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Live at the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Proms: Ryan Bancroft conducts the wind, brass and percussion of the London Symphony Orchestra in folk-song arrangements by Vaughan Williams, Grainger and Arnold.

Linton Stephens presents, live from the Royal Albert Hall, London.

Ralph Vaughan Williams: English Folk Song Suite
Gunther Schuller: Eine kleine Posaunenmusik

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Lt Col Lauren Petritz-Watts is the first ever female director of the Royal Corps of Army Music and she talks to Linton Stephens about the importance of folk music in works by Vaughan Williams, Malcolm Arnold and Percy Grainger that was specifically commissioned by the Forces.

Michael Tippett: Triumph: A paraphrase on music from ‘The Mask of Time’
Malcolm Arnold: English Dances, Set No. 1 (version for wind band)
Percy Grainger: The Lads of Wamphray
Trad. arr. Percy Grainger: Country Gardens
Percy Grainger: A Lincolnshire Posy

Peter Moore (trombone)
London Symphony Orchestra wind, brass and percussion
Ryan Bancroft (conductor)

The London Symphony Orchestra's wind, brass and percussion celebrate the brilliant colours of folk-song arrangements by Vaughan Williams, Grainger and Arnold. They also perform Gunther Schuller’s eclectic trombone concerto Eine kleine Posaunenmusik, with its hints of jazz and daring technical demands. The LSO’s former Principal Trombone Peter Moore is the soloist.