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SYMPHONIC SUITE - TMEA All State Band SYMPHONIC SUITE - TMEA All State Band
ONE OF THE GREAT WORKS FOR WIND BAND, A 5 MOVEMENT SUITE WRITTEN BY CLIFTON WILLIAMS IN 1957, PERFORMED DURING MY SENIOR YEAR IN THE TMEA ALL STATE BAND. I- INTRADA, II- CHORALE, III- MARCH, IV- ANCIENT DANCE, V- JUBILEE. WINNER OF THE OSTWALD AWARD.
SYMPHONIE FANTASTIQUE, Op. 14 (Movements IV & V) SYMPHONIE FANTASTIQUE, Op. 14 (Movements IV & V)
'AN EPISODE IN THE LIFE OF AN ARTIST, OPUS 14' WAS WRITTEN BY FRENCH COMPOSER HECTOR BERLOIZ IN 1830. MVMTS. IV- 'MARCH TO THE GALLOWS' & V- 'DREAM OF THE WITCHES' SABBATH'. HISTORY SUGGESTS HE COMPOSED A PORTION OF THIS UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF OPIUM.
SYMPHONIE FOR BAND SYMPHONIE FOR BAND
THIS WAS WRITTEN BY THE FRENCH COMPOSER HYACINTHE JADIN IN 1794. THIS WAS PERFORMED IN 1965 BY THE TENNESSEE ALL STATE BAND DIRECTED BY NILO HOVEY WHO RECEIVED THE AWAPA AWARD (ACADEMY OF WIND & PERCUSSION ARTS) IN 1980.
SYMPHONIE IN F FOR BAND SYMPHONIE IN F FOR BAND
THIS IS AN ORIGINAL COMPOSITION FOR BAND WRITTEN AFTER THE FRENCH REVOLUTION IN 1794 BY LOUIS JADIN. THERE WERE MANY OUTDOOR OCCASIONS IN PARIS FOR WHICH MUSIC WAS COMMISSIONED AND THE CONCERT BAND WAS THE OBVIOUS SOLUTION FOR AMPLIFICATION PURPOSES.
SYMPHONY FOR BAND - I. Epitaphs, II. Marches SYMPHONY FOR BAND - I. Epitaphs, II. Marches
WRITTEN IN 1952 BY AMERICAN COMPOSER-PIANIST MORTON GOULD. GOULD DISPLAYED MUSICAL SKILLS AT A VERY YOUNG AGE, PLAYING THE PIANO BY EAR AT AGE 6 AND COMPOSING HIS FIRST WORK AT AGE 8, A WALTZ FOR PIANO. PERFORMED BY THE 1977 SAN JOSE SYMPHONIC BAND.
SYMPHONY IN B FLAT FOR CONCERT BAND SYMPHONY IN B FLAT FOR CONCERT BAND
WRITTEN BY GERMAN COMPOSER PAUL HINDEMITH (1951) ON A COMMISSION FROM THE U.S. ARMY BAND. THIS IS CONSIDERED A CORNERSTONE PIECE FOR BAND BECAUSE IT WAS THE FIRST SIGNIFICANT WORK FOR CONCERT BAND. PERFORMED BY THE 1969 UNIV. OF ILLINOIS CONCERT BAND
SYMPHONY NO. 1 IN G MINOR- FINALE (KALINNIKOV) SYMPHONY NO. 1 IN G MINOR- FINALE (KALINNIKOV)
WRITTEN BY THE RUSSIAN COMPOSER VASILY S. KALINNIKOV BETWEEN 1894 & 1895. HE COMPOSED TWO SYMPHONIES AND SEVERAL ORCHESTRAL WORKS BUT RECEIVED HIS FAME WITH HIS FIRST SYMPHONY. THIS IS WONDERFULLY PERFORMED BY THE ARKANSAS ALL STATE BAND.
SYMPHONY NO. 14 ('ARARAT'), Op. 194 SYMPHONY NO. 14 ('ARARAT'), Op. 194
A VERY UNUSUAL WORK FOR WIND BAND. INSPIRED BY MT. ARARAT, AN EXTINCT VOLCANO NEAR THE ARMENIAN BORDER WHERE NOAH'S ARK CAME TO REST. EARTHQUAKES, AVALANCHES, ROUGH STONES, CAVES, ROCKS SCULPTERED BY TORNADOES INSPIRED THIS SYMPHONY BY ALAN HOVHANESS
SYMPHONY NO. 3 FINALE (Mahler) SYMPHONY NO. 3 FINALE (Mahler)
GUSTAV MAHLER WROTE HIS 3RD SYMPHONY BETWEEN 1893 & 1896, CONSIDERED THE LONGEST SYMPHONY IN THE STANDARD REPERTOIRE LASTING 90-100 MINUTES. THIS IS THE 6TH & FINAL MVMT., 'WHAT LOVE TELLS ME'. PERFORMED BY THE CAL POLY TECH SYMPHONIC BAND.
SYMPHONY NO. 4, Op. 165 (Hovhaness) SYMPHONY NO. 4, Op. 165 (Hovhaness)
THIS IS BASED ON THE COMPOSER'S (ALAN HOVHANESS) MUSIC OF HIS ARMENIAN ANCESTRY. HE WAS BORN OF SCOTTISH AND ARMENIAN DESCENT AND TOOK AN INTEREST IN INDIAN AND ARMENIAN MUSIC. HE FAMOUSLY DESTROYED OVER 1,000 OF HIS EARLY WORKS BECAUSE OF CRITICISM.
