Fantasia on Greensleeves by Ralph Vaughan Williams

Played by the Philidelphia Orchestra, Conducted by Eugene Ormandy. This famous piece was origianally written by Henry the Eighth for Anne Boelyn, and when discovered by Vaughan Williams in his trips to the english countryside, featured it in his opera Sir John in Love.

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[Gawaine687]

i got to play this with my high school orchestra several years ago, although the main part was performed by piccolo. it sounded nice, and was kinda fun; of course, being a violist, we only get the melody once or twice, if we're lucky.

[cutencrazy07]

I absoultely agree with you, I love vaughan williams piece as well. When i heard it i was impressed

[10Weedeater]

love this arrangement of Greensleeves 2 definite thumbs up.

[mothman197979]

I normal listen to Trance and Rock, however this kind of music puts me at peace. Maybe in time I will hear somthing like this in Heaven if God will, if God will. :)

[thebigJM92]

Thank you for posting this piece. It is so wonderful and Vaughan Williams did such an amazing job with it. However it wasn't actually composed by Henry VIII. That is a very widespread and popular myth. The first actual recorded mention of Greensleeves was in the period of Elizabeth 1, when it was recorded that a popular folksong from the north of England was being played in London

[fredster1618]

@helmet959 the melody in this version is different from the original song by one chord/note. it's hard to explain without showing, but you know how the melody has two halves that are similar? in the end of the first half, it's traditionally a major triad, but this version makes a minor triad, thus avoiding the minor 6th with respect to the home key

[davebex13]

@sydsalling when in harry potter?

[RGMX100]

this needs to be learnt for my music exam :(

[sydsalling]

This song is played in harry potter!

[helmet959]

I read somewhere that this version is one of only several popular recordings of this song that uses the more traditional Dorian scale in several places, avoiding the minor 6th. could someone elaborate more on this? my music theory is minimal.