Symphonic Band Performances
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FINALE TO SYMPHONY NO. 1 IN G MINOR (KALINNIKOV) FINALE TO SYMPHONY NO. 1 IN G MINOR (KALINNIKOV)
THE FINALE TO RUSSIAN COMPOSER VASILY KALINNIKOV'S 1ST SYMPHONY, WRITTEN IN 1895. PERFORMED DURING MY LAST YEAR IN THE AIR FORCE, AS A MEMBER OF THE USAF BAND OF THE GOLDEN WEST. KALINNIKOV DIED PREMATURELY AT AGE 35. THIS IS HIS MOST FAMOUS WORK.
CHESTER OVERTURE FOR BAND CHESTER OVERTURE FOR BAND
THIS IS A PERFORMANCE FROM 1975 BY THE BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIV. WIND ENSEMBLE. WILLIAM SCHUMAN COMPOSED THIS IN 1956. IT IS BASED ON A BOOK OF TUNES COMPOSED BY WILLIAM BILLINGS DURING THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION AND ADOPTED BY THE CONTINENTAL ARMY FIFERS.
TERPSICHORE TERPSICHORE
IN GREEK MYTHOLOGY 'TERPSICHORE' WAS THE MUSE RULING OVER MUSIC-DANCE. THIS IMAGINATIVE PIECE, BY BOB MARGOLIS (1981) IS BASED ON 'TERPSICHORE', A 1612 COLLECTION OF DANCES BY GERMAN MICHAEL PRAETORIUS. PERFORMED BY THE TMEA ALL STATE SYMPHONIC BAND.
MANZONI REQUIEM MANZONI REQUIEM
GIUSEPPI VERDI WROTE THIS MONUMENTAL REQUIEM MASS IN HONOR OF ITALIAN POET - NOVELIST ALESSANDRO MANZONI, WHOM HE MUCH ADMIRED, WHO DIED IN 1873. PERFORMED MY SOPH. YR. IN THE TEXAS ALL STATE SYMPHONIC BAND. WRITTEN IN 1874, ARR. BY EMIL MOLLENHAUER.
PICTURES FROM AN EXHIBITION - IX & X PICTURES FROM AN EXHIBITION - IX & X
IX- 'THE HUT OF BABA YEGA', X- 'THE GREAT GATE OF KIEV'. THE FINAL 2 MOVEMENTS OF THE FAMOUS SUITE BY MODEST MUSSORGSKY DEPICTING AN IMAGINERY TOUR OF THE ART COLLECTION OF VIKTOR HARTMANN. PERFORMED FROM MY SENIOR YEAR IN THE CAL POLY SYMPHONIC BAND
OVERTURE TO THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO OVERTURE TO THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO
THE OVERTURE TO WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART'S OPERA COMPOSED IN 1786. THE OVERTURE STANDS AS ONE OF HIS JEWELS. THE STORY IS FROM A FRENCH PLAY THAT WAS CONTROVERSIAL BECAUSE OF ITS REVOLUTIONARY IDEAS. PERFORMED BY THE 1978 SANTA CLARA COUNTY HONOR BAND
FIRST SUITE IN E FLAT for Military Band FIRST SUITE IN E FLAT for Military Band
A CORNERSTONE IN THE CONCERT BAND REPERTOIRE. MVMT. I- CHACONNE, II- INTERMEZZO, III- MARCH. WRITTEN BY GUSTAV HOLST IN 1909. PERFORMED MY SOPH YR., TMEA ALL STATE CONCERT BAND. HIS 'SECOND SUITE IN F' (NEXT) IS LONGER AND CONSIDERED MORE DIFFICULT
SECOND SUITE IN F - Movements I, II, III, IV. SECOND SUITE IN F - Movements I, II, III, IV.
THE COMPLETE PERFORMANCE OF GUSTAV HOLST'S 'SECOND SUITE IN F FOR MILITARY BAND' (1911), IS PERFORMED BY THE BEAUMONT FRENCH HIGH SCHOOL BAND. THIS WAS ONE OF OUR CONCERT PIECES FOR UIL CONTEST (CLASS 4A), RECORDED ABOUT 2 WEEKS BEFORE CONTEST.
ENGLISH FOLK SONG SUITE ENGLISH FOLK SONG SUITE
1- SEVENTEEN COME SUNDAY, 2- MY BONNY BOY, 3- FOLK SONGS FROM SOMERSET. PERFORMED BY THE TMEA REGION X (S.E. TEXAS) ALL REGION HIGH SCHOOL BAND, MY SENIOR YEAR. WRITTEN BY RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS IN 1923, HIS MOST FAMOUS WORK FOR MILITARY BAND.
EL ANILLO GUATEMALTECO EL ANILLO GUATEMALTECO
(THE GUATEMALAN RING) THIS IS BASED ON A TRUE STORY OF A HAND WROUGHT SILVER RING THAT ONCE BELONGED TO A SPANISH CONQUISTADOR. THIS IS THE PREMIERE PERFORMANCE FROM JAN. 23, 1970 PERFORMED BY THE ILLINOIS ALL STATE BAND. WRITTEN BY ROBERT J. DVORAK.
