Three Folk Ballads

for solo baritone, string quartet and piano

These popular ballads, one from Great Britain and two from America, were arranged in 2018-2019. The audio files below were recorded in live performance at the Baltimore Museum of Art on May 24, 2023.  Program information about this work and the concert The Water is Wide - Music of Greg Bullen can be found here.

Duration: 18’20”

Lyrics for The Three Folk Ballads
Preview of score – The first two pages of each movement are visible here. If you may be interested in performing this work and would like to view the full score, please contact me.

I. Barbara Allen

II. A Border Affair

III. Sweet Betsy from Pike