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Grainger Night, Proms

Grainger Night, Proms

Date: 
Tuesday, 2 August, 2011 - 21:15
Grainger, Green Bushes (9 mins) Grainger, Molly on the Shore (5 mins) Grainger, Shepherd's Hey - medley (12 mins) Grainger, Early One Morning (5 mins) Grainger, Shallow Brown (8 mins) Grainger, Scotch Strathspey and Reel (9 mins) Interspersed with traditional and contemporary folk music, including material which formed the basis for Grainger's arrangements June Tabor singer Wilson Family BBC Singers (men's voices) Kathryn Tickell Band Northern Sinfonia John Harle conductor About this event Grainger is celebrated in a special Late Night sequence as star Northumbrian smallpiper Kathryn Tickell and friends take a fresh look at the prodigious activities of this wild colonial boy. A pioneering collector of folk music from around the globe and arguably the world's first crossover artist, Grainger explored new worlds and invented new sounds, by turns touching, funny and provocative. Special guests, including the distinguished English folk singer June Tabor, place his achievement in its folk-music context. There will be no interval