Sea Songs

Performed by the Hillcrest Wind Ensemble April 9, 2011 at St. Paul's Cathedral in San Diego, CA.
Learn more about the Hillcrest Wind Ensemble: http://www.hillcrestwindensemble.com/
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Program notes:
An arrangement of three British sea-songs by the English
composer Ralph Vaughan Williams. It is based on the songs "Princess Royal",
"Admiral Benbow" and "Portsmouth". The march was originally arranged for
military band in 1923 as the second movement of English Folk Song Suite. As
a single work, its first performance was given at Wembley during the British
Empire Exhibition in April 1924

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Music

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• Hillcrest Wind Ensemble
• Sea Songs
• Ralph Vaughan Williams