V. Williams - English Folk Song Suite for Wind Quintet - 2. Intermezzo Christmas This is to prevent listener

This is to prevent listener fatigue due to these instantly recognisable tunes

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Moreover the instrumentation for the melismatic sequences are delibrately kept thick to minimise listener fatigue

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V. Williams - English Folk Song Suite for Wind Quintet - 2. Intermezzo Christmas This is to prevent listenerDESCRIPTION English Folk Song Suite, written in 1923 by English composer Ralph Vaughan Williams, is one of the most famous and best loved works for military band. It remains one of the few works for military band to be arranged for full orchestra. The orchestral arrangement was done by Vaughan Williams' student Gordon Jacob in 1924. Movement 1: March "Seventeen come Sunday" Movement 2: Intermezzo "My Bonny Boy" Movement 3: Folk Songs from Somerset