Variety is watchword of Brass, Reeds, and Percussion, a local production of WLRH. This edition features original classical wind-band music, along with a Welch march and a wind-band version of a 1970s disco hit. Today’s edition opens with “Men of Harlech,” a song and military march which is traditionally said to describe events during the 7-year siege of Harlech Castle. Between 1461 and 1468, the Lancastrians held the castle during the Wars of the Roses. The castle withstood the longest known siege in the history of the British Isles. “Men of Harlech” is important to Welsh national culture. The song gained international recognition when it was featured in the 1941 movie How Green Was My Valley and the 1964 film Zulu. The song is used as a regimental march, especially by British Army and Commonwealth regiments historically associated with Wales.
- Men of Harlech
Composer: Traditional (circa 1794)
Performer: Black Dyke Mills Band
Album: Glory of Brass - Air
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), arranged by Gerhard Baumann
Performer: German Air Force Band 4, Berlin
Album: Fliegerrevue - Duppel Schanzen Sturmmarsch (Assault March)
Composer: Gottfried Piefke (1817-1884)
Performer: German Air Force Band 4, Berlin
Album: Fliegerrevue - Partita, Op. 45, No. 1: Allegro vivace
Composer: Franz Vincezn Krommer (1759-1831)
Performer: Wind Ensemble of Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
Album: Krommer: Three Partitas and Six Marches - Partita, Op. 45, No. 1: Andante
Composer: Franz Vincezn Krommer (1759-1831)
Performer: Wind Ensemble of Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
Album: Krommer: Three Partitas and Six Marches - Partita, Op. 45, No. 1: Menuetto
Composer: Franz Vincezn Krommer (1759-1831)
Performer: Wind Ensemble of Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
Album: Krommer: Three Partitas and Six Marches - Partita, Op. 45, No. 1: Rondo
Composer: Franz Vincezn Krommer (1759-1831)
Performer: Wind Ensemble of Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
Album: Krommer: Three Partitas and Six Marches - Merry Wives of Windsor
Composer: Otto Nicolai (1810-1849)
Performer: Black Dyke Mills Band
Album: Glory of Brass - Shame, Shame, Shame
Composer: Sylvia Robinson (1935-2011)
Performer: Panorama Jazz Band
Album: Next One - Black Bottom (1926 recording)
Composer: Ray Henderson (music, 1896-1970), Buddy DeSylva (words, 1895-1950) & Lew Brown (words, 1893-1958)
Performer: Howard Lanin & His Orchestra
Album: Charleston - Mazurek Dabrowskiego (Polish National Anthem)
Composer: Jozef Wybicki (1747-1822)
Performer: French Republican Guard Band
Album: European National Anthems