AMONG THE LEAVES SO GREEN

English and Scottish Folk-songs

 

1          Among the leaves so green, O     arr. John Byrt    02:35

2          Bushes and briars          arr. Donald James          03:14

3          Greensleeves     arr. R. Vaughan Williams 06:19

4          The three ravens            arr. Edward Chapman     05:13

5          O waly waly       arr. John Rutter  03:07

6          Early one morning          arr. David Willcocks        03:14

7          The keel row      arr. John Byrt    01:52

8          Swansea Town   arr. Gustav Holst            03:22

9          Strawberry Fair  arr. Donald James          03:55

10         Bobby Shaftoe   arr. David Willcocks        01:36

11         Afton Water       arr. David Willcocks        04:12

12         The oak and the ask       arr. Edward Bairstow      02:46

13         Dashing away with the smoothing iron      arr. John Rutter  02:29

14         The turtle dove  arr. R. Vaughan Williams 03:03

15         I love my love   arr. Gustav Holst            04:29

16         The sailor and young Nancy        arr. E. J. Moeran            03:18

18         Yarmouth Fair    arr. Peter Warlock          01:59

 

The Rodolfus Choir / Ralph Allwood

 

Recorded Eton College Chapel December 1995

 

Interest in folk culture was a product of the Romantic movement. The first manifestations were in Germany... The English Folk Song Society was founded in 1898, and the systematic collection of folk-songs began. 'Literate' musicians such as Cecil Sharp, Ralph Vaughan Williams and Percy Grainger went out into the rural areas of Britain and noted down traditional songs from the lips of the singers who remembered them... Many collections were issued...

 

The Rodolfus Choir is made up of young people up to the age of 25 chosen from past and present members of the Eton Choral Courses for prospective choral scholars. Their founder and director, Ralph Allwood, is Precentor and Director of Music at Eton College.

 

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