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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 麻豆社 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: 麻豆社 Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Martin Carthy (Singer)

  • Percy Grainger

    Green bushes version for orchestra/ensemble

    Performers: 麻豆社 Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Martin Carthy (Singer)

Broadcast

  • Sat 2 Jul 2005 14:00