The Norwegian band called Barokksolistene is out to give classical music a bad name. They’re trying to drag classical music – and especially Baroque music – down to the level of folk musicians fiddling in back of a pub. We here at WNYC fully support this sort of thing. Led by violinist Bjarte Eike, the band Barokksolistene has created a project they call The Alehouse Sessions, where they merrily blend together the sounds of Baroque music, drinking songs from the British Isles, and folk fiddling from various places in Northern Europe. See if you can figure out which is which. (From the Archives, 2017.)

"Hole In the Wall" (Henry Purcell - Abdelazer); "Johnny Faa/I Drew My Ship" (Scottish/Irish trad.); "Travel Set, medley" (Norway/Scotland/Norway/Denmark/Shetland Islands/America)

The Norwegian band called Barokksolistene is out to give classical music a bad name. They’re trying to drag classical music – and especially Baroque music – down to the level of folk musicians fiddling in back of a pub. We here at WNYC fully support this sort of thing. Led by violinist Bjarte Eike, the band Barokksolistene has created a project they call The Alehouse Sessions, where they merrily blend together the sounds of Baroque music, drinking songs from the British Isles, and folk fiddling from various places in Northern Europe. See if you can figure out which is which. (From the Archives, 2017.)

"Hole In the Wall" (Henry Purcell - Abdelazer); "Johnny Faa/I Drew My Ship" (Scottish/Irish trad.); "Travel Set, medley" (Norway/Scotland/Norway/Denmark/Shetland Islands/America)