Symphonic Band Performances
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AN AMERICAN HOLIDAY OVERTURE AN AMERICAN HOLIDAY OVERTURE
A SHORT CHRISTMAS OVERTURE BASED ON 'SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN' AND 'WHITE CHRISTMAS'. ARRANGED BY SGT. MAJOR JAMES KESSLER AND PERFORMED BY 'PERSHING'S OWN' UNITED STATES ARMY BAND.
AN ENGLISH FOLK CHRISTMAS AN ENGLISH FOLK CHRISTMAS
THIS IS A TUBA-EUPHONIUM QUARTET PERFORMANCE OF FIVE OLD ENGLISH FOLKSONGS: GLOUCESTERSHIRE WASSAIL, GOD REST YE MERRY GENTLEMEN, ALL THAT YOU ARE TO MIRTH INCLINED, KING HEROD, HERE WE COME A-WASSAILING. PERFORMED BY THE USAF GOLDEN GATE BAND.
AN ORIGINAL SUITE for Military Band AN ORIGINAL SUITE for Military Band
1-MARCH, 2-INTERMEZZO, 3-FINALE. PERFORMED BY THE TMEA ALL STATE SYMPHONIC BAND. THIS WAS WRITTEN BY GORDON JACOB IN 1928. HE ALONG WITH VAUGHN WILLIAMS AND GUSTAV HOLST ENRICHED THE MILITARY BAND REPERTOIRE DURING THIS PERIOD.
ANTIPHON ANTIPHON
WRITTEN BY FISHER TULL OF SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY. PERFORMED BY THE TMEA REGION X ALL REGION BAND. MR. TULL WAS ALSO GUEST CONDUCTOR OF THE BAND. HE WAS CHAIR OF THE DEPT. OF MUSIC AT SHSU AND AN ACCOMPLISED COMPOSER.
APOTHEOSIS OF THIS EARTH APOTHEOSIS OF THIS EARTH
MVMT I- APOTHEOSIS, II- TRAGEDY OF DESTRUCTION, III- POSTSKRIPT. THIS IS ONE OF THE FIRST SERIOUS COMPOSITIONS FOR CONCERT BAND, WRITTEN BY CZECH COMPOSER KAREL HUSA, IN 1971. PERFORMED BY THE 1979 UNIVERSITY OF N. COLORADO WIND ENSEMBLE.
ARIOSO FOR BAND ARIOSO FOR BAND
THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL, BUT LITTLE KNOWN WORK, COMPOSED BY JOSEPH WILCOX JENKINS IN 1963. IT WAS DEDICATED TO A TRUMPET PLAYER IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY BAND. PERFORMED BY THE 1969 UNIV. OF ILLINOIS BAND, DIRECTED BY MARK HINDSLEY.
ARMENIAN DANCES (PART 1) ARMENIAN DANCES (PART 1)
THIS IS THE 1ST OF A 2 PART COMPOSITION WRITTEN BY ALFRED REED IN 1972. EACH PART CONSISTS OF SEVERAL AUTHENTIC ARMENIAN FOLK SONGS FROM THE COLLECTION OF KOMITAS VARDAPET, AN ARMENIAN MUSICOLOGIST. PERFORMED BY THE 1974 TEXAS ALL STATE CONCERT BAND.
'AULD LANG SYNE' 'AULD LANG SYNE'
TRADITIONAL NEW YEARS EVE CELEBRATION SONG, SUNG AT MIDNIGHT. ORIGINATED AS A SCOTTISH POEM, WRITTEN BY ROBERT BURNS (1788). 'SHOULD AULD ACQUANTANCE BE FORGOT, AND NEVER BROUGHT TO MIND? SHOULD AULD ACQUANTANCE BE FORGOT, AND DAYS OF AULD LANG SYNE"
AUTOBIOGRAPHY AUTOBIOGRAPHY
THIS IS A SEVEN PART SUITE, CONSISTING OF BROADWAY EXCERPTS, PERFORMED BY THE TEXAS ALL STATE SYMPHONIC BAND. THIS IS AN ORIGINAL COMPOSITION BY BROADWAY COMPOSER, ARRANGER, CONDUCTOR ROBERT RUSSELL BENNETT, WHO ORCHESTRATED MORE THAN 300 MUSICALS.
AZTEC DANCE from La Fiesta Mexicana AZTEC DANCE from La Fiesta Mexicana
PERFORMED BY THE TMEA REGION X ALL REGION BAND, MY JUNIOR YEAR, CONDUCTED BY DR. JAMES MATTHEWS. THIS FOLLOWS THE MASS IN THE FIRST MOVEMENT IN LA FIESTA MEXICANA, WRITTEN BY H. OWEN REED IN 1949 BASED ON HIS 5 MONTH FELLOWSHIP IN MEXICO.
