Songs

01 Tune-up Prelude in D major (Improvisation) - Shepherd

02 Let Us Break Bread Together - trad.

03 Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence - trad.

04 Be Thou My Vision - trad.

05 Let Thy Blood in Mercy Poured - trad.

06 Yesterday - Lennon/McCartney

07 Vaghe bellezze et bionde treccie d’oro (Prelude) - anon. A lute piece from the Italian Renaissance. The title loosely translates to “O vague, blonde beauties with golden braids”

08 Danza - anon. Another lute piece from the Italian Renaissance

09 Gagliarda - anon. Another renaissance lute piece which is also a lovey dance in 3/4 time. Usually paired with a pavane to balance it out and make a little suite.

10 Se io m’accorgo - anon. Another Renaissance tune whose full title is actually “Se io m'accorgo ben mio d'un altro amante” loosely translates to “If I am well aware of another lover.” The tune uses a lot of imitative dialogue in the B section which sometimes I keep purely matched in style and sometimes in disagreement like the title seems to suggest. I believe the text is taken from a medieval poem earlier in history.

11 Salterello - anon. A lively Italian dance originally from Tuscany.

12 Millennium Fair - Yasunori Mitsuda. This song was written for a Super Nintendo game called “Chrono Trigger” in 1995. I thought it appropriate since it shared the folklike, early music character of the previous renaissance tracks.

Personnel

Jay Shepherd - classical guitar

Album art is a rosette from Chartres Cathedral.

Recorded at HairyLarryLand on June 19, 2025.