Folk Song
Fay Hield & Shirley Collins - Two British Folk Singers
27 Nov 2016
Two British folksingers - at 81, Shirley Collins has released her first new album in 38 years; and the younger Fay Hield brings one out after a gap of only four. William Dart is a sucker for this sort… Audio
Oysterband +
17 Jul 2016
William Dart's theme is the British folk song and what happened to it in the hands of groups such as Fairport Convention, Bellowhead and Oysterband. Audio
GLINKA: Kamarinskaya
15 Jun 2015
Tchaikovsky called Glinka's Fantasy on two Russian Folksongs ‘the acorn from which the oak of Russian music grew'.
Orchestra Wellington/Marc Taddei Audio
John Amis Composer Portraits - Percy Grainger
16 Nov 2014
John Amis looks at the colourful and sometimes eccentric Percy Grainger, a world famous pianist, teacher and writer, who today is known mainly for his folk song arrangements. Recorded in 1981 (RNZ). Audio