Symphonic Band Performances
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FAEROE ISLAND DANCE FAEROE ISLAND DANCE
THIS SONG IS TAKEN FROM THE NATIVE FOLK-MUSIC HERITAGE OF THE FAEROE ISLANDS, LOCATED IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN BETWEEN THE SHETLAND ISLANDS AND ICELAND. COMPOSED BY PERCY GRAINGER IN 1946 AND PERFORMED BY THE 1971 CALIFORNIA ALL STATE HONOR BAND.
FANFARE AND ALLEGRO FANFARE AND ALLEGRO
PERFORMRD BY THE TMEA ALL STATE CONCERT BAND. WRITTEN BY J. CLIFTON WILLIAMS IN 1956. THIS WAS HIS FIRST COMPOSITION FOR BAND AND HE WON THE AMERICAN BANDMASTER'S ASSOCIATION OSTWALD AWARD FOR ORIGINAL BAND LITERATURE FOR THIS PIECE.
FANFARE MARCH FANFARE MARCH
WRITTEN BY ROGER NIXON IN 1971. HE RECEIVED THE 1973 OSTWALD AWARD FROM THE AMERICAN BANDMASTERS' ASSOC. FOR THIS COMPOSITION AND WAS HONORED IN 1997 BY THE TEXAS BANDMASTERS ASSOC. PERFORMED IN 1975 BY THE BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY WIND ENSEMBLE.
FANFARE PRELUDE ON HANOVER FANFARE PRELUDE ON HANOVER
THIS SONG IS BASED ON A FAMILIAR SACRED HYMN. IT IS MEANT TO PORTRAY BOTH PRAISE AND MEDITATION. COMPOSED BY JAMES CURNOW IN 1979 AND PERFORMED BY THE NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY SYMPHONIC BAND THAT SAME YEAR.
FANFARE, CHORALE, AND FUGUE FANFARE, CHORALE, AND FUGUE
THIS WAS WRITTEN BY CAESAR GIOVANNINI WHO BEGAN HIS PIANO STUDIES AT THE CHICAGO CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC. HE WORKED AS STAFF PIANIST AT NBC AND ABC FROM 1949-1960 AND CURRENTLY WRITES BAND & ENSEMBLE MUSIC. PERFORMED BY THE CAL POLY SYMPHONIC BAND
FANTASIA IN G MAJOR FANTASIA IN G MAJOR
THIS IS CONSIDERED ONE OF THE GRANDEST OF ALL BACH'S COMPOSITIONS FOR ORGAN. IT LENDS ITSELF PERFECTLY TO THE SOUND AND SONORITIES OF THE CONCERT BAND. WRITTEN BY BACH BETWEEN 1703 - 1707 IN ARNSTADT, GERMANY. PERFORMED BY THE 1969 ILLINOIS UNIV BAND
FANTASIA IN G MAJOR (JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH) FANTASIA IN G MAJOR (JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH)
BACH'S BEAUTIFUL AND POWERFUL FANTASIA FOR G MAJOR WAS WRITTEN FOR ORGAN SOMETIME BEFORE 1712 AND TRANSCRIBED FOR BAND BY RICHARD F. GOLDMAN AND ROBERT L. LEIST. THIS IS PERFORMED IN 1973 AT THE NATIONAL MUSIC CAMP BY THE ALL STATE HIGH SCHOOL BAND.
FANTASY ON GOD REST YE' MERRY GENTLEMEN FANTASY ON GOD REST YE' MERRY GENTLEMEN
IN 1963 BAND ARRANGER DANIEL SANDIDGE SKILLFULLY RECONSTRUCTED THIS 16TH CENTURY ENGLISH CHRISTMAS CAROL BALLAD. THE ORIGINAL COMPOSER IS UNKNOWN. IT IS A DIRECT REACTION TO THE MUSIC OF THE 16TH CENTURY CHURCH. PERFORMED BY THE USAF GOLDEN GATE BAND
FANTASY VARIATIONS on a Theme by Niccolo Paganini FANTASY VARIATIONS on a Theme by Niccolo Paganini
THIS IS A SUITE OF VARIATIONS ON FAMILIAR THEMES TAKEN FROM PAGANINI'S 'CAPRICE #24 IN A MINOR' PRODUCED TO SHOWCASE NUMEROUS WIND INSTRUMENTS. WRITTEN BY JAMES BARNES (UNIV. OF KANSAS). PERFORMED BY THE TMEA ALL STATE CONCERT BAND IN MY SENIOR YEAR.
FATHER OF VICTORY FATHER OF VICTORY
(LE PERE DE LA VICTOIRE) COMPOSED BY LOUIS GANNE, A NATIVE OF FRANCE, IN 1888. HE IS BEST KNOWN FOR HIS PATRIOTIC MARCHES. THIS MARCH WAS COMPOSED AS A RALLYING CRY FOR FRENCH MILITARY FORCES. PERFORMED BY THE CAL POLY SYMPHONIC BAND.
