Diverse: British Classics

Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
English Folk Song Suite (1923) 10:51
for Military Band
1 1 March 'Seventeen come Sunday'. Allegro 3:21
2 2 Intermezzo 'My Bonny Boy'. Andantino - 3:38
3 3 March 'Folk Songs from Somerset'. Allegro - 3:44

Gustav Holst (1874-1934)
First Suite, Op. 28 No. 1, H 105 (1909) 11:16
in E flat major
for Military Band
Revised full score based on the autograph manuscript
Edited by Colin Mathews
4 1 Chaconne. Allegro moderato - Brillante - Maestoso 5:14
5 2 Intermezzo. Vivace - L'istesso tempo - L'istesso tempo 2:54
6 3 March. Tempo di Marcia - Meno mosso - Più mosso 3:01

Second Suite, Op. 28 No. 2, H 106 (1911) 11:36
in F major
for Military Band
Revised full score based on the autograph manuscript
Edited by Colin Matthews
Dedicated to James Causley Windram
7 1 March. Allegro. 'Morris Dance' - 'Swansea Town' - 'Claudy Banks' - D.C. al Fine 4:43
8 2 Song without Words 'I'll love my love'. Andante 2:15
9 3 Song of the Blacksmith. Moderato e maestoso 1:16
10 4 Fantasia on the 'Dargason'. Allegro moderato 3:14

Percy Grainger (1882-1961)
Lincolnshire Posy (1937) 16:09
Based on English Folksongs gathered in Lincolnshire, England by Lucy E. Broadwood and Percy Aldridge Grainger and set for Wind Band (Military Band)
11 1 'Lisbon' (Sailor's Song [Dublin Bay]). Brisk, with plenty of lift 1:23
12 2 'Horkstow Grange' (The Miser and His Man: A Local Tragedy). Slowly flowing; singingly - 2:51
13 3 'Rufford Park Poachers' (Poaching Song). Flowingly - Somewhat faster - 4:05
14 4 'The Brisk Young Sailor' (who returned to wed his True Love). Sprightly 1:42
15 5 'Lord Melbourne' (War Song). Heavy, fierce - Lively - 3:30
16 6 'The Lost Lady Found' (Dance Song). Fast, but sturdily 2:24

Ernest Tomlinson (b. 1924)
Suite of English Folk Dances (1951) 13:52
for Orchestra
Arranged by the Composer for Wing Band (1999)
17 1 'Jenny Pluck Pears'. Allegretto grazioso 2:59
18 2 'Ten Pound Lass'. Allegro vivace 1:13
19 3 'Dick's Maggot'. Moderato 2:29
20 4 'Nonesuch'. Allegro moderato 1:44
21 5 'Hunt the Squirrel'. Allegretto grazioso - Poco meno mosso 3:39
22 6 'Woodicock'. Allegro vivace - Presto 1:35

Gordon Langford (b. 1930)
23 Rhapsody (1975) 12:48
for Trombone and Brass Band
Allegro commodo - Poco meno mosso - Andante con
moto - Lento - Più mosso -
Jonathan Hill Cpl - trombone
TT 77:07

The Central Band of the Royal Air Force
Duncan Stubbs Wg Cdr
Recorded in:
RAF Music Studios, Northolt, London
3, 6, and 7 October 2014
Producer(s)
Peter Newble
Sound Engineer(s)
Jonathan Cooper
Format: Digital CD 16Bit 44.1Khz
Originally recorded in: 24Bit 96Khz