
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.
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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: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Martin Carthy (Singer)
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Percy Grainger
Green bushes version for orchestra/ensemble
Performers: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Martin Carthy (Singer)
Broadcast
- Sat 2 Jul 2005 14:00ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 3