Track Listing

1. O Little Children/By Freedom Invited
2. Shuffling Song
3. Cup of Rejoicing/Primitive Dance Tune
4. Like Pretty Birds/Come Life, Shaker Life
5. Music on the Mountains
6. Parting Glass March
7. Canterbury Solemn Song
8. Burning Day
9. Heavy Cross/Mount Lebanon Solemn Song
10. South Union Marches
11. Savior's Watchword
12. Good Evening, My Friends/Mount Lebanon March
13. Ancients Song of Mourning
14. Step Tune/Who Will Bow and Bend Like the Willow
15. O Little Children (Reprise)

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #159512 in Music
• Brand: COULTER,W/PHILLIPS,
• Released on: 1996-02-01
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .23 pounds

Album Description
Completing the trilogy begun with Simple Gifts and Tree of Life, here is another collection of the dances, hymns and marches which were part of the Shakers' everyday lives and worship. Barry Phillips and William Coulter, once again join forces with longtime musical friends Shelley Phillips, Mike Marshall, Robin Petrie, Lars Johannesson, Laurie Hart, Neal Hellman and others in these lovingly arranged melodies.

The moods on Music on the Mountain, as on its predecessors, range from solemn to joyous; from exuberant to profoundly peaceful -- and underlying all are the fundamental Shaker ideals of simplicity and reverent humility. Like its companion albums, Music on the Mountain is filled with music to cheer the heart and lift the spirit.

About the Artist
William Coulter and Barry Phillips have been recording with Gourd Music since their debut album Orison in 1988. Since then they have produced two other volumes of instrumental arrangements of Shaker music -- Simple Gifts (1990), and Tree of Life (1993), as well as other recordings including William's Celtic Crossing (1995) and Barry's The World Turned Upside Down . (1992).

William's current passion is traditional Celtic music and songs, and he is preparing a second recording of instrumental Celtic music for Gourd. As well as performing and recording traditional music William also plays classical guitar and teaches at the University of California in Santa Cruz. Freelance recording engineering and producing, and regular visits to the park with his two year old son keep him busy the rest of the time.

Barry has been 'cellist and percussionist with Orison, Martin Simpson's Band of Angels and The Anjali Quartet . He received his MM in composition from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music in 1990. Moving back to Santa Cruz with his wife Shelley in 1991, he has been performing, recording and composing. Recently, he's been preparing for an upcoming Gourd album of early American country dance tunes.

Customer Reviews

Peaceful
Good music and arrangements. Some are peaceful, and some you want to kick up your hills. Song No. 13 is very beautiful.