Suite of Cotswold Folk Dances Movt. 6 Princess Royal

The "Suite of Cotswold Folkdances" (not to be confused with "Cotswold Dances") was commissioned by the Stroud Festival to celebrate HRH, the Princess Anne and her family taking up residence in the Cotswolds, near Stroud. �The suite of dances is based on traditional Morris tunes prevalent in the Cotswolds at the turn of the century. �Although the tunes themselves are left largely untouched, their implied harmonies and moods are treated more freely to create a balanced work for the concert hall. � Numbers 2, 3, and 4 may recall more familiar variants since it is in the nature of folksong/dance for there to be more than one version when examples were transmitted, not always accurately, by word of mouth or note of pipe. �Individual movements may be performed separately.