Quite playable yet exceptionally rewarding this easy three-movement suite is written in early English folksong style and effectively captures the mood of common folk living in the shadows of medieval castles. Includes: TheJolly Earl of Cholmondeley Ayre for Eventide and The Fiefs of Wembley. Dur: 5:00 (Grade 3)

Béla Bartók Complete Critical Edition Volume 38. Par BARTOK BELA. The third volume in the Complete Edition contains Bartók's works for piano solo composed between 1914 and 1920. Bartók's pianistic oeuvre from the years of World War I span a broadly varied spectrum; in addition to simple arrangements of folk music (15 Hungarian Peasant Songs, Sonatina) and original pieces for the concert podium (Su…

/ Orchestre

In his use of authentic Englsh folksongs Gnostic texts and Vedic hymns one can discern Holst’s search for a compositional Voice beyond the constraints of the European canon in the early 1900’s. In A Dream of Christmas Holstset a medieval carol in Dorian mode modulating to D for the words of Christ manifesting his fascination medieval English music. Harmonies in the refrain are all in th…