A sparkling journey through classical favourites rooted in the British musical tradition. Together the works form a rich tapestry – pastoral beauty, maritime vigour, pageantry, and nostalgia – celebrating the breadth and spirit of British music across three centuries.
FIRST HALF
Otto Nicolai Overture "The Merry Wives of Windsor"
George Butterworth "The Banks of Green Willow" 1914
Ronald Binge "The Watermill" 1955
Ronald Binge "Elizabethan Serenade" 1952
Henry Purcell "Dido’s Lament" from Dido and Aeneas 1689
Eric Coates "Calling All Workers"
Eric Coates "By the Sleepy Lagoon"
Eric Coates "Knightsbridge"
SECOND HALF
William Walton Overture "Crown Imperial" 1937
Ralph Vaughan Williams "The Lark Ascending" 1914
Henry Wood "Fantasia on British Sea Songs"
Edward Elgar "Pomp and Circumstance March no.4
Hubert Parry "Jerusalem"
Eric Coates "Dambusters March" 1954