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Vaughan Williams - Dives and Lazarus

Sara Mohr-Pietsch maps a musical route to Ralph Vaughan Williams' orchestral setting of the English folk song Dives and Lazarus.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch maps a musical route to Ralph Vaughan Williams' orchestral setting of the English folk song Dives and Lazarus. On the way, we hear other settings of the same tune that Vaughan Williams made and music that influenced him, with pieces by Richard Wagner and Maurice Ravel. There's music by Vaughan Williams' film collaborator Doreen Carwithen, plus folk song settings down ages, from Guillaume Dufay in the fifteenth century to John Coltrane in the twentieth.

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Last Sunday13:30
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    English Folk Song Suite

    Ensemble: Central Band of the Royal Air Force. Conductor: Duncan Stubbs.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Erbarm dich mein, o Herre Gott, BWV.721

    Music Arranger: Fred Thomas. Performer: Fred Thomas. Performer: Aisha Orazbayeva. Performer: Lucy Railton.
    • J.S. Bach: Three Or One - Transcriptions by Fred Thomas.
    • ECM New Series.
    • 5.

  • Guillaume Dufay

    Missa L'homme arme: Kyrie

    Conductor: Jeremy Summerly. Choir: Oxford Camerata.
    • Dufay: Missa L' Homme Arme.
    • Naxos.
    • 2.

  • Manuel de Falla

    Seven Popular Spanish Songs: VII Jota

    Performer: Tabea Zimmermann. Performer: Javier Perianes.
    • Harmonia Mundi.

  • Florence Price

    Five Folksongs in Counterpoint: I. Calvary - adagio vigoroso

    Ensemble: Avalon String Quartet.
    • Naxos.

  • Aaron Copland

    Variations on a Shaker Hymn (Appalachian Spring)

    Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas Collon.
    • Warner.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    I heard the voice of Jesus say [Kingsfold]

    Choir: Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital Chelsea. Performer: Joshua Ryan. Conductor: William Vann.
    • Albion Records.

  • Richard Wagner

    Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg (Prelude)

    Orchestra: Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Christian Thielemann.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Le tombeau de Couperin, M. 68: III. Forlane

    • Ravel: The Complete Solo Piano Works and Concertos.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Doreen Carwithen

    Men of Sherwood Forest (Overture)

    Music Arranger: Philip Lane. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Gavin Sutherland.
    • Dutton.

  • Hubert Parry

    An English Suite: V Pastoral

    • Boult Conducts Parry.
    • Lyrita.

  • Hubert Parry

    An English Suite: VI Air

    • Boult Conducts Parry.
    • Lyrita.

  • Percy Grainger

    Air and Variations on Byrd's 'Carman's Whistle'

    Performer: Piers Lane.
    • Grainger: Piano Transcriptions: Piers Lane, Piano.
    • Hyperion.
    • 1.

  • Trad.

    Greensleeves

    • Milestones of Jazz Legends - Avantgarde the New Thing, Vol. 1.
    • Documents 2.
    • 7.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    5 Variants of 'Dives and Lazarus'

    Orchestra: Hallé. Conductor: Sir Mark Elder.
    • HALLE.

Broadcast

  • Last Sunday13:30
    BBC Radio 3