Folk Songs

Azerbaijan: Gul Achdi-Choral arrangement of Azerbaijani folk song, featuring piano solo maqam.

Kenya: Kongolo-Two traditional Kenyan songs woven together in this children's choir arrangement.

Kenya: Herua- Sylvester Makobi blends traditional Kenyan styles together in his performance of the Kenyan folk song, "Herua."

Korea: "Arirang," Korea's most beloved folk song, features the song alongside traditional gayageum accompaniment and descant harmonies.

Korea: Santoki, "Mountain Bunny," is a traditional Korean children's folk song.

Russia: Karavai is a Russian circle birthday game centered around the traditional Karavai birthday cake.

Sweden: Har Du Sett Min Sk ä lleko? Have you seen my cows? Swedish folk song with rhythmic ostinati overlay.

Sweden: Lunka på-Swedish circle game

Sweden: Min Rose, Min Lilja-Swedish lullaby

Sweden: Tula Hem Och Tula Vall Tula here, tula there. Swedish cow herding song

Go Tell Aunt Rhody: Kate Long sings the verses, weaving in and out of major and minor, much as Burl Ives did.

Lightly Row: Children's folk song sung in A Major.

Hi, Said All The Birds: Variation on "Leather-Winged Bat" and "Bird Courting Song," for voices and string quartet.

I See the Moon: Variation on the folk song, "I See the Moon and the Moon Sees Me."

As I Was Going to St. Ives: Setting of the poem for voice and string quartet.

Hickory Dickory Dock

Queen of Hearts: Poem

Three Blind Mice: Setting of the poem for voice, piano, cello and violin

It Takes a Village: African proverb about entire communities playing roles in the upbringing of a child.

Kola Per: Ghanaian proverb about cats and mice learning to live in harmony.

Nebour Dang: Ghanaian proverb about unearthly beauty of butterflies.