--The Ainsworth psalter. Psalm 108. [Narration]: Departure from Leyden. Psalm 3. [Narration]: Arrival in the New World. Psalm 136. Psalm 15. [Narration]: The first spring. Psalm 21. Psalm 24. [Narration]: Thanksgiving. Psalm 23. Psalm 34. [Narration]: The Pilgrim spirit. Psalm 100.--English madrigals: My bonnie lass she smileth. April is my mistress' face. By Morley. Fire, fire, my heart, by Weelkes [i. e. Morley] The silver swan, by Gibbons. As Vesta was from Latmos Hill descending, by Weelkes. Fair Phyllis I saw, by Farmer. Weep you no more, sad fountains, by Dowland. Willy, prithee go to bed, by Ravenscroft.
"Narration: Excerpts from Gov. Wm. Bradford's Of Plimoth plantation." Edition recorded: New York, Knopf, 1952. Program notes by Theresa Putnam on slipcase include texts of the Psalms and madrigals.
Participant/Performer Note
New England Conservatory Alumni Chorus; with James Pease, baritone soloist and narrator; Lorna Cooke De Varon, conductor.