Folk Music in Classical Music
Stephen Johnson and Martin Carthy look at how Percy Grainger and Ralph Vaughan Williams used folk-song material in their compositions. Includes Vaughan Williams's Five Variants on Dives and Lazarus.
Stephen Johnson joins the members of the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Scottish Symphony Orchestra conducted by Christopher Austin and the traditional folk-singer Martin Carthy for a look at the imaginative ways in which Percy Grainger and Ralph Vaughan Williams have used folk-song material in their compositions. The programme includes a complete performance of Five Variants on Dives and Lazarus by Vaughan Williams.
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Folk Music
Duration: 38:12
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
5 Variants of 'Dives and Lazarus' for string orchestra & harp[s]
Performers: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Martin Carthy (Singer)
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Percy Grainger
Green bushes version for orchestra/ensemble
Performers: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Martin Carthy (Singer)
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- Sat 2 Jul 2005 14:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3