Gabriel's Message  /  Mediva


Festive Music from Medieval England





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2010
[55:00]

recording: March 2005 – Haileybury School, Hertfordshire









1. The angel Gabriel from heaven came   [0:39]

2. Nowell. This is the salutation of the angel Gabriel   [5:40]

3. Edi beo thu Hevene Quene   [5:53]

4. Nowell, nowell   [3:54]

5. Stella Maris Nuncuparis   [2:32]

6. As I lay upon a night   [6:30]

7. Salve virgo virginum   [2:33]

8. Nota   [2:01]

9. Ad rose titulum   [3:59]

10. Lullay - As I lay on yole night   [9:14]

11. Estampie   [5:21]

12. Veni mater gracie - Dou way Robin   [4:04]

13. Verbum caro factum est   [3:17]

hidden track: Angelus ad virginem   [6:18]




Mediva
Ann Allen

Yvonne Eddy • soprano
Anne-Maricke Evers • soprano
Clare Norburn • soprano

Arngier Hauksson • gittern, lute
Rebecca Austen-Brown • medieval fiddle
Ann Allen • shawms, recorders
Sarah Humphrys • shawms, recorders
Lester Bennett • percussion




Gabriel's Message is a celebration of Advent, gathering together pieces from 13th-15th century English manuscripts which depict the Angel Gabriel's visit to the Virgin Mary. Gabriel's Message is an anthology of Christmas past, from harsh winds to crackling fires, a peal of bells or a baby's cry, it captures the sounds of winter with both its hardships and its festivities.