Pomp and Circumstance Marches their resonant "open" G. March No. 5 was composed in 1930, much later than the others, and dedicated "To my friend Dr. Percy C. Hull, Hereford". Its first public performance was on 20 September 1930 in a Queen's Hall concert conducted by Sir Henry Wood, though it had been recorded two days earlier in the Kingsway Hall, London, conducted by Elgar himself in spite of his poor health. The instrumentation is: piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, cor anglais, 2 clarinets in B, bass clarinet in B, 2 bassoons, contrabassoon, 4 horns in F, 3 trumpets in B, 3 trombones, tuba,
Victims of Circumstance pick for best punk-ska album of 2014. In early 2015 the VOC announced their third European tour to celebrate their 10th anniversary. "The Victims of Circumstance manage to keep things entertaining with their total disregard of genre boundaries." ReadJunk.com "(Victims of circumstance are) both catchy and clever." Punk News.org Victims of Circumstance Founded in 2005 in Clearwater, Florida, Victims of Circumstance is a punk-ska band known for blending pop-hooks with a unique style of ska. The current line-up includes band members: Michael Smyth (vocals & guitar), Glenn Stewart (drums), Lindsey Pittard (bass), Jason Atheney (saxophone), and Devin Johnson (trumpet). The