THE GREAT LITTLE ARMY THE GREAT LITTLE ARMY
ONE OF THE GREAT MARCHES WRITTEN, IN MY OPINION, BY BRITISH MARCH KING, KENNETH ALFORD, 1916. REFERS TO EMPEROR WILLIAM II CALLING THE BRITISH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE A CONTEMPTIBLE LITTLE ARMY. PERFORMED BY MY H.S. BAND, BEAUMONT FRENCH, MY JUNIOR YEAR.
KILLIAN - Concert & Marching Band Versions KILLIAN - Concert & Marching Band Versions
WRITTEN BY CLIFTON WILLIAMS. 1ST VERSION IS THE CONCERT VERSION PERFORMED BY THE BEAUMONT ISD H.S. HONOR BAND, MY JUNIOR YEAR. 2ND IS THE BEAUMONT FRENCH H.S. MARCHING BAND AT UIL CONTEST WHEN I WAS DRUM MAJOR. PICTURED IS OUR HIGH SCHOOL, NOW CLOSED
DIXIE & BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC- Marching Band DIXIE & BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC- Marching Band
THIS IS A LIVE MARCHING PERFORMANCE AT UIL CONTEST BY THE BEAUMONT FRENCH H.S. MARCHING BAND WHEN I WAS DRUM MAJOR. THIS IS A MARCHING CHORALE: DIXIE, THEN BATTLE HYMN, THEN INTERTWINED TOGETHER AT THE END, FOLLOWED BY SINFONIANS FANFARE.
CHICAGO WORLD'S FAIR CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION 1933 CHICAGO WORLD'S FAIR CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION 1933
THIS IS A LIVE MARCHING BAND RECORDING, COMPOSED BY CARL MADER IN 1933. THIS IS PERFORMED BY THE FRENCH HIGH SCHOOL MARCHING BAND OF BEAUMONT, TEXAS. MOST OF THE FHS MARCHING BAND DRILLS WERE RECORDED BY MY DAD WHEN I WAS DRUM MAJOR.
TRITTICO TRITTICO
Composed by Vaclav Nelhybel in 1964. This is one of his first band works and remains a classic. He came to the U.S. to escape dictatorship, became a U.S. citizen, and became a respectable composer.
THE UNIVERSAL JUDGEMENT THE UNIVERSAL JUDGEMENT
ONE OF THE 1ST PIECES WRITTEN SPECIFICALLY FOR BAND BY CAMILLE DE NARDIS, 1878. BASED ON A RELIGIOUS CONCEPT OF A JOURNEY OF PURIFICATION WITH HARDSHIPS, HOPE AND JOY FOR THOSE AWAITING THE UNIVERSAL JUDGEMENT. PERFORMED BY THE USAF GOLDEN GATE BAND.
THE SWORD AND THE CROWN THE SWORD AND THE CROWN
THIS IS A MAJESTIC 3 MOVEMENT SUITE FOR CONCERT BAND WRITTEN BY ENGLISH COMPOSER EDWARD GREGSON (1988). THE MUSIC IS BASED ON PLAYS FROM THE PLANTAGENETS TRILOGY, AND ARE CONCERNED WITH THE STRUGGLE FOR POWER (CROWN) THROUGH THE USE OF FORCE (SWORD).
'ROMANTIC' SYMPHONY NO. 2 'ROMANTIC' SYMPHONY NO. 2
DOWNLOAD THIS FOR YOUR VALENTINE. THE 2ND MOVEMENT FROM HOWARD HANSON'S SYMPHONY #2, PERFORMED MY JUNIOR YEAR IN THE TMEA ALL STATE CONCERT BAND. THIS MUSIC WAS USED AT THE END OF THE FILM 'ALIEN', ARRIVING WITH THE ALIEN BLASTING AND THE END CREDITS
LOOKING UPWARD SUITE LOOKING UPWARD SUITE
I- BY THE LIGHT OF THE POLAR STAR II- BENEATH THE SOUTHERN CROSS III- MARS AND VENUS. ALTHOUGH JOHN PHILIP SOUSA IS PRIMARILY KNOWN FOR HIS MARCHES, HE ALSO COMPOSED 11 SUITES INCLUDING THIS FROM 1902. PERFORMED BY THE TMEA ALL STATE SYMPHONIC BAND
1812 OVERTURE, OP. 49 1812 OVERTURE, OP. 49
THIS IS THE COMPLETE PERFORMANCE OF PYOTR IIYICH TCHAIKOVSKY'S 1812 OVERTURE(1880) PERFORMED BY THE U.S. MERCHANT MARINE ACADEMY REGIMENTAL BAND IN 1975. TCHAIKOVSKY COMPOSED THIS FOR THE CONSECRATION OF THE TEMPLE OF CHRIST REDEEMER IN MOSCOW.
