Symphonic Band Performances
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PICTURES AT AN EXHIBITION (All Movements 1-10) PICTURES AT AN EXHIBITION (All Movements 1-10)
PICTURES FROM AN EXHIBITION ('A REMEMBRANCE OF VIKTOR HARTMANN') IS A FAMOUS SUITE OF 10 PIANO PIECES COMPOSED BY MODEST MUSSORGSKY IN 1874. ARRANGED FOR BAND BY ERIK LEIDZEN. PERFORMED BY THE 1970 CALIFORNIA STATE HONOR SYMPHONIC BAND.
PICTURES AT AN EXHIBITION (Movements IX & X)) PICTURES AT AN EXHIBITION (Movements IX & X))
PERFORMED BY THE CAL POLY TECH SYMPHONIC BAND. WRITTEN BY MODESTE MUSSORGSKY IN 1874 IN MEMORY OF THE RUSSIAN ARTIST VIKTOR HARTMANN. THE MUSIC DEPICTS AN IMAGINERY TOUR OF 10 OF HIS ART WORKS. IX-HUT OF BABA-YAGA, X-GREAT GATE OF KIEV
PINES NEAR A CATACOMB from The Pines of Rome PINES NEAR A CATACOMB from The Pines of Rome
THE 2ND MOVEMENT OF OTTORINO RESPIGHI'S 'PINES OF ROME', PART OF THE ROMAN TRILOGY OF TONE POEMS (1924). A MELANCHOLIC TUNE REPRESENTING PINE TREES CLOSE TO A CATACOMB IN CAMPAGNA. FROM MY 2ND YEAR AT THE NATIONAL MUSIC CAMP BY H.S. SYMPHONIC BAND #1
PINES OF THE APPIAN WAY from The Pines of Rome PINES OF THE APPIAN WAY from The Pines of Rome
THE MAJESTIC FINAL MOVEMENT OF OTTORINO RESPIGHI'S 'PINES OF ROME', PART OF THE ROMAN TRILOGY OF TONE POEMS (1924). THE TRIUMPHAL END PORTRAYS PINE TREES ALONG THE GREAT APPIAN WAY. FROM MY 2ND YEAR AT THE NATIONAL MUSIC CAMP. H.S. SYMPHONIC BAND #1.
PINES OF THE VILLA BORGHESE from The Pines of Rome PINES OF THE VILLA BORGHESE from The Pines of Rome
THE 1ST MOVEMENT OF OTTORINO RESPIGHI'S 'PINES OF ROME', PART OF THE ROMAN TRILOGY OF TONE POEMS (1924). THIS PORTRAYS CHILDREN PLAYING IN THE PINE GROVES OF BORGHESE GARDENS. PERFORMED MY 2ND YEAR AT THE NATIONAL MUSIC CAMP, H.S. SYMPHONIC BAND #1.
POWER OF ROME AND THE CHRISTIAN HEART POWER OF ROME AND THE CHRISTIAN HEART
THIS IS PERCY GRAINGER'S FINAL ORIGINAL WORK FOR BAND, SCORED FOR FULL MILITARY BAND, PIPE ORGAN, PIANO & STRINGS. HE HARBORED DEEP FEELINGS AGAINST THE ROMAN EMPIRE PRIVILEGED FEW CATERED BY SLAVES. PERFORMED BY THE 1970 ILLINOIS UNIV. CONCERT BAND.
PRAIRIE FLOWER MARCH PRAIRIE FLOWER MARCH
THIS IS A PERFORMANCE BY THE FRENCH H.S. BAND FROM BEAUMONT, TX. , MY JUNIOR TEAR. THIS WAS THE MARCH FOR UIL CONCERT & SIGHTREADING CONTEST AND ALSO THE FINAL MARCH AT UIL MARCHING CONTEST. THIS IS FROM A PRACTICE CONCERT BEFORE CONTEST.
PRAISES PRAISES
THIS COMPOSITION WAS CONCEIVED FOR A YOUNGER BAND, BUT IS A BEAUTIFUL PIECE WRITTEN BY WILLIAM F. MCBETH. IT WAS INSPIRED BY AN OLD PROTESTANT HYMN, WHICH IS HEARD FOR A FEW SECONDS. PERFORMED BY THE 1980 TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY CONCERT BAND.
PRELUDE - VARIATIONS PRELUDE - VARIATIONS
ANOTHER WODERFUL COMPOSITION WRITTEN BY CLAUDE T. SMITH IN 1974. THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF HIS CONTEMPORARY ROMANTICISM. MR. SMITH CONDUCTED THE TEXAS TECH CONCERT BAND IN THE MAKING OF THIS LP WHICH PRACTICED AND TAPED ALL 12 RECORDINGS IN ONLY 9 HOURS.
PRELUDE AND DANCE, OP. 69 PRELUDE AND DANCE, OP. 69
THIS WAS COMMISSIONED BY THE BAND FRATERNITIES KAPPA KAPPA PSI & TAU BETA SIGMA. WRITTEN BY ITALIAN AMERICAN COMPOSER PAUL CRESTON IN 1959. THIS IS AN EXCITING PIECE AND A STAPLE OF THE BAND REPERTOIRE. PERFORMED BY THE 1977 N. DAKOTA ST. UNIV. BAND.
