Rounds

• Bird rounds
  Music by Beethoven, Caldara and Sheena Phillips, words by Wordsworth, Shelley, Tennyson and Paul Dunbar. For mixed or equal voices, in three and four parts. Full of interest for an audience and for singers (who will also enjoy the challenges in "Eagle"). 9m 20s.
• Knitting patterns
  Sheena Phillips has arranged three 18th c. rounds by Caldara and Telemann for SSAA voices, and given them new lyrics about … knitting! 4m 30s.
• Sounds of the singing school: A 5-part round from the American "singing school" tradition, exercising the skills that the singers were suppoosed to acquire. 2 to 3m.
• The sweet delights of love
  Lovers take note. This round sets out in praise of love, but foresees a lamentable end: six squalling brats and a scolding jade. From Jane Chattock's book, ed. Sheena Phillips. 1m 25s.
• Come buy my cherries
  Also known as The Dublin cries — each line of this cheerful and raucous round forms a competing set of street market cries: “fine parsnips”, “fruit in abundance”, etc. Dramatic interpretations encouraged! From Jane Chattock's book, attrib. Dr. Stevenson, ed. Sheena Phillips. 2m 30s.
• Come hither boy
  This mischievous round is a lesson for apprentices in business: often borrow, seldom lend, and never, never, never pay. From Jane Chattock's book, ed. Sheena Phillips. 1m 00s.
• Five forest rounds
  Five fun rounds by Emily Doolittle about turtle, fox, beavers, bat and bear, suitable for singers of any age.
• Christmas round a 4 voci
  Adoration of the Christ child is expressed here in a lovely canon by David Johnson. The text is based on Martin Luther's famous Christmas hymn Vom Himmel Hoch, as translated into Scots by the 16th century Wedderburn brothers. 1m 30s.
• Christmas canon a 6 voci
  “There is no rose of such virtue, as is the rose that bare Jesu”. A late-medieval English text set by David Johnson as an extremely engaging six-part canon with bell-like effects. 2m 00s.