Vaughan Williams - English Folk Song Suite PART 1 of 3 - LSO & SIR ADRIAN BOULT

[soulreapr1]

Vaughan Williams is a genius. What a poignant piece.

[leumasyawdarb1]

Best Bb 1 Clarinet part ever...

[TheArmyManZach]

Our high school band played this last year for state competition and pulled it off with all superior ratings... outta the 6 years in band this Suite is my favorite of all

[eeg10]

Oh my god, I've been looking for this for soooo long.

[axecalibore]

Vaughn Williams liked Dives and Lazarus so much he plopped it right in the middle of Seventeen Come Sunday, but what is that very placid third tune hiding in there?

[AllCuteThings]

It seems so slow compared what we play in our band ensemble D:

[ANTiKr00t]

1:08 - SWASH-BUCKLING TIME

[ghostfiremusic]

My favourite clasical piece ever. Pirate life for me!!

[livebysoda]

I'm in 8th grade and my bands playing this suite... I play the oboe ;D

[yeahsureful]

aug this is ridiculous on flute or clarinet ><

[AllCuteThings]

@yeahsureful

Dive and Laz.....something

Yea, pretty fun huh?

[bzirkle86]

@runescape2dolphin2 . I do agree with you and the first clarinet (one who knows from experience) is hard to play, especially at 1:07. By the end you are so out of breath.

[alycat0987]

Haha VVV PIRATE

[pulsar1323]

yarrr I like this pirate music

[Questieluv]

I'm playing this in band right now on the clarinet and well it's hard and fun [: lol

[bzirkle86]

@Questieluv . It is hard but it is so worth it in the end...lol. Are you playing the 1st part?

[Questieluv]

@bzirkle86 I'm playing the solo clarinet part pretty much like first though & it is definetly worth it in the end [:

[ronaldosucks1]

Now that Great Britain is coming into spring this music is what it was meant to indicate--the green and pleasant land!

[055697]

@ronaldosucks1

Or the smell of burning from the riots.

[Vdominoman]

lol i need this for my ninth grade band auditions

[wingedshoes7]

My high school wind ensemble is playing this song currently, but that 6/8 time. Wow. Every time I play it, I think "Yes! I'm at the end! Oh crap, there's a repeat sign . . ." This group sounds fabulous playing it, though. I just run out of breath after a while.

[Midnight722]

Seems a bit slow in places. I've heard other performances that really emphasize the rhythm section, which I think is more appropriate for such a "military" piece. Still, great stuff.

[SwarthySkinnedOne]

This is great stuff and the best rendition because it's by the London Symphony with Sir Adrian Boult, the same goes for Fantasia on Greensleeves and the Tuba Concerto in F Minor - which leads me to politely request that if you have these two performed by the same orchestra and conductor could you please upload them if possible. (The versions on YT by different groups and conductors just don't quite cut the mustard.) You'll have my enternal gratitude if you do. Thanks.

[falcons1988]

I have had the pleasure of playing this piece with an Orchestra, Windband, and Brass Band. It is lovely piece.

[axecalibore]

Is this all Seventeen Come Sunday? I love EFSS, and there seem to be 3 different tunes in this one section. There's a placid one and a rousing one.

[PickledHarrrington]

@axecalibore Yes, the "rousing" tune that comes in the lower voices around 1:07 is based on another folk song, Dives and Lazarus. It is sandwiched between the Seventeen Come Sunday sections of the march, and is my favorite part of the piece!

[ytcomposer]

@PickledHarrrington: I always wondered if the higher melody at 1:07 (played simultaneously with Dives and Lazarus) was written by Vaughan-Williams himself. I thought it could also have been a separate folk song altogether. Let me know if I'm making no sense. :)

[PickledHarrrington]

@ytcomposer It's certainly possible that the line in the upper voices is a separate folk song, and I wouldn't be surprised at all if it is, but I don't know for sure. I do love how the dotted 6/8 figure of the upper line really drives the melody in the lower voices forward, giving it a lot more motion and intensity. Like I said, my favorite part of the piece!

If anyone does know more about the countermelody in the upper voices from 1:07 to 1:40, please share =)

[ytcomposer]

@PickledHarrrington: Totally the best part, yes. :D I played this song in high school, and that particular melody was the only one I ever willingly practiced over a winter holiday from school. :) I can still imagine playing it, every note of it.

[PatMcHugh]

Ahhhh! I remember my happiest moments in marching band were playing this and the Holst suites. Thanks for posting this!