The Foggy Dew is an Irish ballad that arose after the Easter Rising of 1916 in Dublin. It tells of the patriotic fervor of those who left the trenches of the First World War to fight, this time, for Ireland's independence. The song expresses both the pride in this commitment and the deep sorrow linked to the sacrifice of so many lives. In this arrangement for wind band, the music unfolds in four stages:

•  1. Dublin in the Mist – A dark and mysterious introduction evokes Dublin still as...