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Programme Notes
Vaughan Williams'
English Folk Song Suite was written in 1923 for the
military band at Kneller Hall and subsequently arranged
for orchestra by Gordon Jacob. It is a simple yet
appealing collection of folk songs and is split into
fast-slow-fast sections. The quoted material includes
Seventeen Come Sunday, Pretty Caroline, My Bonny Boy,
Green Bushes, Blow Away the Morning Dew, The Trees So
High, John Barleycorn and High Germany.
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