![]() ![]() ![]() Grainger was the first collector in England to make extensive recordings of folksong. In later life he composed and arranged many works for wind band, including his masterpiece, the Lincolnshire Posy, based mainly on his meticulous notations of folksongs taken down in the first decade of the twentieth century using an Edison phonograph. It's a joy to play and a joy to listen to. The level of invention, the musical rhetoric, the orchestrational finesse-all the details, as well as the overall effect, are absolutely incredible. I can't think of a single other work for band, by any composer, to rival it. Children's March (“Over the Hills and Far Away”). However the soprano part is quite low so it is often played with the alto saxophone (info from the 1940 edition). Grainger asks that the soprano be preferred if possible. Lisbon (from Lincolnshire Posy) MusicWorks Grade 2. Lincolnshire Posy has 6 saxophone parts written (soprano, alto subtituting soprano, alto, tenor, baritone and and bass ad lib.). ![]() The Lost Lady Found (from Lincolnshire Posy) MusicWorks Grade 2. Haydn Symphony No.94, ‘Surprise’, 2nd movement 17. Mussorgsky ‘Catacombs’ from Pictures at an Exhibition 16. Bach Ein fest Burg ist unser Gott, 8th movement 14. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Clarinet Concerto in A major, K.622. Grainger ‘The Brisk Young Sailor’ from Lincolnshire Posy 12. Lincolnshire Posy - Percy Aldridge Grainger, Eastman Wind Ensemble - Duration: 15:02. ![]()
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