Episode 547, Semper Fi!

​Do you know which branch of the military will be celebrating its 244th birthday this year? This week on Wind & Rhythm, we pay tribute to the United States Marine Corps.  Won’t you join us here, at the gathering place for people who love band music.

Song of the Marine
  Harry Warren
  US Marine Band, John R. Bourgeois
American Pageant
  Thomas Knox
  US Marine Band, John R. Bourgeois
Symphonic Scenario from Victory at Sea
  Richard Rodgers and Robert Russell Bennett
  US Marine Band, John R. Bourgeois
Esprit de corps
  Robert Jager
  1st Marine Division Band    
March of the Women Marines
  Louis Saverino
  US Marine Band    
March of the Leathernecks
  Morton Gould
  US Marine Band, Colonel Michael J. Colburn
Psalm for Band
  Vincent Persichetti
  US Marine Band, Lieutenant Colonel Jason Fettig
Above and Beyond
  Gerard Schwarz
  US Marine Band, Gerard Schwarz
The Marines' Hymn, Apotheosis
  Sammy Nestico
  US Marine Band, John R. Bourgeois
Semper Fidelis
  John Philip Sousa
  US Marine Band, William F. Santelmann