The Folk Song Connection
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Ralph Vaughan Williams & the Lake Country
Vaughan Williams' particular form of greatness is not in saying things that have never been said before--but in presenting familiar or forgotten things in a way that makes them seem fresh and relevant.
In this hour, an exploration of two of Vaughan Williams' best-loved works--The Fantasia on Greensleeves and English Folk Songs Suite--and the folk music that inspired them.
Featured Recordings
| Ralph Vaughan Williams, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Vernon Handley [for the Fantasia on Greensleeves and English Folk Song Suite] |
EMI Eminence CD-EMX 2179 |
| Under the Greenwood Tree [for vocal of "Greensleeves"] |
Naxos 8.553442 |
| Vaughan Williams: The Collector's Edition, disc 10 [for original wind band version of English Folk Songs Suite] |
EMI 2066362
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| Heather Wood: Fast Folk (Vol. 3, No. 9), Songs of Tradition [for "Lovely Joan," whose tune is used as a secondary theme in the Fantasia on Greensleeves] |
iTunes download] |
| US Navy Sea Chanters: Homeward Bound [for "Seventeen Come Sunday"] |
Coker & McCree (iTunes download) |
| Anne Briggs: A Collection [for "My Bonny Boy"] |
Topic Records TSCD504 |
| Alan Lomax: Classic Ballads of Britain and Ireland, Vol. 2 [for "Blow Away the Morning Dew," sung by Emiliy Bishop] |
Rounder Records 1776 |
| The Gordons: Time Will Tell Our Story [for "John Barleycorn"] |
Blueberry Hill BBH 122 |
| Luke Kelly: Working Class Hero [for "High Germany"] |
Celtic Airs Records CACD0203 |
| HeartSounds: Behind the Green Bushes [for "Green Bushes"] |
HeartSounds 610 388 7523 |
| Martin Simpson: The Bramble Briar [for song, "Dives and Lazarus"] |
Topic Records TSCD513 |
| Bournemouth Symphony: English String Music [for Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus] |
Naxos 8.550823 |
