Thomas Bending Dance List

October 17, 2023

Live music with Vicki Swan and Jonny Dyer

  • Flixton House — Brian Wedgbury 1989 in Playford Plus — Tune by Brian Wedgbury 1989
  • Barham Down — Dancing Master 1701 — Interpreted by Graham Foster 1985
  • Sapphire Sea — Christine Robb 2015 — Tune Tom Kruskal’s by Amelia Mason and Emily Troll 2006
  • Volpony — Walsh 1712 — Interpreted by Graham Christian 2004 — Tune by Henry Purcell 1690
  • Spring in Sebastopol — Philippe Callens 2004 in Seasons of Invention 2011 — Tune Boree from The Old Bachelor by Henry Purcell 1693
  • Delia — Ellen Taylor 1997 in Tom Cook’s Hunter’s Moon— Tune The Amorous Goddess by Samuel Howard 1744
  • Barbarini’s Tambourine — Walsh 1745 — Interpreted by Jacqueline Schwab 1987

 

September 19, 2023

  • Queen’s Jig — The Dancing Master 1713 — Interpreted by Cecil Sharp 1922 — Chris Dewhurst and Sue Stapledon, Playford Pops
  • The Shrewsbury lasses — Published by Thompson 1765 — Interpreted by Marjorie Heffer and William Porter 1931 — Bare Necessities, At Home
  • Ely Minster — The Dancing Master 1698 — Interpreted by Charles Bolton 2003 — Tune used here: Lavinia’s Waltz by Charlene Thomson — The Flying Romanos, Dancing Across the Atlantic
  • The Chocolate Round O — Fried de Metz Herman 1989 — Tune by Henry Purcell — The Assembly Players, A Purcell Ball
  • Apley House — The Dancing Master 1703 — Interpreted by Cecil Sharp 1922 — Bare Necessities, Strong Roots
  • Helena — Composed by Colin Hume 1988 — Tune by Colin Hume 1988 — The Rampions, Dances with a Difference 3
  • Mount Hills — The Dancing Master 1701 — Interpreted by Bernard Bentley 1965 — Tunes in this recording: Own tune / Stingo — Random, Toadstone
  • Siege of Limerick — The Dancing Master 1695 — Interpreted by Cecil Sharp 1922 — Tune by Henry Purcell — The Assembly Players, A Purcell Ball
  • Interval music: Gathering Peascods from The Dancing Master 1651 — Belshazzar’s Feast, The Food of Love
  • Final waltz — Luke’s Waltz by Penny Kempson — Out of Hand, Too Young to Drive the Bus

 

August 22, 2023

  • Holborn March — Wright 1740 — Interpreted by Pat Shaw 1963 — Nick Dewhurst and Chris Dewhurst, Brass tracks
  • A Double Duet — Gary Roodman 1999 — Tune Minuet by George Frideric Handel — MGM and Reunion New Friends
  • Zephyrs and Flora — The Dancing Master 1713 — interpreted by Bernard Bentley 1965 — Halsway Millennium Players, Ten Years On
  • Mile of Smiles — Joseph Pimentel 2012 — Tune by Dave Wiesler 2011 — Goldcrest (Daron Douglas, Paul Oorts, Dave Wiesler), Goldcrest Collection
  • The Drummer — Thompson 1757 — interpreted by Charles Bolton 1997 — Nick Dewhurst and Chris Dewhurst, Brass tracks
  • An Early Frost — Philippe Callens 2000 — Tune Midwinter Blossom by Bob Pasquarello 1989 — Joyful Noise and Hold the Mustard, Red Star Line
  • The Bishop — Thompson 1778 — interpreted by Marjorie Heffer and William Porter 1931 — Jonathan Cohen and David Fleming-Williams, Grand Master, Dancing Master
  • Never Love Thee More — The Dancing Master 1686 — interpreted by Cecil Sharp 1922 — Chris Dewhurst and Sue Stapledon, Playford Pops
  • Break music: The sweetness of Mary by Joan MacDonald Boes 1987(?) — Saltfishforty, Orkney Twister
  • Final waltz: Palomino waltz by Phil Cunningham — Aly Bain and Phil Cunningham, Five and Twenty

 

July 18. 2023

  • Bath Carnival — Thompson 1780 — interpreted by Marjorie Heffer and William Porter 1931 — Tune Keppel’s Delight — Jim Coleman and Denis Smith, The Apted and other country dances 2
  • Rózsa — Gordon Potts — Tune Miss Rowan Davies — Contrasaurus, Rex everything
  • Barham Down — Dancing Master 1701Interpreted by Graham Foster (1985) — Albireo, Binary
  • Volpony — Walsh (1712) — interpreted by Graham Christian — Tune by Henry Purcell 1690 — Joyful Noise and Hold the Mustard, Red Star Line
  • Maids’ Morris — The Dancing Master 1690 — interpreted by Cecil Sharp 1916 — The Orange and Blue, The English Dancing Master 1
  • Freeford Gardens — David and Kathryn Wright 1980 — Tune Edgeworth Bumpkins (1735) — Bare Necessities, Favorites of the Boston Centre 3: Simple Pleasures
  • Saint Martin’s Lane — The Dancing Master 1696 — Tune by Henry Purcell — The Assembly Players, A Purcell Ball
  • Break music: Brafferton Village by Kathryn Tickell (1987) — Kathryn Tickell, Strange but True
  • Final waltz : Emma’s waltz by Brian Stone — Albireo, Binary

 

May 16, 2023

Live music with Vicki Swan and Jonny Dyer

All dances adapted for lockdown by Thomas Bending 2020

  • Handel with Care — Gary Roodman in Additional Calculated Figures 1992 — Tune Bourrée from Water Music by George Frederic Handel 1717
  • The Duke of Kent’s Waltz — Cahusac 1802 — interpreted by Albert Simons 1970
  • Mutual love — Thompson 1777 — interpreted by Marjorie Heffer and William Porter 1931 in The Apted Collection — Tune The flight  published by Thompson 1777
  • My Lady Winwood’s Maggot — Young, The Dancing Master 3, 1726) — interpreted by Charles Bolton 1986 in Retreads 2
  • Heidenröslein —  Pat Shaw 1967 — Tune by Heinrich Werner 1829
  • Dunham Oaks — Brian Wedgbury (dance and tune) 1972