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'Two Doves', and 'Pa Žaliu Užuołèiu' (Under the Green Oak) are traditional Lithuanian songs arranged for hand-made instruments, percussion & nyckelharpa. The hand-made instruments are the music-box roll (each note individually punched), and a lyre made from a wooden wine box. They were created a year ago to make music for a show based on a Lithuanian folk tale. The music is arranged & performed by Griselda Sanderson with Louis Bingham on percussion. This track is the fourth in a year-long project "Drawing Threads 2020" by Griselda Sanderson marking the UK's unfortunate departure from the EU. Visit her blog here...
www.grissanderson.com/drawing-threads-2020/

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Under the green oak I thresh the barley
And the straws fly away high above the oak
By the great Dunaj River there sits a girl
She brushes her hair, her yellow braid:
“Oh you my braid, my braid, the golden one,
Who shall you go to my dear?
Will it be a poor soldier or a captain?
Neither to the poor soldier nor to the captain
You, my braid, went to a foolish drunkard
He dried you out, just like a linden.

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from Drawing Threads 2020: Twelve Pieces from Europe, track released June 8, 2020
Arranged and recorded by Griselda Sanderson: nyckelharpa, musical box, lyre
Louis Bingham: percussion

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Griselda Sanderson England, UK

Griselda Sanderson plays bowed strings: violin, viola, nyckelharpa, viol & Hardanger. Her love is for traditional styles from the Eastern Mediterranean to Scandinavia, and her world music collaborations, compositions and arrangements reflect that diversity. Her playing has been described as “exceptionally expressive” (Angel Romero, World Music Central). She has also played for theatre, TV & film. ... more

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