Ronald Stevenson: Music for Accordion
Ronald Stevenson (1928–2015) is best remembered for his huge output of music for the piano, an instrument he played with a rare understanding of tonal colour. It was thus entirely within character that he responded enthusiastically to the opportunity to explore the musical possibilities of the accordion, most impressively in a ‘Dance Poem’ of some scale. Stevenson was also an inveterate transcriber, producing hundreds of piano versions of pieces written for other forces. Neil Sutcliffe here returns the compliment, transcribing one of Stevenson’s own piano works and five of his songs for accordion, pulling the classical world and Scottish traditional music a little closer together.
Neil Sutcliffe, accordion
Michae O’Rourke, percussion
Rosie Lavery, soprano
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The Harlot’s House: Dance Poem after Oscar Wilde (1988) (32:59)
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- Recitation: The Harlot’s House (1:58) Audio Player
- I. Lento, senza misura (1:49) Audio Player
- II. Andante (1:24) Audio Player
- III. Tempo di Valse – (1:15) Audio Player
- IV. Ragtime (2:08) Audio Player
- V. Andante (3:03) Audio Player
- VI. Molto moderato (2:21) Audio Player
- VII. Sarabanda con maesta (2:10) Audio Player
- VIII. Tranquillo con moto (3:10) Audio Player
- IX. Habanera – Tango (2:29) Audio Player
- X. Allegretto (2:07) Audio Player
- XI. Totentanz (2:24) Audio Player
- XII. Lento assai (1:22) Audio Player
- XIII. Tempo di valse (2:02) Audio Player
- XIV. Lento ma con moto (3:17)
South Uist (Hebridean) Folk-Song Suite (1969) (10:00)
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- I. Sailing Song (1:01) Audio Player
- II. A Witching Song for the Milking (1:41) Audio Player
- III. A Little Mouth Music (1:06) Audio Player
- IV. Waulking Song (1:32) Audio Player
- V. Spinning Song (0:44) Audio Player
- VI. A Tired Mother’s Lullaby (2:17) Audio Player
- VIII. The Christ Child’s Lullaby (1:39)
Five Songs (7:35)
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- Bubblyjock (1966) (1:15) Audio Player
- The Rose of All the World (c. 1966) (1:00) Audio Player
- The Buckie Braes (1965) (1:47) Audio Player
- Hallowe’en Sang (1965) (1:44) Audio Player
- Day is Düne (1965) (1:49)
A Celtic Cycle (1984-88) (10:33)
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- I. Celtic Lovesong: The Light and Dark of Love (4:13) Audio Player
- II. Celtic Lullaby (3:19) Audio Player
- III. Peaceful March of the Ever Young (3:01)
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