Including:

The Book of Doves (Alasdair Roberts); Marshall-Burns; Sir Patrick Spens; The Duke of Athol’s March; Jamaican tunes (C. McNab); Paven (Duncan Burnett); Chiling O Guiry (Burk Thumoth); Alloway House; The Secret Kiss (James Oswald); The Scots Chaconne (John McLachlan?); Reading Ends in Melancholy (John Abell); Allegro from Quartetto Op 6 No 1 (J.G.C. Schetky); Black Jock including Black, White, Yellow and Green

Artists:

Concerto Caledonia / David McGuinness (harpsichord, fortepiano , reed organ, melodica); David Greenberg (violins); Chris Norman (flutes, whistle); Alison McGillivray (cello, viol); with Bill Taylor (clàrsach, bray harp); Elizabeth Kenny (lute, theorbo); Steve Player (guitar); Patsy Seddon (clàrsach); Sarah Bevan-Baker (violin); Nicolette Moonen (viola); and guests: Alasdair Roberts (v, guitar); Michael Marra (singer); Martin Carthy (v, guitar); Katharine Fuge (soprano).

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Four concerts at 2009's Edinburgh International Festival offered us a great opportunity to draw on our repertoire of the last 17 years, and to invite a few special guests to add some new discoveries along the way. This CD presents a selection of favourite moments from those evenings at the Hub, showing just some of the fun that we had there; everything you hear on this recording happened on stage in the shows (except the gun going off in the Tattoo at the Castle next door) … It's guaranteed live, and all the better for it!

Concerto Caledonia is Scotland’s early music group, bringing to life the classical and traditional music of the nation’s history. The group’s recordings include Robert Burns songs in their original versions, classical symphonies from Fife, early Scots fiddle music, and the unique sound of eighteenth-century Scottish-Italian crossover. Its contemporary recordings include music by Frank Zappa, Astor Piazzolla, Daniel Johnston and The Buzzcocks.

Recent live collaborations have included Bach’s St John Passion with guest director Mark Padmore, dub reggae Burns songs with Karen Matheson and Future Pilot AKA, and the story of Orpheus with extreme cabaret trio The Tiger Lillies at the 2007 Edinburgh International Festival.