Symphonic Band Performances
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THE SINFONIANS (Symphonic March) THE SINFONIANS (Symphonic March)
WRITTEN BY CLIFTON WILLIAMS IN 1960. COMMISSIONED BY THE MUSIC FRATERNITY PHI MU ALPHA SINFONIA OF WHICH HE WAS PROVINCE GOVERNOR. THIS IS VERY POPULAR AMONG THE MILITARY MARCHING H.S. BANDS IN E. TEXAS. PERFORMED BY THE 1975 BARRIE COLLEGIATE BAND.
THE SORCERER'S APPRENTICE THE SORCERER'S APPRENTICE
THIS IS A SYMPHONIC POEM WRITTEN BY FRENCH COMPOSER PAUL DUKAS IN 1897, BASED ON A POEM WRITEN BY GOETHE, A GERMAN POET. IT WAS CHOSEN BY WALT DISNEY TO BE IN HIS ANIMATED ANTHOLOGY 'FANTASIA'. PERFORMED BY THE UNIV. OF ILLINOIS CONCERT BAND IN 1969.
THE SPITFIRE PRELUDE AND FUGUE THE SPITFIRE PRELUDE AND FUGUE
THE SPITFIRE WAS WRITTEN BY SIR WILIAM WALTON IN 1942 FOR THE BRITISH FILM 'THE FIRST OF THE FEW', KNOWN AS 'SPITFIRE' IN THE U.S. THE PLOT CENTERS AROUND THE ATTACK AIRCRAFT PROTOTYPE 'SUPERMARINE SPITFIRE'. PICTURED IS THE U.S. THEATRICAL POSTER.
THE THUNDERER THE THUNDERER
THIS IS ONE OF JOHN PHILIP SOUSA'S FINEST AND MOST RECOGNIZABLE MARCHES (1889), AND ALSO ONE OF THE EASIEST TO PLAY. THE TITLE REFERS TO A CELEBRATED ORATOR, CIRCA 1889. PERFORMED DURING MY JUNIOR YEAR IN THE TMEA ALL STATE HIGH SCHOOL CONCERT BAND.
THE TROMBONE KING THE TROMBONE KING
'The Trombone King' was written by Karl King in 1945. As might be expected, the trombone part rarely calms down during this march, nor any King march, for that matter. Performed by the 1971 University of Illinois Concert Band.
THE VALDRES MARCH THE VALDRES MARCH
THE 'VALDRES MARCH' CELEBRATES THE BEAUTIFUL VALDRES REGION OF NORWAY THAT LIES BETWEEN OSLO AND BERGEN. IT WAS WRITTEN IN 1904 BY JOHANNES HANSSEN WHO PLAYED THE BARITONE IN THE PREMIERE PERFORMANCE. PERFORMED BY THE 1966 RICE UNIV. BAND FROM A TAPE
THE VOICE OF THE GUNS THE VOICE OF THE GUNS
THIS TERRIFIC MARCH, WRITTEN BY KENNETH ALFORD IN 1917, WAS FEATURED PROMINENTLY IN THE FILM 'LAWRENCE OF ARABIA' IN 1962. ALFORD WAS KNOWN AS 'THE BRITISH MARCH KING' AND CONSIDERED TO BE BRITAIN'S JOHN PHILIP SOUSA. PERFORMED BY THE TEXAS ALL STATE
THE WORLD IS WAITING FOR THE SUNRISE THE WORLD IS WAITING FOR THE SUNRISE
THIS IS MY FAVORITE MARCH, WRITTEN BY HARRY ALFORD IN 1919. HE IS BEST REMEMBERED FOR 'PURPLE CARNIVAL' A MARCH WHICH IS LISTED HERE ALSO. PERFORMED BY THE 1979 UNIV. OF ILLINOIS SYMPHONIC BAND, DIRECTED BY DR. HARRY BEGIAN.
THIRD SUITE- MARCH THIRD SUITE- MARCH
PERFORMED BY THE TMEA REGION X ALL REGION BAND, CONDUCTED BY JAMES MATTHEWS OF U. OF HOUSTON. THIS WAS WRITTEN IN 1966 BY ROBERT E. JAGER, ONE OF HIS EARLY WORKS, AND ONE OF THE MOST HIGHLY REGARDED BAND COMPOSERS OF THE LAST FOURTY YEARS.
THREE CHORALE PRELUDES THREE CHORALE PRELUDES
THIS IS AN ORIGINAL COMPOSITION BY WILLIAM P. LATHAM BASED ON FAMILIAR CHORALE MELODIES. LATHAM TAUGHT THEORY AND COMPOSITION AT THE UNIV. OF NORTH TEXAS, ONE OF THE BEST MUSIC SCHOOLS IN THE NATION. PERFORMED BY THE 1976 WHEATON COLLEGE CONCERT BAND
THREE ENGLISH MARCHES FOR MILITARY BAND THREE ENGLISH MARCHES FOR MILITARY BAND
I.- DERBYSHIRE CALVARY MARCH NO.1 (1795), II.- DERBYSHIRE CALVARY MARCH NO. 2 (1796), III.- MARCH FOR THE PRINCE OF WHALES (1792). THESE WERE WRITTEN BY THE PROLIFIC AUSTRIAN COMPOSER, FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDEN, ON COMMISSION WHILE HE WAS VISITING ENGLAND.