FESTE ROMANE (Roman Festivals) FESTE ROMANE (Roman Festivals)
FESTE ROMANE IS A TONE POEM DEPICTING SCENES FROM ANCIENT ROME OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE. IT IS PART OF THE ROMAN TRILOGY OF TONE POEMS WRITTEN BY OTTORINO RESPIGHI IN 1926. PERFORMED BY THE U.S. AIR FORCE GOLDEN GATE BAND IN 1979.
FESTIVE CENTENNIAL FESTIVE CENTENNIAL
THIS IS A FLASHY OPENING FANFARE BASED ON THE SOUTHERN FOLK HYMN 'WE'RE MARCHING TO ZION'. COMPOSED BY WILLIAM F. MCBETH IN 1974. PERFORMED BY THE 1977 TEXAS TECH UNIV. CONCERT BAND. CONVERTED FROM THE ORIGINAL LP 'MCBETH CONDUCTS MCBETH' VOL. 2.
FESTIVE OVERTURE FESTIVE OVERTURE
THIS IS ANOTHER PERFORMANCE BY THE CAL POLY CONCERT BAND, FROM MY FRESHMAN YEAR IN THE BAND. WILLIAM V. JOHNSON WAS THE CONDUCTOR FROM 1966 TO 1992. SHOSTAKOVICH WROTE THIS IN 1954. SOME SAY IT SECRETLY CELEBRATES THE DEATH OF STALIN THE YEAR BEFORE.
FESTIVE OVERTURE - Op. 96 (Wheaton College) FESTIVE OVERTURE - Op. 96 (Wheaton College)
THERE ARE SEVERAL RECORDINGS OF DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH'S 'FESTIVE OVERTURE' (1954) ON THIS PAGE, AND EACH ONE IS A STELLAR PERFORMANCE, INCLUDING THIS ONE BY THE 1975 WHEATON COLLEGE CONCERT BAND, A CHRISTIAN LIBERAL ARTS COLLEGE IN WHEATON, ILLINOIS.
FESTIVE OVERTURE In A Major, Op. 96 FESTIVE OVERTURE In A Major, Op. 96
Shostakovich wrote the Festive Overture (1954) in just three days, to commemorate the 37th anniversary of the 1917 October Revolution. It was commissioned by the Bolshoi Theater Orchestra. Performed by the 1969 Illinois Univ. Symphonic Band.
FESTIVE OVERTURE OP. 96 FESTIVE OVERTURE OP. 96
THIS CLASSIC BY DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH WAS COMPOSED IN 3 DAYS IN NOVEMBER 1954. PREMIERED NOV. 6 AT THE BOLSHOI THEATRE. THIS IS PERFORMED BY THE CAL POLY TECH SYMPHONIC BAND, SAN LUIS OBISPO, MY SOPHOMORE YEAR. WILLIAM V. JOHNSON, DIRECTOR.
FESTIVE OVERTURE OP. 96 (Naval Academy Band) FESTIVE OVERTURE OP. 96 (Naval Academy Band)
The death of Joseph Stalin in 1953 was followed by a pronounced relaxation of the restraints that had affected the work of composers and other creative artists in the Soviet Union. Dmitri Shostakovich was able to finally complete this in 1954.
FESTIVE OVERTURE OP. 96 (Rice University) FESTIVE OVERTURE OP. 96 (Rice University)
'FESTIVE OVERTURE' WAS WRITTEN BY SHOSTAKOVICH IN ONLY 3 DAYS IN 1954. IT WAS WRITTEN AT THE REQUEST OF THE BOLSHOI THEATRE'S CONDUCTOR, WHERE IT PREMIERED, TO MARK THE 37TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE OCTOBER REVOLUTION. PERFORMED BY THE 1966 RICE UNIV. BAND
FESTIVITIES FESTIVITIES
THIS IS THE PREMIERE PERFORMANCE OF MERRILL BRADSHAW'S COMPOSITION WRITTEN IN 1974, PERFORMED BY THE 1975 BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIV. WIND ENSEMBLE. MR. BRADSHAW WAS PROFESSOR OF MUSIC AND COMPOSER-IN-RESIDENCE AT BRIGHAM YOUNG WHERE HE TAUGHT FOR 37 YEARS.
FETE-DIEU A SEVILLE FETE-DIEU A SEVILLE
'FETE-DIEU A SEVILLE' IS THE 3RD PIECE IN BOOK 1 OF 'IBERIA', A SUITE ORIGINALLY COMPOSED FOR PIANO BY SPANISH COMPOSER ISAAC ALBENIZ, 1909. HE IS BEST KNOWN FOR PIANO MUSIC THAT BRILLIANTLY EVOKES THE SPIRIT OF SPAIN. THIS IS THE MOST DIFFICULT PART
