Today, October 25th, is St. Crispin's Day - the day immortalised in Shakespeare's Henry V with his inspirational pre-battle speech at Agincourt in 1415.
A couple of years ago I wrote On St. Crispin's Day for actor and orchestra using Shakespeare's words.
It incorporates the traditional Agincourt Song.
This video is a performance of the piece by Lady Manners School Orchestra in Budapest in summer 2010. The sound quality isn't great but gives a general idea of the piece.
St. Crispin was actually two saints Crispin and Crispinian, twins who were martyred in the year 286.
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