Six Studies on English Folksong by Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 - 1958)

Live peformance from Sunday, October 17, 2010 at St. Bede's Episcopal Church, Mar Vista, CA as part of the Friends of Music Series. http://www.stbedesla.org/music.htm

Paul Baker, harp; Johanna Sarah Borenstein, flute; William Wood, bassoon.

"I am told that when grapevines were first cultivated in California the vineyard masters used to try the experiment of importing plants from France or Italy and setting them in their own soil. The result was that the grapes acquired a peculiar individual flavor, so strong was the influence of the soil in which they were planted. I think I need hardly draw the moral of this, namely, that if the roots of your art are firmly planted in your own soil and that soil has anything individual to give you, you may still gain the whole world and not lose your own soul." Ralph Vaughan Williams -- National Music (1934)

1. Lovely On the Water or The Spring time of the Year
2. Spurn Point
3. Van Deiman's Land
4. She Borrowed Some of Her Mother's Gold or The Outlandish Knight
5. The Lady and the Dragoon
6. Six As I Walked Over London Bridge or Georgie

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