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Evergreen Ensemble - One Hundred Days Away (CD ALBUM (1 DISC)) What did the early Australian colony sound like? Apart from 'Bound for Botany Bay', it's not a question we ask ourselves veryoften. But it's a question that Shane Lestideauhas set about trying to answer. Having just completed a master's degree on music in eighteenth-century Scotland, Shane was curious to know how much of this repertoire had been brought to Australia during the early years of European colonisation. The opportunity to research the topic was presented in the form of the 2019 National Folk Fellowship. It allowed her full access to the National Library of Australia's music collection, and she spentseveral weeks digging out the oldest and most interesting examples of Scottish baroque, classical and folk music as played and cherished byEuropean immigrants in Australia. The stylistic distinctions between these three genres of music are particularly blurred in Scotland where one commonly finds traditional Scottish airs used in chamber and orchestral music. When it came to recording these works, Shane needed a band of brilliant, versatile performers who could move seamlessly between styles and musical periods, who could play these works as they were intended to be played. And what a band it is, featuring the beautiful voice and harp playing of Claire Patti(The Velvetones), Shane Lestideau andBen Dollman(Australian Brandenburg Orchestra) on period violins, Rachel Johnstonon cello (formerly of the Australian String Quartet), and Emily-Rose árkova(from the genre-blending ensemble Chaika) on piano and piano-accordion. One Hundred Days Away, is a haunting album focusing on songs and tunes that are linked to the sea, a nostalgia for 'home', or the struggle to settle in unfamiliar lands. Part classical, part folk, part Scottish, part Australian, this album captures the musical Üand emotional Ülandscape of the early Australian settlement. Tracklistings: 1.Spreading the Sea-Wrack / Native Land, Adieu! 2.The Tasmanian Set:Mrs Huston's Strathspey / Major Laing of Burnside / LieutH. Brown, Derwent Rifles 1860 3.Gloomy Winter's NooAwa 4.Duet on Scottish Airs 5.Miss Ann Crocker's Waltz / Our Friends Over the Sea The Beggar's Opera Suite: 6.Ouverture 7.Love Will Find Out The Way 8.When She Came Ben She Bobbit/ Polwarton the Green 9.Greig's Pipes 10.Thou Ling'ringStar / Baillie Strathspey 11.Victoria Schottische / Picnic Polka 12.Auld Lang Syne
