For the American professor of political science, see
M. Crawford Young.
Crawford Young is an American
lutenist and
musicologist residing in
Basel,
Switzerland. He is the director of the Ferrara Ensemble, Ensemble Project Ars Nova, Shield of Harmony, and is a long time accompanist of
Andreas Scholl.[1][2][3]
In 1982, Young was a founding member of Ensemble P.A.N. (Project Ars Nova), along with Laurie Monahan (mezzo-soprano), Michael Collver (countertenor and corno muto)[6] and first performed in Paris in 1982. For their American debut in Boston in 1984,
Shira Kammen (bowed strings) and John Fleagle (tenor and medieval harp) joined the group. The group ceased to perform in 1999, following the death from cancer of John Fleagle.[7]
The Basel-based Ferrara Ensemble was founded almost simultaneously with Ensemble P.A.N., in 1983. Since the ensemble includes students at the Schola Cantorum, membership is fluid. Members have included: Randall Cook (
viola d’arco,
vielle), Lena Susanne Norin (contralto), Kathleen Dineen (soprano), Debra Gomez (harp), Stephen Grant (baritone), Norihisa Sugawara (lute), Marion Fourquier (harp), Miriam Andersen (mezzo-soprano, harp), Masako Art (harp), Raitis Grigalis (baritone), Els Janssens (mezzo-soprano), Eve Kopli (soprano), Jessica Marshall (viola d’arco), Eric Mentzel (tenor), Karl-Heinz Schickhaus (
dulce melos).[8]
Young is considered by many to be the premier interpreter of repertory for Medieval and Renaissance lute.[9]
Publications
Chapter 25 On the trail of ensemble music in the fifteenth century in Companion to Medieval and Renaissance Music.[10]
Recordings
With Ensemble P.A.N. (Project Ars Nova)
Ars Magis Subtiliter. Secular Music of the
Chantilly Codex. New Albion Records, 1989.
The Island of St. Hylarion. Music of Cyprus 1413-1422. New Albion Records, 1991.
Hommage to Johannes Ciconia. ca. 1370-1412. New Albion Records, 1992.
Machaut: Remède de Fortune. New Albion Records, 1994.
Unseen Rain: Music by
Robert Kyr. New Albion Records, 1994.
Forse che si, forse che no - Musique de danse du Quattrocento. Fonti Musicali 182.
Hildebrandston: Chansonniers Allemands du XVe siècle. Producer
Michel Bernstein Arcana A35.
Balades a III chans de Johan Robert "Trebor" & al. Arcana A32 1994 "Helas pitié envers moy dort si fort" etc. reissued in Figures of Harmony: Songs of Codex Chantilly c.1390 4CD 2015
Fleurs de vertus: Chansons subtiles à la fin du XIVè siècle. Arcana A40 "Pictagoras Jabol et Orpheüs" etc. reissued in Figures of Harmony: Songs of Codex Chantilly c.1390 4CD 2015
The Whyte Rose: Poétique anglo-bourguignone au temps de Charles le Téméraire. Arcana A301.
En doulz chastel de Pavie: Chansons à la cour des Visconti, 1400. (Songs for the court of Visconti, 1400)
Schola Cantorum Basiliensis "Documenta", Harmonia Mundi 905241[14] "De ma doulour" reissued in Figures of Harmony: Songs of Codex Chantilly c.1390 4CD 2015
Machaut: Mercy ou Mort - Chansons & motets d'amour. Arcana A305[15]
Walter Frye: Northerne Wynde. Marc Aurel Edition 20018
Corps Femenin: L’avant-Garde de
Jean Duc de Berry.Senleches,
Trebor,
Solage. Arcana, recorded 2000 & 2008,[16] issued 2010. Angelorum psalat tripudium etc. reissued in Figures of Harmony: Songs of Codex Chantilly c.1390 4CD 2015