Further Listening: British Folk

Lesson 5: British Folk Music

Your worksheet for today's lesson is here: O Waly Waly Score

CHALLENGE 1: Find a FAMOUS British or Irish Folk song.

What British folk songs do you know?

CHALLENGE 2: O Waly Waly

Listen to and look at the score of John Rutter's Arrangement of the traditional folk tune 'O Waly Waly' for choir.

How has Rutter developed the accompaniment for this piece?

'O Waly, Waly' by John Rutter & The Cambridge Singers.mp3

John Rutter's O Waly Waly arranged for Choir

Suite - O, Waly Waly.mp3

John Rutter's Suite: O Waly Waly arranged for String Orchestra

O Waly Waly.pdf

Challenge 3: Folk Music and Dances in Symphonies

Using our knowledge organisers from earlier in the year and further research, create a revision resource referencing symphonies over time which have been influenced by Dance and Folk music.

You should consider:

Bonus: Listen to Beethoven's 6th Symphony - Pastoral and include notes

Symphonies we have covered

Stammitz - Symphony in D major op3 

Haydn - Surprise 

Beethoven - Symphony 3 Eroica 

Berlioz - Symphonie Fantastique  

Dvorak - New world 

Smetena - Mavl azst 

Beethoven - 5th Symphony 

Mahler - Symphony of a thousand 8 

Haydn - London

Mendelssohn - Italian

Mozart - G minor

Debussy - Prelude a l’apres midi d’un faune