Opening Act: Setting Sail

30th April 2015

Smuggling, wind-filled sails, a woman in every port, and the unknown.

Adventure and Comedy Afloat

Setting Sail
by Richard Addinsell, Morton Gould, Malcolm Arnold, and Arthur Bliss
2(2pic).2.2(2asx)+tsx.2(cbn)/timp.4perc/hp.pf.egtr/str
15 minutes

Prologue from 'Sea Devils' (1953) (3 minutes)
Richard Addinsell

Main Theme from 'Windjammer' (1958) (3 minutes)
Morton Gould

Postcard From The Mediterranean from 'Captain's Paradise' (1953) (4 minutes)
Malcolm Arnold, arr. Philip Lane

Two Extracts from 'Christopher Columbus' (1949) (5 minutes)
Arthur Bliss, arr. Marcus Dods