An INDIE nominee for "Best Seasonal Album of the Year" and our popular companion to Sounds of the Season. All instrumental and features Maggie Sansone on hammered dulcimer and guitar, with four-time Scottish and Celtic harp Champion Sue Richards on Celtic harp, and a host of award winning musicians on recorder, cittern, fiddle, mandolin, viola da gamba and hand drums. ( 53:31 minutes)
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"A Celtic/classical flavor, splitting the repertoire between the familiar and the unusual but always recasting it in graceful contexts."
- The Washington Post
Tune List
- People Look East (2:43)
- The Holly And The Ivy (2:34)
- Lord Of The Dance (Simple Gifts) (3:37)
- We Three Kings (6:14)
- Coventry Carol (1:43)
- Good King Wenceslas (2:32)
- Alle Psallite Cum Luya (3:06)
- The First Noel (3:39)
- Away In The Manger (5:40)
- While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks (1:39)
- Picardy Carol(2:46)
- Silent Night (2:46)
- O Little Town Of Bethlehem (3:56)
- I Wonder As I Wander
- Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (1:54)
- We Wish You A Merry Christmas (1:10)
- Jingle Bells (2:33)
Musicians featured on this recording include Maggie Sansone on hammered dulcimer with Robin Bullock on guitar, cittern, violin,mandolin; Sue Richards on Celtic Harp; Linda Lunbeck on recorders; Carolyn Surrick on Viola da gamba and Stream Ohrstrom on Zarb ( medieval drum).
Liner Notes
1. People Look East
French carol also called "Shepherds, Shake Off Your Drowsey Sleep". Hammered dulcimer, harp, soprano and tenor recorders, viola da gamba.
Artists:
Maggie Sansone ~ Hammered Dulcimer
Sue Richards ~ Celtic harp
Linda Lunbeck ~ Recorders
Carolyn Surrick ~ Viola da gamba
Producer: Maggie Sansone
2. The Holly and the Ivy
English carol. Hammered dulcimer, guitar ~ Maggie, alto recorder, violin.
Artists:
Maggie Sansone ~ Hammered dulcimer, guitar
Linda Lunbeck ~ Recorders
Robin Bullock ~ Violin
Producer: Maggie Sansone
3. Lord of The Dance (Simple Gifts)
Also called "Simple Gifts," a traditional Shaker tune.
Hammered dulcimer, harp, guitar.
Artists:
Maggie Sansone ~ Hammered dulcimer
Sue Richards ~ Celtic harp
Robin Bullock ~ Guitar
Producer: Maggie Sansone
4. We Three Kings
medley of three tunes:
"March of The Three Kings," 13th century French:
Hammered dulcimer, harp, cittern.
"There Were Three Kings," Flemish carol:
Hammered dulcimer, cittern. Indian drum ~ Maggie.
"We Three Kings of Orient Are"
American carol: Hammered dulcimer, harp.
Artists:
Maggie Sansone ~ Hammered dulcimer, drum
Sue Richards ~ Celtic harp
Robin Bullock ~ cittern
Producer: Maggie Sansone
5. Coventry Carol
16th century English carol, Guitar-Maggie, tenor recorder, viola da gamba.
Artists:
Maggie Sansone ~ Guitar
Linda Lunbeck ~ Tenor recorder
Carolyn Surrick ~ Viola da gamba
Producer: Maggie Sansone
6. Good King Wenceslas
English carol. Hammered dulcimer, mandolin, violin, guitar.
Artists:
Maggie Sansone ~ Hammered dulcimer
Robin Bullock ~ Guitar, violin, mandolin
Producer: Maggie Sansone
7. Alle Psallite Cum Luya
13th century French medieval tune. Hammered dulcimer, harp, sopraniono and bass recorders, viola da gamba, zarb-Arabian drum.
