Symphonic Band Performances
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OTHELLO - Movements I, II, III, IV. OTHELLO - Movements I, II, III, IV.
THIS IS A MUSICAL PORTRAIT OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE'S TRAGEDY 'OTHELLO' WRITTEN IN 1603. ALFRED REED COMPOSED THIS (1974) REFLECTING THE MAIN CHARACTERS IN HIS WORK: OTHELLO, DESDEMONA, CASSIO, AND LAGO. PERFORMED BY THE 1977 NORTH SHORE COMMUNITY BAND
OVERTURE FOR BAND OVERTURE FOR BAND
THIS COMPOSITION BY JOSHUA MISSAL IS PART OF A SERIES OF LPS THAT WAS ISSUED FROM 1967-1970 TO PROVIDE BAND DIRECTORS AND STUDENTS EXAMPLES OF WELL PLAYED COMPOSITIONS AND MODELS FOR REHEARSING MUSIC. PERFORMED BY THE 1967 ILLINOIS UNIV. CONCERT BAND
OVERTURE IN B FLAT OVERTURE IN B FLAT
THIS IS A SPIRITED COMPOSITION WRITTEN IN A CONTEMPORARY MANNER AND IN ONE TEMPO THROUGHOUT. COMPOSED BY AMERICAN COMPOSER CAESAR GIOVANNINI IN 1966. HE WAS ALSO STAFF PIANIST FOR NBC AND ABC. PERFORMED BY THE 1970 CALIFORNIA STATE HONOR CONCERT BAND
OVERTURE IN C OVERTURE IN C
THE BEAUTIFUL 'OVERTURE IN C' WAS WRITTEN BY FRENCH COMPOSER - THEORIST CHARLES SIMON CATEL (1773-1830). HE IS NOTED MAINLY FOR HIS THEORY MANUAL 'TRAITE D'HARMONIE' (1802) AND HIS 10 OPERAS. PERFORMED BY THE 1985 LSU WIND ENSEMBLE, FRANK WICKES DIR.
OVERTURE ROMANTIQUE OVERTURE ROMANTIQUE
THIS IS A RARELY HEARD AND RARELY PLAYED, BUT WONDERFUL COMPOSITION, WRITTEN BY CLAUDE T. SMITH IN 1970. MR. SMITH WROTE MANY CONTEMPORARY ROMANTIC WORKS IN ADDITION TO SACRED MUSIC. PERFORMED BY THE 1977 TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY CONCERT BAND.
OVERTURE TO 'OBERON' (The Elf King's Oath) OVERTURE TO 'OBERON' (The Elf King's Oath)
CARL VON WEBER WAS IN DECLINING HEALTH WHEN HE WAS COMMISSIONED HIS FINAL OPERA, 'OBERON - THE ELF KING'S OATH'. THE OPERA WAS A DISMAL FAILURE, BUT THE OVERTURE, WHICH DEPICTS FAIRY TALES OF ELFLANDS AND SPIRITS IN MUSICAL COLORS, WAS A HUGE SUCCESS
OVERTURE TO 'THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDEL', OP. 5 OVERTURE TO 'THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDEL', OP. 5
THIS IS THE OVERTURE TO THE COMEDY PLAY 'THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDEL'. THE OVERTURE WAS WRITTEN BY SAMUEL O. BARBER IN 1931 AND REFLECTS THE SPIRIT OF THE COMEDY. THE PLAY WAS WRITTEN BY RICHARD B. SHERIDAN IN 1777. PERFORMED BY THE 1985 LSU WIND ENSEMBLE
OVERTURE TO BEATRICE AND BENEDICT OVERTURE TO BEATRICE AND BENEDICT
THIS IS THE OVERTURE TO INTRODUCE THE COMIC OPERA 'BEATRICE AND BENEDICT' WRITTEN BY FRENCH COMPOSER HECTOR BERLIOZ IN 1862, BASED ON SHAKESPEARE'S 'MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING'. PERFORMED BY THE 1970 UNIV. OF ILLINOIS CONCERT BAND.
OVERTURE TO CANDIDE (All State) OVERTURE TO CANDIDE (All State)
THIS IS THE OVERTURE TO THE OPERETTA 'CANDIDE', COMPOSED BY LEONARD BERNSTEIN IN 1957. IT WAS ALSO PERFORMED BY THE N.Y. PHILHARMONIC AT ITS HISTORIC CONCERT IN PYONGYANG, NORTH KOREA, 2-26-08. PERFORMED HERE BY THE TEXAS ALL STATE CONCERT BAND.
OVERTURE TO CANDIDE (Louisiana All State Band) OVERTURE TO CANDIDE (Louisiana All State Band)
THIS IS THE OVERTURE TO LEONARD BERNSTEIN'S OPERETTA 'CANDIDE' WRITTEN IN 1956. THE OPERETTA NEVER ACHIEVED MAINSTREAM POPULARITY BUT THE OVERTURE HAS EARNED A PART IN THE ORCHESTRAL REPERTOIRE. THIS IS PERFORMED BY THE 1968 LOUISIANA ALL STATE BAND.