PRELUDE AND FUGUE - Nelhybel PRELUDE AND FUGUE - Nelhybel
COMPOSED BY INTERNATIONALLY RENOWNED CZECH COMPOSED VACLAV NELHYBEL IN 1966. HE WROTE MANY PIECES FOR CONCERT BAND: FESTIVO, DIVERTIMENTO, AND HIS MOST POPULAR TRITTICO, ARE ALL LISTED HERE. PERFORMED BY THE 1968 UNIV. S. MISSISSIPPI SYMPHONIC BAND.
PRELUDE AND FUGUE IN G MINOR (J. S. BACH) PRELUDE AND FUGUE IN G MINOR (J. S. BACH)
THIS IS ANOTHER WONDERFUL COMPOSITION BY JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH, TRANSCRIBED FOR BAND BY R. L. MOEHLMANN. THIS IS PERFORMED BY THE ALL NORTH NEW JERSEY HIGH SCHOOL SYMPHONIC BAND IN 1978.
PRELUDE AND FUGUE IN G MINOR - BACH PRELUDE AND FUGUE IN G MINOR - BACH
THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL OF JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH'S 51 PRELUDES AND FUGUES. THERE ARE OVER 1000 KNOWN COMPOSITIONS BY BACH. BECAUSE OF THE SONOROUS SOUNDS OF THE CONCERT BAND INSTRUMENTS, THERE ARE NOW HUNDREDS OF BACH ARRANGEMENTS FOR BAND.
PRELUDE FOR SAXOPHONES PRELUDE FOR SAXOPHONES
THIS IS PERFORMED BY THE SAXOPHONE SEPTET FROM THE CAL POLY SYMPHONIC BAND. WRITTEN BY COMPOSER RICHARD SHORES WHO DID SEVERAL MUSICAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR RADIO AND TV, INCLUDING HAWAII 5-0, GUNSMOKE, THE WILD, WILD, WEST, RAWHIDE, LARAMIE, ETC...
PRELUDE TO ACT 2 of 'Saul and David,' Op.25 PRELUDE TO ACT 2 of 'Saul and David,' Op.25
PERFORMED BY THE TMEA REGION X ALL REGION BAND CONDUCTED BY DR. JAMES MATTHEWS (U.H). COMPOSED BY CARL NIELSEN IN 1890. BASED ON THE BIBLICAL STORY IN WHICH THE SHEPHERD BOY DAVID SLAYS THE PHILISTINE GIANT GOLIATH AND BECOMES KING OF THE ISRAELITES.
PRELUDE TO REVELRY PRELUDE TO REVELRY
PERFORMED BY THE 1967 TEXAS ALL STATE CONCERT BAND, CHARLES L. EMMONS CONDUCTOR. THIS WAS WRITTEN BY GORDON JACOB IN 1944 AND WAS ORIGINALLY USED FOR RADIO COMEDY IN THE 40'S. HE RESCORED IT FOR SYMPHONIC BAND AND IT FINALLY PREMIERED IN 1983.
PRELUDE TO SUMMER PRELUDE TO SUMMER
THIS IS PERFORMED IN 1968 BY THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI SYMPHONIC BAND, CONDUCTED BY ALAN H. DRAKE. NOW OFFICIALLY KNOWN AS SOUTHERN MISS, IT IS A LARGE PUBLIC RESEARCH UNIVERSITY WITH ONE OF THE FINEST FINE ARTS PROGRAMS IN THE SOUTHEAST
PRELUDIUM AND FUGUE PRELUDIUM AND FUGUE
THIS WAS COMPOSED BY GIROLAMO FRESCOBALDI IN THE EARLY BAROQUE PERIOD. THE PRELUDIUM IS TAKEN FROM THE INTRODUCTION TO TOCATTA IN D MINOR AND THE FUGUE IS FROM THE FUGUE IN G MINOR FOR ORGAN. PERFORMED BY THE 1975 BARRIE COLLEGIATE BAND.
PRO TEXANA PRO TEXANA
WRITTEN BY ONE ALFRED REED IN 1943, ONE OF THE NATIONS MOST PROLIFIC AND FREQUENTLY PERFORMED COMPOSERS, WITH OVER 250 COMPOSITIONS. THIS IS A CHALLENGING, EXCITING MARCH ESPECIALLY FOR THE FRENCH HORNS & WOODWINDS. PERFORMED BY THE LSU WIND ENSEMBLE
PROCESSION OF THE KNIGHTS OF THE HOLY GRAIL PROCESSION OF THE KNIGHTS OF THE HOLY GRAIL
THE IS FROM RICHARD WAGNER'S 3 ACT OPERA 'PARSIFAL', 1ST PERFORMED AT BAYREUTH IN 1882. THE THEME OF 'PARSIFAL' IS TAKEN FROM THE CYCLE OF HOLY GRAIL MYTHS, BASED ON THE 13TH CENTURY POEM 'PARZIVAL' OF THE ARTHURIAN KNIGHT'S QUEST FOR THE HOLY GRAIL.
