| Folk Songs from the British Isles Volume 1 arranged for flute (or violin or oboe) and harp Skaila Kanga |
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Skaila Kanga's colourful and imaginative arrangements of familiar pieces: ideal for concerts, background music and functions or for study and reference. For flute, (or violin or oboe) and harp. Four pieces are suitable for the Celtic harp and one piece is adaptable for Celtic harp (see Contents panel for details). Intermediate to advanced level.Folk Songs from the British Isles Volume 1
arranged for flute (or violin or oboe) and harp
Skaila Kanga
Contents
1. The Keel Row *
2. Blow the Wind Southerly **
3. The Ash Grove *
4. Endearing Young Charms
5. Morning Has Broken
6. The Rising of the Lark *
7. Scarboro' Fair *
8. Ye Banks and ye Braes
9 Drink to me Only
Pieces marked * are suitable for the Celtic harp & pieces marked ** is adaptable for Celtic harp
Introduction
This collection of folk songs was composed in six weeks for a CD recorded in l987 by Tommy Reilly, harmonica and Skaila Kanga, harp. It has been re-issued on the Chandos 'Collect' label (CHAN 6643) to commemorate Tommy Reilly's death in the autumn of 2001, and makes a very fine companion to this published collection.
The original idea behind each piece was to take the familiar folk song as a theme and to embellish it in as many different styles as possible. For example, the “Skye Boat Song” reminds us of a gently swaying gondola; “Early One Morning” reflects they hustle and bustle of dawn; “My Love is Like a Red, Red Rose” is in the style of Chopin;“Cherry Ripe” is a sailor's hornpipe and “Dashing Away with the Smoothing Iron” expresses the frustration of an everlasting chore.
Many friends have requested copies of this music over the years so I have decided to adapt the songs for flute (or violin or oboe) and harp. They can be played in any chosen group of songs as a suite or individually. A small group of the pieces are suitable for the clarsach
I dedicate this volume to Tommy Reilly.
Skaila Kanga, April, 2002
| Title: | Folk Songs from the British Isles Volume 1 |
| Arranged by: | Skaila Kanga |
| Contents: | 9 duets - see "contents" panel above |
| Instrumentation: | Flute (or violin or oboe) and harp |
| Level: | Intermediate to Advanced |
| Format: | A4 stapled |
| ISBN: | 9790708039501 |
| Publisher: | Alaw |
| Edition/Year: | 2002 |
| Origin: | UK |
| Our Ref: | Alaw018 V1 |