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MCV’s debut recording!<\/div>\n

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Recorded in 1992 but still a favorite!<\/p>\n

Available in CD and digital download formats.<\/p>\n

Selections<\/h3>\n
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  1. Lord Cornwallis’ March<\/li>\n
  2. Ah!\u00a0Ca Ira \/ British Grenadiers
    \nYankee Doodle
    \nThe Road to Boston<\/li>\n
  3. The 2nd of April
    \nLove in a Village
    \nLove Forever<\/li>\n
  4. Chester<\/li>\n
  5. West Point
    \nWalzer
    \nPretty Dick’s Hornpipe<\/li>\n
  6. The Black Dance
    \nPortsmouth Hornpipe
    \nEnglish Dance
    \nMrs. Poer’s
    \nMy First Jig
    \nGovernor’s Island Quickstep<\/li>\n
  7. O’Carolan’s Lament
    \nColin’s Cattle
    \nSoldier’s Return<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/td>\n
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  1. Brian Boru’s March
    \nThe Devil in the Kitchen
    \nDrowsie Maggie
    \nCostla Bay<\/li>\n
  2. Stony Point
    \nWelsh March
    \nA Hessian Air<\/li>\n
  3. La\u00a0Paix<\/li>\n
  4. Les Drapeaux
    \nWashington’s Reel
    \nLa Nouvelle Angloise
    \n25th Regiment Quickstep
    \nThe Gimcrack<\/li>\n
  5. Red Coat Fifer
    \nPennsylvania Volunteers
    \nBelles of Newport
    \nLight Horse March<\/li>\n
  6. Old French March
    \nStaten Island Hornpipe
    \nPortland Fair<\/li>\n
  7. Balquihidder Lasses
    \nHey, Johnny Cope!\u00a0Are You Awauken Yet?
    \nThe Black Bear<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

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    <\/h3>\n
    Track Samples<\/div>\n\n\n\n
    RETREAT MEDLEY<\/b> – WAV (320K)<\/a>O’Carolan’s Lament
    \nColin’s Cattle
    \nSoldier’s Return<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

    Retreat was the final duty ceremony of the camp musicians’ day. All men were to be in tents, the camp secured for the night and guards posted after “Retreat” was beaten. Retreat tunes were often of a reflective mood. Here are two Gaelic laments and a march with a melancholy air that is well matched with the preceding tunes.
    \nFife arrangements by John Benoit and John Ciaglia
    \nDrum scores by John C. Moon and Jim MacConduibh<\/i><\/p>\n

    MEDLEY<\/b> – WAV (355K)<\/a>Stony Point
    \nWelsh March
    \nA Hessian Air<\/i><\/p>\n

    The fort at Stony Point, New York was the scene of a daring victory in 1779 by American General Anthony Wayne. The disarmingly lyrical 3\/4 time air may be the most beautiful piece we have ever come across. The composers’ original harmonies are used in the last two pieces.
    \nDrum score by Scott Mitchell<\/i><\/p>\n

    FIFE SOLO<\/b> – WAV (573K)<\/a>La Paix<\/i><\/p>\n

    La Paix, the siciliano<\/i> movement from G. F. Handel’s “Music for the Royal Fireworks,” celebrates the peace of Aix la Chappelle in 1748 which ended the war of the Austrian Succession. MCV first performed this arrangement at Colonial Williamsburg’s “Grand Illumination” in December 1991.
    \nFife arrangement by Jane Law Baker<\/i><\/p>\n

    MEDLEY<\/b> – WAV (465K)<\/a>Les Drapeaux
    \nWashington’s Reel
    \nLa Nouvelle Angloise
    \n25th Regiment Quickstep
    \nThe Gimcrack<\/i><\/p>\n

    These selections form an extensive medley of dances and marches from the three great antagonists of the American Revolution. Les Drapeaux is the French “Parade and Review” march played as Rochambeau’s troops departed Greenwich, Connecticut on the way to Yorktown in 1781.
    \nFife arrangement by W.E. White
    \nDrum scores by Scott Mitchell and John C. Moon<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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