Isles of Scilly U3A Music Appreciation Group

Spirituals and Other Ethnic Music

Thursday 30 May 2019, April Cottage, 10 -12 am

1. Five Spirituals from A Child of Our Time by (1905-1998) sung by ‘The 16’, conducted by Harry Christophers. In the , inspired by Nazi atrocities, the spirituals take on the roles of the chorales in a Bach passion. Mike

2. Wade in the Water, a negro spiritual arranged by Moses Hogan and sung by Bridget Bazile . Susie

3. Northumbrian folk songs – Sung by Kathleen Ferrier (1912-1953): Come ye not from Newcastle?; Kitty my love (pianist Frederick Stone); The keel row; Ma bonny lad; Blow the Wind Southerly (pianist Phyllis Spur). Kathleen excelled at traditional airs and was a much loved artist. Her recitals rarely concluded without encores. Janet

4. Scarborough Fair. Sung by The Spinners with Maggie May Alba

5. Appalachian Spring, ballet music by Aaron Copland (1900-1990) based on Shaker hymns. New York Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Leonard Bernstein. Mike

6. Glory, glory hallelujah, a negro spiritual sung by the Soul Stirrers Susie

7. Estancia suite (Ranch) -1941- by the Argentinian composer Alberto Ginastera, played by the Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela. Alba

8. Whither must I wander? From ‘Songs of travel’ by Ralph Vaughan-Williams (1872-1958). Sung by Bryn Terfel, Based on a poem by Robert Louis Stevenson but very much in the folk music style. Mike

9. Swing low sweet chariot, a Negro spiritual sung by Harry Belafonte. Susie

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10. Captain Stratton’s Fancy, English folk song set by Peter Warlock (1894-1930) and sung by Robert Lloyd, bass. Mike

11. She moved through the fair, a traditional Irish folk tune sung by Marianne Faithfull. Susie

12. Yarmouth Fair, English folk song set by Peter Warlock and sung by Owen Brannigan, bass Mike

13. Dashing away with a smoothing iron, folk tune set by John Rutter (1945-) and sung by The Cambridge Singers. A traditional English Folk song about a woman carrying out one part of her linen chores each day of the week. Susie

14. Wild mountain thyme (also known as Purple heather) and Will ye go, lassie, go? Sung by Scocha. Lyrics and melody by Scottish poet Robert Tannahill (1774-1810) and Scottish composer Robert Archibald Smith (a variant of the song The Braes of Balquither) Susie

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