Hilary Campbell- Down By the Sea: Collection of British Folk Songs
Following it's award-winning Christmas album, Sleep, Holy Babe (Naxos 8.572868), Blossom Street explores a wide-ranging sequence of British folk song settings for choir, with a particular focus on the nautical. The repertoire embraces pioneers in the rediscovery and arrangement of folk songs such as Vaughan Williams, Grainger and Warlock, adds little-known gems by Holst and Bairstow, and also introduces vibrant new additions to the repertoire from contemporary composers, including James MacMillan and Judith Bingham and the conductor herself.
Tracklist:
- Lassie, Wad Ye Loe Me?
- A Lover And His Lass
- 5 English Folk Songs: 5 English Folk Songs: No. 1. The Dark-Eyed Sailor
- The Orphan Girl
- Yarmouth Fair
- Over The Moon
- Songs Of The North: Songs Of The North: No. 14. Mo Nighean Dubh (My Dark-Haired Maiden)
- Blow The Wind Southerly
- 12 Welsh Folk Songs: 12 Welsh Folk Songs: No. 4. Awake, Awake
- Among The Leaves So Green, O
- Skye
- Fare Thee Well
- All Things Are Quite Silent
- The Oak And The Ash
- The Sailor And Young Nancy
Following it's award-winning Christmas album, Sleep, Holy Babe (Naxos 8.572868), Blossom Street explores a wide-ranging sequence of British folk song settings for choir, with a particular focus on the nautical. The repertoire embraces pioneers in the rediscovery and arrangement of folk songs such as Vaughan Williams, Grainger and Warlock, adds little-known gems by Holst and Bairstow, and also introduces vibrant new additions to the repertoire from contemporary composers, including James MacMillan and Judith Bingham and the conductor herself.
Tracklist:
- Lassie, Wad Ye Loe Me?
- A Lover And His Lass
- 5 English Folk Songs: 5 English Folk Songs: No. 1. The Dark-Eyed Sailor
- The Orphan Girl
- Yarmouth Fair
- Over The Moon
- Songs Of The North: Songs Of The North: No. 14. Mo Nighean Dubh (My Dark-Haired Maiden)
- Blow The Wind Southerly
- 12 Welsh Folk Songs: 12 Welsh Folk Songs: No. 4. Awake, Awake
- Among The Leaves So Green, O
- Skye
- Fare Thee Well
- All Things Are Quite Silent
- The Oak And The Ash
- The Sailor And Young Nancy