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This arrangement of the Irish folksong She Moved Through the Fair was written for the contralto Victoria Shone, and given its first performance by her, with Patrick Larley accompanying, in July 2003.
Another verse (the third) was added to the original version at the request of Carola Darwin.
The Chantry Folksongs were commissioned by Chantry Quire of Chichester as part of their 10th anniversary celebrations.
Four composers were asked to choose a folksong from England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales, and to arrange it for
unaccompanied SATB. Two of the composers followed the brief.
The folksongs are The Braes O' Balquhidder from Scotland, arranged by Neil Sands, He Gives His Beloved
Certain Rhymes, an Irish text by WB Yeats set by Patrick Larley, Suo Gân, a Welsh folksong
arranged by Victoria Larley, and The Keel Row, from England, arranged by James Webb with a piano accompaniment.
The set of contrasting folksongs was first sung by Chantry Quire in 2010.
Setting of the archetypal prayer, written for the 60th birthday of the composer's father, Patrick Larley.