BACHIANAS BRASILEIRAS - SUITE #4 BACHIANAS BRASILEIRAS - SUITE #4
THE BACHIANAS BRASILEIRAS CONSTITUTE A SERIES OF 9 SUITES COMPOSED BY BRAZILIAN COMPOSER HEITOR VILLA-LOBOS BETWEEN 1930 - 1945. SUITE #4 WAS WRITTEN FOR PIANO IN 1942, ARRANGED FOR BAND BY ALFRED REED. PERFORMED BY THE 1967 CASS TECHNICAL H.S. BAND.
BALLAD FOR BAND BALLAD FOR BAND
THIS COMPOSITION, WRITTEN BY MORTON GOULD IN 1946, CAPTURES THE ROMANTICISM OF FOLK MUSIC. IT ALSO CAPTURES THE SPIRIT OF POPULAR MUSIC AND DANCE FORMS. PERFORMED BY THE 1970 CALIFORNIA ALL STATE HONOR BAND, DIRECTED BY FREDERICK FENNELL.
BARNUM AND BAILEY'S FAVORITE BARNUM AND BAILEY'S FAVORITE
KARL L. KING WROTE THIS POPULAR MARCH IN 1913 WHEN HE WAS 22 YEARS OLD. HE WROTE THIS MARCH FOR THE 32 PIECE BARNUM AND BAILEY'S CIRCUS BAND WHERE HE PLAYED THE EUPHONIUM. PERFORMED BY THE 1971 ILLINOIS UNIV. CONCERT BAND.
BATTAGLIA BATTAGLIA
THIS IS A PERFORMANCE FROM 1974 OF THE TEXAS TECH SYMPH. BAND CONDUCTED BY THE COMPOSER OF THIS PIECE, WILLIAM F. MCBETH. CONVERTED FROM THE ORIGINAL LP. HE WROTE THIS IN 1965. IT WAS COMMISSIONED AND DEDICATED TO THE MADISON JR. HI BAND, ABILENE, TX
BEGUINE FOR BAND BEGUINE FOR BAND
THIS WAS COMPOSED BY GLEN OSSER IN 1954, ONE OF HIS EARLIEST AND MOST POPULAR WORKS, AND IS BASED ON A NATIVE DANCE OF MARTINIQUE & ST. LUCIA. PERFORMED IN 1973 AT THE NATIONAL ARTS MUSIC CAMP BY HIGH SCHOOL CONCERT BAND #1.
BEGUINE FOR BAND (Cal Poly Band) BEGUINE FOR BAND (Cal Poly Band)
THIS IS A BALLROOM DANCE BASED ON A NATIVE DANCE OF MARTINIQUE AND ST. LUCIA, WRITTEN BY GLENN OSSER IN 1954. THIS WONDERFUL COMPOSITION IS HIS EARLIEST AND MOST POPULAR WORK. PERFORMED BY THE CAL POLY MARCHING BAND FROM SAN LUIS OBISPO, CALIF.
BEOWOLF - AN HEROIC TRILOGY BEOWOLF - AN HEROIC TRILOGY
'BEOWOLF' IS A SYMPHONIC POEM BASED ON 3 STATEMENTS FROM THE EPIC POEM. MVMT. I- THE GREAT HALL, II- THE SCION OF CAIN, III- BEOWOLF-A FEAST OF LIFE. COMPOSED BY WILLIAM F. MCBETH. PERFORMED BY THE TEXAS TECH CONCERT BAND. CONVERTED FROM THE LP.
BLACK HORSE TROOP MARCH BLACK HORSE TROOP MARCH
THIS MARCH WAS NAMED FOR THE HORSE-MOUNTED TROOPS OF THE CLEVELAND NATIONAL GUARD CALVARY, KNOWN AS TROOP A. THIS WAS COMPOSED BY JOHN PHILIP SOUSA IN 1924, WHO HAD A LONG RELATIONSHIP WITH THE CALVARY. PERFORMED BY THE USAF BAND OF THE GOLDEN GATE.
BLUE LAKE OVERTURE BLUE LAKE OVERTURE
THIS SONG IS DEDICATED TO THE BLUE LAKE FINE ARTS CAMP IN TWIN LAKE, MICHIGAN. IT WAS WRITTEN BY THE LATE JOHN BARNES CHANCE IN 1971. ONE YEAR LATER, MR. CHANCE WAS TRAGICALLY ELECTROCUTED. PERFORMED BY THE 1977 NORTH DAKOTA ST. UNIV. GOLD STAR BAND.
BOND STREET BOND STREET
PERFORMED BY THE TMEA ALL REGION HIGH SCHOOL SYMPHONIC BAND. WRITTEN BY BURT BACHARACH, PART OF THE SOUNDTRACK LISTING IN 'CASINO ROYALE' IN 1967. WELL KNOWN 'ELEVATOR MUSIC' SONG.
