Folksongs
17 October 2025, 5:15pm - 6:15pm
Folksongs arguably represent the original storytelling in song, and they form the basis of this recital from baritone George Robarts and pianist Thomas Eeckhout. They include a mixture of songs and shanties from England, Scotland and Ireland, with arrangements by the ever-inventive Percy Grainger, as well as Britten, Purcell, Gurney, Ravel and Vaughan Williams.
Programme
- Henry Purcell (1659 - 1695)
- ‘Twas within a furlong of Edinboro’ Town
- Percy Grainger (1882 - 1961)
- Drowned
- Maurice Ravel (1875 - 1937)
- Chanson écossaise (1909)
- Ivor Gurney (1890 - 1937)
- The twa corbies
- Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 - 1958)
- Harry the tailor
- Anon. arr. Britten
- Greensleeves
- Anon.
- O death, rock me asleep
- Percy Grainger (1882 - 1961)
- Molly on the shore
- The pretty maid milkin’ her cow
- Arnold Bax (1883 - 1953)
- Cradle Song
- Percy Grainger (1882 - 1961)
- Skye Boat Song
- Shallow Brown
- Trad. arr. Thomas Eeckhout
- The maid of Amsterdam
- Benjamin Britten (1913 - 1976)
- The crocodile
