Description
The Oak and The Ash
by Liz Sharma
for Flute Ensemble
4 flutes, alto, bass
Based on the English Folk Song of the same name, this piece was written whilst composer in residence for the Leipzig Bassoon Festival. Following the initial Theme, the Variations depict the groups of people the maid meets.
The Oak and The Ash
“A North country maid came to London and stayed
although with her nature it did no agree,
She sobbed and she sighed and bitterly she cried,
and she wished one again in the North she could be”