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Come to the River
An Early American Gathering
Part I: Appalachian Wagon Train
TRAD/ NEW ENGLAND
Appalachian fiddle tunes, arr. Sorrell
1.
Appalachian Barn Dance
2:23
Swinging on a Gate - Give the Fiddler a Dram
SOUTHERN TRADITIONAL
collected by Alan Lomax
2.
Nobody But The Baby
2:00
as sung by Mrs S Carter in Mississippi; arr. Sorrell
KENTUCKY SPIRITUAL
collected by Cecil Sharp
3.
Hold On
2:28
as sung by the girls at Oneida School, Kentucky; arr. Sorrell
TRADITIONAL ELIZABETHAN/ APPALACHIAN
melody by Custer LuRue
4.
The Fox Went Out On A Chilly Night
2:22
THOMAS RAVENSCROFT
Traditional New England/Appal;achian, arr. Sorrell
5.
Willie, Prithee Goe To Bed
2:20
APPALACHIAN TRADITIONAL
arr. Bergman/Schiffer
6.
Ways Of The World/Dusty Miller
2:58
Part II: Love & Death
THOMAS RAVENSCROFT
Traditional New England/Appalachian, arr. Sorrell
7.
The Three Ravens
8:33
IRISH TRADITIONAL
arr. Stewart
8.
Lark In The Morning Medley
4:24
SOUTHERN TRADITIONAL
collected by Jean Ritchie; arr. Sorrell
9.
Old Virginny
2:57
arr. Schiffer
10.
the Girl Who Broke My Heart
2:24
APPALACHIAN/KENTUCKY TRADITIONAL BALLAD
arr. Sorrell/Jones
11.
Wild Bill Jones
3:50
Part III: Revival Meeting
KENTUCKY HARMONY, THE
arr. Sorrell
12.
Wayfaring Stranger
3:49
KENTUCKY TRADITIONAL FIDDLE TUNE
arr. Bergman/Sorrell/Schiffer
13.
Glory In The Meeting House
3:20
SACRED HARP
14.
Return Again/Savior, Visit Thy Plantation
3:02
15.
What Wondrous Love Is This
4:29
ANON
16.
Dances From New England & Ireland
4:41
The Rakes of Kildare - Langstrom's Pony - The Kitchen Girl - The Gravel Walk - Over the Isles to America
THE SOUTHERN HARMONY, 1835
17.
Morning Trumpet / Oh When Shall I See Jesus
3:45
SOUTHERN TRADITIONAL
18.
Down In The River To Pray
3:23
Bonus Track
SOUTHERN FIDDLE TUNE AND BREAKDOWN DANCE
arr. Sorrell
19.
Old Joe Clark
2:27
65:50
Chamber: Apollo's Fire
The Cleveland Baroque Orchestra
Conductor:Jeanette Sorrell
Notes
Apollo’s Fire conjures early 19th century rural Americana with Come to the River, an evocative and kaleidoscope journey through traditional folk songs and fiddle tunes, ballades and barn dances, and the indispensable Old Time revivalist meetings. This is music as old as the hills themselves, a melting pot of Irish, English and Scottish tunes which permeated Appalachian culture, and rural America based on field recordings of Old-Time and Appalachian singers. Come to the River was conceived by Apollo’s Fire founder Jeannette Sorrell who first began to identify with this music when, as a teenager, her family moved to the Shenandoah Valley in Virginia, and she landed her first job playing piano for the Greenway Southern Baptist Church. She draws on the expertise of the great folklorists Francis James Child and Alan Lomax, and British immigrant Cecil Sharp.
Come to the River features leading vocalists and instrumentalists practicing in the early American folk tradition. Fiddle, banjo, hammered dulcimer and Irish flute, with cello and harpsichord, back the vocalists’ beautiful, stark, open harmonies and shape-note hymns – tunes that are instantly recognizable and an indelible ingredient in American musical history.
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Unhesitatingly recommended.
James A Altena - Fanfare - November/December 2011
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