SYMPHONY NO. 5 : Finale - Allegro non troppo SYMPHONY NO. 5 : Finale - Allegro non troppo
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH'S EPIC 5TH SYMPHONY PREMIERED IN 1937 AND RECEIVED A 40 MINUTE OVATION. IT RECEIVED PRAISE FROM STALIN WHILE THE PUBLIC VIEWED IT AS AN EXPRESSION OF THEIR SUFFERING UNDER STALIN. TRANSCRIBED FOR CONCERT BAND.
SYMPHONY NO. 5 FINALE - SHOSTAKOVICH SYMPHONY NO. 5 FINALE - SHOSTAKOVICH
SHOSTAKOVICH WROTE HIS 5TH SYMPHONY IN JULY 1937, GAINING UNPRECENDENTED TRIUMPH. THE PUBLIC HEARD IT AS AN EXPRESSION OF THEIR SUFFERING UNDER STALIN. PERFORMED MY 2ND YEAR AT THE NATIONAL MUSIC CAMP, INTERLOCHEN, MICH., H.S. SYMPHONIC BAND #1.
SYMPHONY NO. 5- 1/2 (Spiritual) SYMPHONY NO. 5- 1/2 (Spiritual)
THIS IS THE 2ND MOVEMENT OF THIS SYMPHONY WRITTEN BY DON GILLIS IN 1946. THE 5- 1/2 IS BECAUSE HE HAD JUST FINISHED THE 5TH AND WAS WORKING ON HIS 6TH SYMPHONY WHEN HE WAS REQUESTED TO WRITE THIS. PERFORMED BY THE 1968 TEXAS ALL STATE CONCERT BAND.
SYMPHONY NO. 9 - FINALE (The New World Symphony) SYMPHONY NO. 9 - FINALE (The New World Symphony)
THE SYMPHONY NO. 9 IN E MINOR OP. 95, POPULARLY KNOWN AS THE 'NEW WORLD SYMPHONY', WAS COMPOSED BY ANTONIN DVORAK IN 1893 DURING HIS VISIT TO THE UNITED STATES FROM 1892-1895. THIS IS PERFORMED BY THE 1977 FROSTBURG STATE COLLEGE SYMPHONIC BAND.
SYMPHONY NO.2 (John Barnes Chance) SYMPHONY NO.2 (John Barnes Chance)
PERFORMED BY THE TMEA ALL REGION SYMPHONIC BAND. WRITTEN BY JOHN BARNES CHANCE IN 1972 WHO DIED A TRAGIC DEATH THAT SAME YEAR AT AGE 39. HE DID NOT LIVE TO HEAR THE FIRST PERFORMANCE. HE STUDIED COMPOSITION WITH CLIFTON WILLIAMS AT UNIV. OF TEXAS.
TAPOR NO.1 TAPOR NO.1
PERFORMED BY THE TMEA REGION X ALL REGION BAND. THIS SHORT PIECE WAS WRITTEN BY BY ALAN HOVHANESS, WHO WAS OF ARMENIAN DESCENT, AND IS BEST KNOWN FOR USING EASTERN INFLUENCES TO CREATE HIS OWN STYLE OF MUSIC.
TEMPTATION - Jerry Bilik arrangement TEMPTATION - Jerry Bilik arrangement
THE MICHIGAN MARCHING BAND HAS BEEN PLAYING A VERSION OF 'TEMPTATION' ARRANGED BY JERRY BILIK FOR OVER 40 YEARS. THEY ALSO PLAY A SHORTENED VERSION WHENEVER AN OPPONENT IS STOPPED ON 3RD DOWN. THIS IS A TAPE RECORDING FROM A JANUARY 1965 CONCERT.
TEXAS, OUR TEXAS TEXAS, OUR TEXAS
THIS IS THE OFFICIAL STATE SONG OF TEXAS, COMPOSED IN 1924, BY GLADYS YOAKUM WRIGHT AND WILLIAM MARSH. THE WINNING SONG WAS SELECTED IN A STATE-WIDE CONTEST. PERFORMED BY THE TEXAS ALL STATE CONCERT BAND WITH THE AUDIENCE SINGING WITH THE BAND.
'THE ASCENSION' from the Divine Comedy 'THE ASCENSION' from the Divine Comedy
'THE ASCENSION' IS THE 3RD MOVEMENT FROM 'THE DIVINE COMEDY', THE 1ST COMPLETE BAND SYMPHONY WRITTEN BY ROBERT W. SMITH, ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR, PROLIFIC COMPOSERS OF CONCERT BAND MUSIC TODAY. FROM MY SENIOR YEAR IN THE TMEA ALL STATE CONCERT BAND.
THE DRUM-MAJOR'S DAUGHTER THE DRUM-MAJOR'S DAUGHTER
(LA FILLE DU TAMBOUR-MAJOR) THE OVERTURE TO THE 3 ACT OPERETTA 'THE DRUM-MAJOR'S DAUGHTER'. THIS WAS WRITTEN BY FRENCH COMPOSER JACQUES OFFENBACH (1879) SET DURING THE AUSTRIAN OCCUPATION OF ITALY. PERFORMED BY THE TMEA ALL STATE SYMPHONIC BAND.
