Max Volbers: Second Single Release of “Foreign Masters” (August 2024)

Recorder player Max Volbers released at the end of July his second single from his new album “Foreign Masters”: Barsanti: The lass of Peatie’s Mill,
recorded by Max Volbers (recorder) and Alexander von Heißen (harpsichord) is available on all digital music platforms.

The album “Foreign Masters” will be released in September on Berlin Classics.

Link to all released singles

Francesco Barsanti came to London as a young man in 1714 and travelled on to Scotland in 1735. There he fell in love with both a Scottish woman and with the Scottish tunes. Inspired by this, he published a whole ‘Collection of Old Scots Tunes’, adding his own basso continuo to the melodic lines. “The lass of Patie’s mill” is a beautiful, simple tune and was incredibly popular. Unfortunately, the original lyrics have not survived. – Max Volbers