• Composition: 1959, for a projected ABC television series based on Churchill’s eponymous work. The series was never produced.
• First Performance: Monday, 25 May 1959. ADPC Studios, Elstree. London Symphony Orchestra, Sir William Walton conductor.
• Duration: About 5 minutes
• Craggs Catalogue Number: C70
• Instrumentation: 3 flutes, piccolo, 2 oboes, cor anglais, 2 clarinets, bassoon, contrabassoon – 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba – timpani, 2 percussion (side drum, bass drum, tenor drum, cymbals) – harp – strings
• Manuscript: Frederick R. Koch Collection. Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University. Manuscript FRKF 632. Autograph full score. 22 pages.
• Publication: Oxford University Press. Score and parts are available on hire.
• Arrangements: Henry V: A Shakespeare Scenario, arranged by Christopher Palmer, incorporates this march in part.
• Recordings:
Orchestra | Conductor | Year | Compact Disc | Timing |
The Philharmonia | Sir David Willcocks | 1991 | Chandos CHAN 8998 | 4’40” |
London Philharmonic Orchestra | Carl Davis | 1986 | EMI Classics 65585 | 4’45” |
English Northern Philharmonia | Paul Daniel | 1996 | Naxos 8.553869 | 4’56” |