THREE JAPANESE DANCES THREE JAPANESE DANCES
I- DANCE WITH PENNONS, II- MOURNING DANCE, III- DANCE WITH SWORDS. WRITTEN IN 1933 BY BERNARD ROGERS. CONSIDERED A MASTER ORCHESTRATOR, HIS COMPOSITIONS WERE A DISPLAY OF CHANGING TONAL COLORS. PERFORMED BY THE '80 ALL NORTH JERSEY H.S. WIND ENSEMBLE
TO BE FED BY RAVENS TO BE FED BY RAVENS
THIS TWO MOVEMENT COMPOSITION IS BASED ON MOTIVES FROM HISTORICAL TEXAS SONGS. WRITTEN BY WILLIAM F. MCBETH IN 1974. FROM THE ORIGINAL LP: MCBETH CONDUCTS MCBETH, VOL. 2, PERFORMED BY THE 1977 TEXAS TECH UNIV. CONCERT BAND, DIRECTED BY MR. MCBETH.
TOCCATA (Fisher A. Tull) TOCCATA (Fisher A. Tull)
THIS WAS WRITTEN BY FISHER A. TULL, A HIGHLY RENOWNED 20TH CENTURY AMERICAN COMPOSER. THIS NEO-CLASSICAL BAND WORK, WRITTEN IN 1969, WON THE PRESTIGIOUS OSTWALD AWARD IN 1970. PERFORMED BY THE 1971 AUSTIN PEAY STATE UNIVERSITY BAND.
TOCCATA (Frescobaldi) TOCCATA (Frescobaldi)
THIS WAS COMPOSED BY ITALIAN MUSICIAN AND COMPOSER GIROLAMO FRESCOBALDI (1583-1643), ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT COMPOSERS OF KEYBOARD MUSIC IN THE LATE RENAISSANCE PEROID. ARRANGED BY EARL SLOCUM. PERFORMED BY THE 1973 WHEATON COLLEGE CONCERT BAND.
TOCCATA, ADAGIO AND FUGUE IN C MAJOR TOCCATA, ADAGIO AND FUGUE IN C MAJOR
THIS IS AN ORGAN COMPOSITION WRITTEN BY JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH IN 1708. TRANSCRIBED FOR CONCERT BAND BY JOHN P. PAYNTER. PERFORMED BY THE 1971 ARKANSAS ALL STATE BAND ALSO CONDUCTED BY MR. PAYNTER.
TOURNAMENT OF TRUMPETS TOURNAMENT OF TRUMPETS
THIS IS A PERFORMANCE BY THE CAL POLY MARCHING BAND FROM SAN LUIS OBISPO, CAL, COMPOSED BY DAVID BENNETT. THE SOLOISTS ARE STU SUNDERMAN AND RANDY SPOERI. WILLIAM V. JOHNSON WAS THE BAND DIRECTOR.
TRAUERSINFONIE TRAUERSINFONIE
THIS WAS COMPOSED IN HONOR OF GERMAN COMPOSER CARL VON WEBER WHOSE BODY WAS MOVED FROM LONDON TO GERMANY IN A SOMBER TORCHLIGHT PROCESSION FOR RE-BURIAL IN 1844. WRITTEN BY RICHARD WAGNER. PERFORMED BY THE 1970 CALIFORNIA STATE HONOR CONCERT BAND.
TRAUERSINFONIE on themes from Weber's 'Euryanthe' TRAUERSINFONIE on themes from Weber's 'Euryanthe'
RICHARD WAGNER COMPOSED THIS AS A MARCH FOR THE TORCHLIGHT PROCESSIONAL FOR THE CEREMONY OF THE TRANSFER OF CARL VON WEBER'S REMAINS TO HIS NATIVE LAND IN 1844. BASED ON 2 THEMES FROM WEBER'S OPERA 'EURYANTHE'. PERFORMED BY THE 1979 U.S. MARINE BAND.
TRIPTYCH TRIPTYCH
PERFORMED BY THE TMEA REGION X ALL REGION BAND, MY FRESHMAN YR. COMPOSED BY TOMMY FRY (1971). A TERRIFIC PERFORMANCE BY THE BAND, BUT I APOLOGIZE FOR THE QUALITY OF THE RECORDING. IF I ELIMINATED ANY MORE NOISE, THE RECORDING WOULD SOUND TOO METALLIC