Artists:
Maggie Sansone ~ Hammered dulcimer, guitar, drum, sleigh bells
Sue Richards ~ Celtic harp
Linda Lunbeck ~ Recorders
Robin Bullock ~ Guitar
Carolyn Surrick ~ Viola da gamba
Stream Ohrstrom ~ Zarp
Producer: Maggie Sansone
8. The First Noel
17th century English carol. Hammered dulcimer, harp, tenor recorder, guitar, viola da gamba.
Artists:
Maggie Sansone ~ Hammered dulcimer
Sue Richards ~ Celtic harp
Linda Lunbeck ~ Tenor recorder
Robin Bullock ~ Guitar
Carolyn Surrick ~ Viola da gamba
Producer: Maggie Sansone
9. Away In The Manger
Three different musical settings of the popular American carol. Hammered dulcimer, harp, viola da gamba, guitar-Robin (1st setting) and Maggie (3rd setting).
Artists:
Maggie Sansone ~ Hammered dulcimer, guitar
Sue Richards ~ Celtic harp
Robin Bullock ~ Guitar
Carolyn Surrick ~ Viola da gamba
Producer: Maggie Sansone
10. While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks
English carol with music by George Frederick Handel, 1729. Hammered dulcimer, harp, soprano and tenor recorders, violin, viola da gamba.
Artists:
Maggie Sansone ~ Hammered dulcimer
Sue Richards ~ Celtic harp
Linda Lunbeck ~ Recorders
Robin Bullock ~ Violin,
Carolyn Surrick ~ Viola da gamba
Producer: Maggie Sansone
11. Picardy Carol
French tune. Hammered dulcimer, harp, tenor recorder, viola da gamba.
Artists:
Maggie Sansone ~ Hammered dulcimer
Sue Richards ~ Celtic harp
Linda Lunbeck ~ Tenor recorders
Carolyn Surrick ~ Viola da gamba
Producer: Maggie Sansone
12. Silent Night
Austrian carol by Franz Gruber, 1818. Hammered dulcimer, harp.
Artists:
Maggie Sansone ~ Hammered dulcimer
Sue Richards ~ Celtic harp
Producer: Maggie Sansone
13. O Little Town Of Bethlehem
Two different musical settings. The first is the American carol by Lewis H. Redner, 1868. Hammered dulcimer, alto recorder, viola da gamba. The second is an English carol. Guitar-Maggie, tenor recorder, viola da gamba.
Artists:
Maggie Sansone ~ Hammered dulcimer, guitar, drum, sleigh bells
Sue Richards ~ Celtic harp
Linda Lunbeck ~ Recorders
Carolyn Surrick ~ Viola da gamba
Producer: Maggie Sansone
14. I Wonder As I Wander
American carol. Hammered dulcimer, tenor recorders, guitar, viola da gamba.
Artists:
Maggie Sansone ~ Hammered dulcimer
Linda Lunbeck ~ Tenor recorders
Robin Bullock ~ Guitar
Carolyn Surrick ~ Viola da gamba
Producer: Maggie Sansone
15. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
English carol with music by Felix Mendelssohn, 1840. Hammered dulcimer, alto and tenor recorders, guitar, viola da gamba.
Artists:
Maggie Sansone ~ Hammered dulcimer
Sue Richards ~ Celtic harp
Robin Bullock ~ Guitar
Carolyn Surrick ~ Viola da gamba
Producer: Maggie Sansone
16. We Wish You A Merry Christmas
English carol. Hammered dulcimer, cittern, guitar, violin.
Artists:
Maggie Sansone ~ Hammered dulcimer
Robin Bullock ~ Guitar, cittern, violin
Producer: Maggie Sansone
17. Jingle Bells (a reel)
American tune by John Peirpont. Adapted with new material.
Hammered dulcimer, sleigh bells- Maggie.
Artists:
Maggie Sansone ~ Hammered dulcimer, sleigh bells
Producer: Maggie Sansone
- People Look East Maggie Sansone 0:40
- We Wish You A Merry Christmas Maggie Sansone 0:38