The music of Vaughan Williams - English Folk Song Suite

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Classical music for your day. Here we take a look at a short piece for orchestra that was originally intented for the military band format. From the cd booklette notes: "Vaughan Williams assembled the suite in 1923, scoring it for military band. The composer and renowned orchestrator, Gordon Jacob, made two arrangements of it the following year: one for brass band, and the other, which is heard here, for full orchestra."** An Englishman, born in Down Ampney, Gloucestershire on October 12, he ...