1. Prologue
2. Volga harvest
3. Kinloch Iorram
4. Samarkand Dugokh
5. Pennine round
Alan Bush composed the Suite as a contribution to the 50th Anniversary celebrations of the October Revolution. First there is a movement which the composer subtitles 'Prologue' - followed by four which present, respectively, musical themes from the Volga, the Hebrides, Samarkand and the Pennine range. The Prologue consists of an introduction based on the Russian theme, followed by a famous English folksong, with counterpoint foreshadowing the material of the remaining three principal movements.