Episode 402: Remembering "The Navy Hour"

The US Navy Band had one of the longest running programs on a radio network, "The Navy Hour". It ran from 1945 until 1968 on NBC and on the Armed Forces Radio Service. It was a wonderfully well produced program that had a 23 year run, and because of it America knew more about its "blue water navy" than we do today. As we celebrate the 241st birthday of the Navy on this episode, let’s get to know them again.

Ceremonial Fanfare
  Aaron Copland
  US Navy Band, Captain Brian Walden
Four Sea Interludes
  Benjamin Britten
  US Navy Band, Captain Brian Walden
Children's March: "Over the Hills and Far Away”
  Percy Grainger
  US Navy Band, Captain George Thompson
Overture to "The Flying Dutchman”
  Richard Wagner
  US Navy Band, Captain Ralph Gambone
The Sea Traders, Op. 85
  Francis McBeth
  US Navy Band, Francis McBeth
Finale from Ballet Suite No. 3:
​Gallop (The Limpid Stream)
  Dmitri Shostakovich
  US Navy Band, Captain George Thompson
Bluejackets on Parade
  Edwin Franko Goldman
  US Navy Band, Captain George Thompson