December 8-15, 2007
A Celtic Christmas
The Linn Barnes & Allison Hampton Celtic Consort
December 8-15, 2007
Linn Barnes, lutes, terz guitar, uilleann pipes, guitar
Allison Hampton, Celtic harp
Joseph Cunliffe, recorders, flutes, whistles
Steve Bloom, bodhran, tambour, triangle
Robert Aubry Davis, readings
PROGRAMME
La Lune De Noel - Linn Barnes
Reading: Christmas - John Bejeman
Lo How a Rose/Jeanette Isabella - German/French
The Shades of St. Germain - Barnes and Hampton
Reading: Climbing the Three Hills in Search of the Best Christmas Tree - Len Roberts
Country Dances:
Jenny Pluck Pears/Rufty Tufty/Ev Chistr Laou - English/English/Breton
Reading: A Child’s Christmas in Wales - Dylan Thomas
(with Cerridwen’s Dream by Barnes & Hampton)
People Look East /In Christ There is No East or West - French/Hymn
INTERMISSION
El Noy De La Mare - Spanish Carol
Two Jigs: Frahers’/ Garett Barrys’ - Irish
Morgan Magan - Turlough O'Carolan
Blessed Be That Maid Marie/Here We Come a Wassailing - English
Christmas Suite:
Adestes Fideles/It Came upon a Midnight Clear/Silent Night
Kemp’s Jig/Saltarello - English/Linn Barnes
About the Artists
Linn Barnes and Allison Hampton excelled as classical guitarists before making the decision to commit themselves to the study and performance of the lute. Mr. Barnes studied with Jose Tomas and John Marlow, and Ms. Hampton bears the distinction of being the first person to receive a degree with a major in lute from The American University. In addition to major appearances in the Washington area, the duo has performed throughout North America. Their European concert tours have been popular and highly acclaimed by the European press. Mr. Barnes and Ms. Hampton regularly tour France and Ireland, where they research Celtic and Irish music and perform in concert.
They have an extensive discography consisting of nineteen recordings encompassing solo, duet and ensemble performances of music drawn from both the Celtic and American traditions. Over the years, the two have added several more instruments to their performing repertoire, including the Celtic harp, guitar, mandolin, banjo, bass viol, dulcimer, and Uilleann pipes.
Steve Bloom launched his professional drumming career in 1969. He has performed and/or recorded in over a dozen countries from the Middle East to Nigeria to Canada. He co-founded Dance Place in DC in 1980; and currently plays with Ensemble Galilei, and Mambo Combo. He began an ongoing formal apprenticeship in Afro-Cuban bata and conga drumming in 1980. The Director of a DC-based Cuban folkloric ensemble called Havana Select, Bloom returned to Cuba in January, 2000, for several weeks’ advanced studies with three other members of the group. In addition to the regimen of study, Bloom received initiation from elder bata masters Pancho Quinto and Juan “El Negro” Raymat to play “Fundamento,” or consecrated bata, in Santeria ceremonies. This represents a great honor and responsibility in the Santeria community.
Joseph Cunliffe, flutist, composer, educator and distinguished recording artist, is featured on over 50 CDs of jazz, classical and ethnic music. He has recorded film music for the BBC, the Discovery Chan