Grand March English Country Dance Playford Ball

This the opening event of the 2007 Playford to the Present Ball in So. Pasadena CA.

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[jonberger]

The "chamber orchestra," such as it is, is me (violin), Bonnie Insull (flute), and Rich Scher (piano). I regret that I don't remember what the tunes are; we picked a few random ones out of the Barnes book (the standard collection of English dance tunes; you can see a shot of it on the piano stand) at a rehearsal a couple of hours before the ball.

[Birdsong16]

I assume the composer is John Playford. Truly beautiful music. That ensemble performed it excellently. I never get tired of this one!

[marcobowow]

Does anyone know the music or chamber orchestra or composer? Love the music.

[alpenfrauchen]

Do You mean a Grand march ? There are three dance tunes used in this fragment, but cannot identify them (what a pity!). Does anybody knows more ?