This playlist surveys the relationship between folk music and early music through arrangements and the sharing of sound-worlds. It features folk tunes adopted by classical composers such as Byrd, Taverner and Josquin, and arrangements of English, Scottish and Welsh folk songs by Haydn and Beethoven. We visit Ireland through Irlandiani's two albums exploring the musical climate of Dublin in the 18th century, the Italian-Irish musical connections there at the time, and the compelling sound-worlds that can be accessed through the combination of period and folk instruments and instrumentalists. Finally, the playlist takes us to Andalusia to trace the origins of the Flamenco tradition, with tracks from Lux Musicae London's forthcoming album Secrets of Andalusia, supported by a grant from Continuo Foundation.

Listen below or on our Spotify playlist - 'Heritage and Identity'

Anonymous: Dindirin, dindirin

Lux Musicae London, Roberta Diamond, Victoria Couper, Daniel Thomson, Sophie Creaner

Traditional: Gallaway's Lament (Arr. for 2 Baroque Cellos & Percussion by Carina Drury)

Irlandiani: Carina Drury, Poppy Walshaw, John-Henry Baker

William Byrd: Browning (The Leaves Be Green)

The Kings Singers, Fretwork

Traditional: Samai Andalus

Lux Musicae London, Sophie Creaner, Konstantinos Glynos, Ignacio Lusardi Monteverde

Francis Hutcheson: To Sleep (Arr. for 2 Baroque Cellos & Violin by Carina Drury)

Irlandiani: Carina Drury, Poppy Walshaw, John-Henry Baker

Beethoven (Arr.): Come We Round a Cheerful Ring, WoO 152 No.8

Moccia Alessandro, Jerome Hantai, Sophie Daneman, Paul Agnew, Peter Harvey

Traditional: Neal - A Collection of the Most Celebrated Irish Tunes (1724): Ye Clarge's Lamentation

Irlandiani: Carina Drury, Aileen Henry

Haydn (Arr.): Waefu' heart, Hob.XXXIa:9

Dorothee Mields, Les Amis de Philippe

Traditional: Eileen Aroon

Irlandiani: Carina Drury, Poppy Walshaw

John Taverner: Western Wynde Mass: IIIa.Sanctus

Harry Christophers, The Sixteen

Turlough O'Carolan: Captain O'Kane

Irlandiani: Carina Drury, Eimar McGeown, Aileen Henry

Beethoven (Arr.): Again My Lyre, Op.108, No.24

Moccia Alessandro, Jerome Hantai, Sophie Daneman, Paul Agnew, Peter Harvey

Lorenzo Bocchi: Plea Rakeh Na Rourkough

Irlandiani: Carina Drury, Eimar McGeown, Aileen Henry

Josquin Des Prez: L'Homme Armé

The Tallis Scholars, Peter Phillips

Josquin Des Prez: Missa L'Homme Armé Super Voces Musicales - 1a. Kyrie 1

The Tallis Scholars, Peter Phillips

Beethoven (Arr.): The Lovely Lass of Inverness, Op.108, No.8

Moccia Alessandro, Jerome Hantai, Sophie Daneman, Paul Agnew, Peter Harvey

Carina Drury: Caoineadh

Irlandiani: Carina Drury, Poppy Walshaw, John-Henry Baker

Pierre Francisque Caroubel: Spagnolette

Lux Musicae London, Sophie Creaner, Mirjam-Luise Münzel, Toby Carr, Harry Buckoke

Haydn (Arr.): Jenny's bawbee, Hob.XXXIa:252

Dorothee Mields, Les Amis de Philippe