Vaughan Williams : English Folk Song Suite for military band, including Sea Songs (1923)

I. March (Seventeen Come Sunday) 00:00-03:15
II. March (Sea Songs) 03:15-07:00
III. Intermezzo (My Bonny Boy) 07:00-11:20
IV. March (Folk songs from Somerset) 11:20-15:10
Performed by the Central Band of the Royal Air Force conducted by Wing Commander Eric Banks.
Sea Songs was ultimately removed from the Suite and published separately, as the composer had misgivings about there being two marches in succession. The orchestral arrangements can be heard at • Vaughan Williams: Engl...
The Folk Songs quoted are :
I. Seventeen Come Sunday - Pretty Caroline - Dives and Lazarus
II. Princess Royal - Admiral Benbow - Portsmouth
III. My Bonny Boy - Green Bushes
IV. Blow Away the Morning Dew - High Germany - Whistle, Daughter, Whistle - John Barleycorn.

[@maxmerry8470]

Wow! Fabulous early morn listen for me, especially My Bonny Boy/Green Bushes. Seventeen Come Sunday?? If only that were true in my case .........

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#SEMPER FIDELIS #QUA PATET ORBIS #JE MAINTAN DRAI ! ♫♪ great ♫♪♫♪♫♪☺ BRAVISSIMO @/bisbis 🎶🎵🎼 great music! a well tuned ensemble that sounds like an organ ! Fabulous banding! Compliments! #SEMPER FI #QPO #JMD🎵🎼🎼🎶🎵🥁🎺👌👌🙏🙏🎺 Robert Schumann Quote : Composing something real unique is writing down a melody/set of notes that no one else ever had done before.... ♫♪