Indiscretion
The Curious Bards, Quentin Viannais, Ilektra Platiopoulou, Samuel Sérandour, Pierre Gallon
The musicians’ description of this music as ‘new treasures waiting to be unearthed’ is indeed warranted. After a while a diet of jigs and reels can get a bit samey, but there is also much variety...
Indiscretion
The Curious Bards, Quentin Viannais, Ilektra Platiopoulou, Samuel Sérandour, Pierre Gallon
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The musicians’ description of this music as ‘new treasures waiting to be unearthed’ is indeed warranted. After a while a diet of jigs and reels can get a bit samey, but there is also much variety...
About
Following on their impressive debut album ‘[Ex]tradition’, The Curious Bards – an early-music ensemble founded by violinist Alix Boivert in 2015 – continue to explore material from the Scottish and Irish folk traditions preserved in 18th-century publications.
This new collection of airs and dances is a chance to discover more of this fascinating repertoire, in which the distinctions between serious music and popular inspiration need no longer apply.
Contents and tracklist
- The Curious Bards
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Strathspeys "Miss Clementina Sarah Drummond of Perth - The Marquis of Huntley's Farewell - Mr Moore's Strathspey"
Work length2:36
- The Curious Bards, Quentin Viannais
- The Curious Bards, Ilektra Platiopoulou
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Reels "Miss Rose of Tarlogie's Reel - Colonel Mc Beans Reel - Mr Reid's Reel - Anonymous"
Work length3:45
- The Curious Bards, Samuel Sérandour
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Air & 2 Slip Jigs "Huntingtone Castle - I have a Wife o' my ain - Hey me Nancy"
Work length5:27
- The Curious Bards
- The Curious Bards, Pierre Gallon
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Reels "The Perthshire Hunt - Mrs James Erskine of Kirkwall's Reel - Mrs Gillespies Reel"
Work length2:16
- The Curious Bards
- The Curious Bards
- The Curious Bards, Pierre Gallon
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Reels "Scots Lament by Mr Oswald - Miss Preston Ferntons Reel - Miss Johnstons Reel - The Countis of London's Reel"
Work length4:56
- The Curious Bards
- The Curious Bards, Ilektra Platiopoulou
Awards and reviews
November 2023
The musicians’ description of this music as ‘new treasures waiting to be unearthed’ is indeed warranted. After a while a diet of jigs and reels can get a bit samey, but there is also much variety to be savoured, and it’s all excellently played, generating the convivial intimacy of performance in a lost age.
