Rule, Britannia!


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Rule, Britannia!

patriotic British song (1740). [Br. Music: Scholes, 897–898]
Allusions—Cultural, Literary, Biblical, and Historical: A Thematic Dictionary. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
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Friday's concert promises a feast of popular classics (including works by Verdi, Elgar, and Tchaikovsky) crowned with a jubilant Proms finale featuring Jerusalem, Land of Hope and Glory, and Rule, Britannia!
Land Of Hope And Glory, Rule, Britannia! and You'll Never Walk Alone will apparently all get an airing.
Regular classics include Nessun Dorma, The Hornpipe, Land of Hope And Glory and Rule, Britannia!
Orff's O fortuna from Carmina Burana, Tchaikovsky's Finale from Swan Lake and Elgar's Pomp and Circumstance March No 1 pumped up the volume in the first half, likewise Parry's Jerusalem, Arne's Rule, Britannia! and Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture in the second.
singing a raucous duet version of Rule, Britannia!''