My arrangement of the folksong Bingo (commissioned by conductor Jo Williamson for Hereford Cathedral School’s Cantabile Girls Choir) will be performed on Thursday 4th July at the Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod, directed by Jo Williamson and accompanied by Dane Preece.
The folksong Bingo is not the well-known “B-I-N,G,O” version (though this refrain makes an appearance), but an alternative song which I first heard on one of my parent’s LP’s of folksongs performed by Wilfred Brown and John Williams (listen here – Bingo at 2:06). I’ve arranged the song as a fun, virtuosic, competition piece, and as a somewhat more child-friendly counterpart to my arrangement of Drunken Sailor (watch/buy here)!
Cantabile have a long history of success at Llangollen, and I’m sure this year will be no different!