Indianapolis Early Music Pre-Festival

DAVID GREENBERG: MULTIPLE VOICES FOR ONE
SCOTTISH, CAPE BRETON, AND BAROQUE MUSIC FOR VIOLIN

Multiple Voices for One

Historically informed arrangements with creative twists
David Greenberg, Baroque & Octave violins

McG & G
Minuet in A with variations — William McGibbon (1690-1756), arr. D Greenberg
Grateful for These Gifts waltzing air — David Greenberg (b. 1965)

Sleepy Maggie’s Messenger
Allemande & Double — J.S. Bach (1685-1750), Partita No. 1 in B minor
Mo Chuachag Laghach [The Gentle Milkmaid] — old Scottish/Cape Breton reel
Sleepy Maggie reel — trad, Cape Breton setting
Sleepy Maggie reel — set by James Oswald, The Caledonia Pocket Companion (1747)
Messenger Reel — Owen Greenberg (b. 1993) & D. Greenberg

Gloomy & Enthralled
Lord Balgonie’s Favorite air — from Niel Now (1727-1807), A Fourth Coll. of Strathspey Reels (1800)
Adagio — J.S. Bach, Sonata No. 2 in A minor
Enthralled  — Oliver Schroer (1956-2008)

Barbara’s
Barbara’s Reverse Passacaille — D. Greenberg, written for Barbara Butler of Nova Scotia

Susan’s Klezmer Corrente
Corrente — J.S. Bach, Partita No. 2 in D minor
Susan’s Reel — D. Greenberg

John’s a-Jivin’
Sarabande & Gigue — J.S. Bach, Partita No. 2 in D minor
Deer John, A Cautionary Tail bluesy tune — D. Greenberg

Allemande Joy
Allemande — J.S. Bach, Partita No. 2 in D minor
Joy Go With My Love jig — Neil Stewart collection (1761)
Andrew Carr slip jig — Niel Gow, The Complete Repository collection (1799)
Marching to Mimbastica march — D. Greenberg
Doug MacPhee’s Reel — D. Greenberg

Savage Sarabande
Sarabande — J.S. Bach, Partita No. 1 in B minor
Mrs. Savage’s Whim triple hornpipe — Young’s Dancing Master vol. 1 (1713)
Young Damon’s Flight triple hornpipe — Young’s Dancing Master vol. 2 (1718)

Biber Passacaglia
Passacaglia in G minor — Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber (1644-1704), Mystery Sonatas