OVERTURE TO CANDIDE (National Arts Music Camp) OVERTURE TO CANDIDE (National Arts Music Camp)
THIS IS A PERFORMANCE BY THE HIGH SCHOOL SYMPHONIC BAND #3 AT THE NATIONAL MUSIC CAMP, THE 50TH ANNIV. OF THE CAMP. ON FEB. 26, 2008 THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC PERFORMED THIS AT ITS HISTORIC CONCERT IN NORTH KOREA. COMPOSED BY BERNSTEIN IN 1957.
OVERTURE TO EURYANTHE, Opus 81 OVERTURE TO EURYANTHE, Opus 81
THIS IS CARL VON WEBER'S 2ND OPERA, COMPOSED IN 1823 WHILE IN REHEARSALS FOR THE PREMIERE PERFORMANCE. THE OPERA WAS INITIALLY A SUCCESS, BUT WAS CLOSED AFTER ONLY 20 PERFORMANCES. HOWEVER THE OVERTURE HAS FOUND SUCCESS AS A POPULAR WORK FOR CONCERTS
PARROT ON THE FORTUNE TELLER'S HAT PARROT ON THE FORTUNE TELLER'S HAT
ZEQUINHA DE ABREU, PROMINENT BRAZILIAN COMPOSER WHOSE FAMOUS COMPOSITION 'TITO-TITO' WAS RECORDED WORLDWIDE, WROTE THIS PIECE IN 1931. HE WAS ALSO MAYOR OF A SMALL TOWN IN THE SAO PAULO STATE. PERFORMED BY THE 1968 TEXAS ALL STATE SYMPHONIC BAND.
PAS REDOUBLE PAS REDOUBLE
THIS WAS COMPOSED BY THE FRENCH COMPOSER CHARLES-CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS IN 1887. ALSO A GREAT PIANIST, HE WROTE THIS FOR FOUR HANDS PIANO. IT IS A DOUBLE QUICK STEP DANCE TRANSCRIBED FOR CONCERT BAND. THIS IS PERFORMED BY THE CAL POLY SYMPH. BAND.
PASO DOBLE 'Cielo Andaluz' PASO DOBLE 'Cielo Andaluz'
THIS IS THE TRADITIONAL TWO-STEP SONG THAT OPENS MOST BULLFIGHTS IN MEXICO. THIS WAS COMPOSED BY PASCUAL MARQUINA, SPANISH COMPOSER AND DIRECTOR, IN 1946. PERFORMED AT THE NATIONAL MUSIC CAMP BY H. S. SYMPHONIC BAND #1, MY JUNIOR YEAR.
PASO DOBLE SINFONICO PASO DOBLE SINFONICO
THIS IS AN ITALIAN THEMED MARCH THAT IS PERFORMED BY THE BEAUMONT FRENCH HIGH SCHOOL BAND AT A PRACTICE CONCERT BEFORE UIL CONTEST. SORRY, BUT I CANNOT REMEMBER WHO WROTE THIS AND I CANNOT FIND ANY INFORMATION ON THE WEB.
PASSACAGLIA FOR BAND PASSACAGLIA FOR BAND
PASSACAGLIA IS A MUSICAL FORM THAT ORIGINATED IN 17TH-CENTURY SPAIN. IT IS USUALLY GRAVE AND SERIOUS AND HAS A FIXED BASS PATTERN AND CHORD PROGRESSION REPEATED THROUGHOUT. WRITTEN BY ALFRED REED IN 1968. PERFORMED BY THE 1975 BARRIE COLLEGIATE BAND.
PASSION IN PAINT SUITE PASSION IN PAINT SUITE
FAMOUS PAINTINGS SET TO MUSIC: I - AT THE MOULIN ROUGE, II - LABSINTHE. WRITTEN BY GERMAN CONDUCTOR HENRI RENE IN 1955. HE WAS ALSO MUSIC DIRECTOR FOR RCA INTERNATIONAL. PERFORMED AT THE NATIONAL ARTS MUSIC CAMP BY H.S. SYMPHONIC BAND #3.
PERPETUAL MOTION: A Musical Joke, Op. 257 PERPETUAL MOTION: A Musical Joke, Op. 257
COMPOSED BY JOHANN STRAUSS (1861). NEARLY EVERY INSTRUMENT PLAYS A SOLO, ONE PLAYS HIGH AND RISES, THE NEXT ONE PLAYS LOW AND FALLS. HE MIXES INSTRUMENTS THAT PLAY IN THE MOST DISPARATE RANGES. PERFORMED BY THE 1969 UNIV. OF ILLINOIS SYMPHONIC BAND.
PIANO SONATA NO. 2 - 'The Alcotts' PIANO SONATA NO. 2 - 'The Alcotts'
THIS IS THE 3RD MOVEMENT OF PIANO SONATA NO. 2, WRITTEN BY CHARLES IVES IN 1915. THE 4 MOVEMENTS REPRESENT FIGURES ASSOCIATED WITH TRANSCENDENTALISM (BRONSON AND LOUISA MAY ALCOTT). PERFORMED AT THE 1972 NATIONAL MUSIC CAMP BY H.S. SYMPHONIC BAND #1.
