The Age of Chivalry tells of a time of kings and queens… of legendary knights and honourable battle… a time when gentlemen laid their cloaks in puddles and fought to protect the fair maidens of the realm… and a time when magic and witchcraft were powerful forces in the land.
Imagination fuels legend, and this recording is full of imagination bringing music from a wide diversity of genres together under the spell of the age of chivalry.
Original brass musicย such as The Kings Herald from ‘Pageantry’ isย thrown into the meltingย pot with music from the movies (For the Love of a Princess), from the classics (The Scorcerer’sย Apprentice)ย and the world of rock with a Queen trilogy which includes Fat Bottomed Girls and Don’t Stop Me Now, to create a musical potion to satisfy all tastes.
Conductor Philip Harper provides original works as well as arrangements, including ‘The Royal Game‘, to compliment works by the likes of Herbert Howells and Denis Wright.
Track Listing:
| Of Kings | ||
| 1. | Kings Herald (from ‘Pageantry’) | Herbert Howells |
| 2. | The Earl of Oxford’s March / King John’s Hunting Jig | arr. Elgar Howarth |
| ย Of Fair
Maidens |
ย | |
| 3. | Greensleeves | arr. Howard Snell |
| 4. | For the Love of a Princess (from ‘Braveheart’) | James Horner |
| ย Of Legendary Knights and Battle | ย | |
| 5. | The Royal Game | Philip Harper |
| Suite : Tintagel | Denis Wright | |
| 6. | i.ย ย King Arthur | |
| 7. | ii.ย Elaine | |
| 8. | iii.ย Merlin the Magician | |
| ย Of Queen’s | ย | |
| 9. | Introduction | |
| 10. | Don’t Stop Me Now | Freddie Mercury |
| 11. | Who Wants to Live Forever | Brian May |
| 12. | Fat Bottomed Girls | Brian May |
| ย Of Magic | ย | |
| 13. | The Wizard | George Allen |
| 14. | Midnight | Lucy Pankhurst |
| 15. | The Witch of the Westmerlands | Archie Fisher |
| 16. | That Old Black Magic | Harold Arlen |
| 17. | The Scorcerer’s Apprentice | Paul Dukas |
