• Composition: 1962, as the prelude for the call music for Granada TV.
• First Performance: Saturday, 25 June 1977. St. John’s, Smith Square, London. Young Musicians’ Symphony Orchestra, James Blair conductor.
• Duration: About 6 minutes
• Craggs Catalogue Number: C75a
• Instrumentation: 3 flutes (third doubling piccolo), 3 oboes (third doubling cor anglais), 3 clarinets, 2 bassoons, contrabassoon – 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba – timpani, 3 percussion – harp – strings
• Manuscript: See manuscript information for the call music for Granada TV.
• Publication: Oxford University Press. Score and parts are available on hire.
• Arrangements: March for Concert Band, arranged by Gilbert Vinter. Note: This is the version of the prelude which was broadcast by Granada TV from 1965. Publication: Oxford University Press. Score and parts are available on hire.
• Recordings:
| Orchestra | Conductor | Year | Compact Disc | Timing |
| London Philharmonic | Bryden Thomson | 1991 | Chandos CHAN 8968 | 6’09” |
| The Band of the Scots Guards [March for Concert Band] | Major R. J. Owen | 2002 | SRC 107 | 5’16” |