Catalogue
April 9th, 2010
HAVPCD292 – Among the Leaves so Green
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| Disk Title | Among the Leaves so Green |
| English and Scottish Folk-songs | |
| Choir | The Rodolfus Choir |
| Conductor | Ralph Allwood |
| Location | Eton College Chapel |
| Date Recorded | December 1995 |
| Audio Tracks | 18 |
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…
| Trk. | Duration | Track Title | Composer |
| 1 | 02:35 | Among the leaves so green, O | arr. John Byrt |
| 2 | 03:14 | Bushes and briars | arr. Donald James |
| 3 | 06:19 | Greensleeves | arr. R. Vaughan Williams |
| 4 | 05:13 | The three ravens | arr. Edward Chapman |
| 5 | 03:07 | O waly waly | arr. John Rutter |
| 6 | 03:14 | Early one morning | arr. David Willcocks |
| 7 | 01:52 | The keel row | arr. John Byrt |
| 8 | 03:22 | Swansea Town | arr. Gustav Holst |
| 9 | 03:55 | Strawberry Fair | arr. Donald James |
| 10 | 01:36 | Bobby Shaftoe | arr. David Willcocks |
| 11 | 04:12 | Afton Water | arr. David Willcocks |
| 12 | 02:46 | The oak and the ask | arr. Edward Bairstow |
| 13 | 02:29 | Dashing away with the smoothing iron | arr. John Rutter |
| 14 | 03:03 | The turtle dove | arr. R. Vaughan Williams |
| 15 | 04:29 | I love my love | arr. Gustav Holst |
| 16 | 03:18 | The sailor and young Nancy | arr. E. J. Moeran |
| 18 | 01:59 | Yarmouth Fair | arr. Peter Warlock |
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.
