Episode 732, Folk Songs Around the World

Do you have a favorite kind of folk music? On this episode of Wind & Rhythm, we listen to folk music from around the world by composers Philip Sparke, Bela Bartok, Jan Van der Roost, and Frank Ticheli, all right here, at the gathering place for people who love band music.

Folk Dance
  Dmitri Schostakovich
  US Coast Guard Band, Commander Kenneth W. Megan

Romanian Folk Dances
I. Stick Dance
II. Sash Dance
III. In One Spot
IV. Dance of Buchum
V. Roumanian Polka
VI. Fast Dance
  Bela Bartok, arr. Kobayashi
  University of Florida Clarinet Ensemble, Mitchell Estrin

Three English Folk Song Miniatures
I. The Fisherman's Song: Dance to Your Daddy
II. The Love Song: O Wally Wally
III. A Song From The Northwest of England: Bobby Shafto
  Philip Sparke
  Concert Band of the German Armed Forces,
  Christoph Scheibling

Variations On A Korean Folk Song
  John Barnes Chance
  Massachusetts Wind Orchestra, Malcolm W. Rowell, Jr.

Finnish Folk Song Suite
  Jan Van der Roost
  The Johan Willem Friso Military Band, Jan de Haan

Cajun Folk Songs (1)
I. La Belle et la Capitaine; II. Belle
Cajun Folk Songs (2)
I. Ballad; II. Country Dance
  Frank Ticheli
  Michigan State University Wind Symphony,
​  John Whitwell