galliard

11. Round Battell Galliard

12 .On Walsingham

After John Playford (Lambert guitar)

13. Le quart. Scots Rant

After John Playford (Koch archlute)

14. I can not Keepe my Wife at Home

15. Light of Love

16. La Cloche (The Bell)

17. Robin Hoode

After John Playford (Lambert guitar)

18. La demie. Twas within a Furlong of Edinborough Town

Benjamin Britten 1913-1976

Nocturnal after John Dowland Op.70 (Simplicio guitar)

19. Musingly

20. Very agitated

21. Restless

22. Uneasy

23. March-Like

24. Dreaming

25. Gently rocking

26. Passacaglia

27. Come Heavy Sleep (Britten-Dowland)

28. I Will Give My Love an Apple (duo Bouchet guitars)

After John Playford (Lambert guitar)

29. Avant l’heure. Come Ashore, Jolly Tar. . .

After The Beatles

30. Yesterday (Gibson guitar)

31. Here Comes the Sun (Koch archlute)

 

Christian Rivet

 

Christian Rivet takes us on a fascinating journey through England illustrated by selected pieces of music from the late sixteenth century to the present, played on several different plucked instruments – the archlute and guiters ancient, modern, and even electric!

 

‘24 Ways Upon the Bells’ is an inspiring release replete with originality, freshness and charm, an accessible yet eclectic listening experience with very well-known repertoire by Dowland, Playford, Britten and The Beatles. The programme ends with two of the Beatles’ best-loved songs: “Yesterday” and “Here Comes the Sun”. After a musical journey rich in exciting sonorities, the latter, transcribed and played on the archlute by Christian Rivet, closes the release on a poetic ray of sunlight. This release is part of the Cité de la Musique series on Naïve – offering internationally renowned musicians the opportunity to record on the legendary instruments on display within the museum of early instruments at the Cité de la Musique.

 

Ambroisie AM183