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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 ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ 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.

1 hour

Last on

Sat 2 Jul 2005 14:00

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Music Played

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    5 Variants of 'Dives and Lazarus' for string orchestra & harp[s]

    Performers: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Martin Carthy (Singer)

  • Percy Grainger

    Green bushes version for orchestra/ensemble

    Performers: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Martin Carthy (Singer)

Broadcast

  • Sat 2 Jul 2005 14:00