In Standford's words regarding Folksongs, ‘A long fascination with putting folksongs from around the world into what might be regarded as an over-sophisticated context led me to some compositional adventures back in he 1970s. Hungarian, Russian and Latin American songs and dances found their way into sets of string orchestra pieces. A group of Danish folksongs made this piano suite, French songs had first a violin and piano accompaniment and then became a set for wind quintet. These works are an appreciation of the folksongs rather than any endeavour to improve them.’ 

Written for Ulla Vangsgaard.