Sit Down Beside Me (2006)
In their inimitable style Pastance again bring together music from the folk traditions and the early music world. Played with flair and grace, there are well known songs to sing along with, new compositions for harp by Alex Cronin, hauntingly beautiful Sephardic songs and a couple of up-beat Renaissance dance tunes to get your toes tapping. The title refers to the chorus from the song "The Next Market Day". It’s also an invitation to set aside the pressures and stresses of modern life and be transported by the music.

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Sit Down Beside Me,
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The Players
Megan Cronin - voice, recorders, shawm, percussion
Myfanwy Dibben - voice, recorders
Chris Wheeler - voice, baroque guitar, acoustic guitar
James Gastineau-Hills - fiddle
Mathew Ridley - bass flute

The Instruments
Harp - 36 string, Andy Rigby 2000
Lute - 7 course Renaissance lute, Paul Thomson 2000
Baroque Guitar - Strato Anagnostis 1985
Acoustic Guitar - Martin
Recorders - Peter Kobliczek, Moeck
Bass Flute - Boaz Berney 2005
Shawm - Moulder
Violin - German, late 1900s

Recording
City Recital Hall, Angel Place, Sydney
West Recital Hall, NSW State Conservatorium of Music
May, June and October 2006

Engineered by Greg Simmons
Mastered by Meredith Brooks, Soundwarp
Cover Design by Hilary Rhodes
© 2006 All Rights Reserved

Total Playing Time 60’19’’

Catalogue Number: MOVE MCD333

Scottish, trad.
Sephardic, 15th C.
A. Cronin
English trad.
F. Furey
Scottish trad.
T. O'Carolan (1670 - 1738)
Scottish trad.
14th C.
J. Dunstable (d. 1453)
A. Cronin
Italian, 16th C.
Juan Aranez, 1624
English, 17th C.
J. Dowland
Sephardic, 15th C.
A. Cronin
words trad, music A. Cronin

Joy

falling through time

A Valley Fair

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