Symphonic Band Performances
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CIRCUS DAYS GALOP CIRCUS DAYS GALOP
THIS MARCH WAS WRITTEN IN 1944 BY KARL L. KING. BECAUSE HE DIRECTED CIRCUS BANDS, MANY OF HIS WORKS WERE WRITTEN IN TENTS BY THE LIGHT OF A FLASHLIGHT OR KEROSENE LANTERN. PERFORMED BY THE 1971 ILLINOIS UNIV. BAND.
CLARINET CAROUSEL CLARINET CAROUSEL
THIS COMPOSTION, WRITTEN BY DAVID BENNETT IN 1947, FEATURES THE 1ST CLARINET SECTION. PERFORMED BY THE 1971 AUSTIN PEAY SYMPHONIC BAND FROM CLARKSVILLE, TENN. THE BAND HAS BEEN ACCLAIMED AS THE MOST OUTSTANDING SMALL UNIVERSITY BAND IN THE SOUTH.
COLAS BREUGNON OVERTURE COLAS BREUGNON OVERTURE
THIS OVERTURE IS A PRELUDE TO THE OPERA 'THE MASTER OF CLAMECY' WRITTEN IN 1937 BY DMITRI KABALEVSKY. THE OPERA WAS DERIVED FROM THE NOVEL 'COLAS BREUGNON, BURGUNDIAN'. THIS IS PERFORMED AT THE 1973 NATIONAL MUSIC CAMP BY HIGH SCHOOL CONCERT BAND #1
COLONIAL SONG COLONIAL SONG
THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL COMPOSITION WRITTEN BY PERCY ALDRIDGE GRAINGER IN 1913, FOR AND ABOUT THE PEOPLE IN HIS NATIVE AUSTRALIA. HE ALSO USED THE INSPIRATION OF THE AUSTRALIAN COUNTRYSIDE. PERFORMED BY THE 1970 UNIV. OF ILLINOIS CONCERT BAND.
COLONIAL SONG (All State Band) COLONIAL SONG (All State Band)
PERCY GRAINGER ORIGINALLY WROTE THIS FOR PIANO AS A BIRTHDAY GIFT TO HIS MOTHER. IN 1913 HE ARRANGED IT FOR WIND BAND. THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL, EMOTIONAL SONG, BUT WAS CRITICIZED FOR BEING TOO SENTIMENTAL. PERFORMED BY THE TEXAS ALL STATE SYMPHONIC BAND.
COMMANDO MARCH COMMANDO MARCH
PERFORMED BY THE TMEA ALL STATE CONCERT BAND. WRITTEN BY SAMUEL BARBER IN 1943 WHEN HE WAS A MEMBER OF AN ARMY AIR CORPS BAND UNIT. DEDICATED TO THE NEW SOLDIER, THE MARCH WAS FIRST PERFORMED BY THE ARMY AIR CORPS BAND IN ATLANTIC CITY IN 1943.
CONCERT DANCE AND INTERMEZZO CONCERT DANCE AND INTERMEZZO
THIS WAS COMPOSED BY CLAUDE T. SMITH IN 1972 AND DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF WAYNE SNODGRASS, RENOWNED MUSIC EDUCATOR FROM COMMUNITY H.S. IN KANSAS. MR. SMITH IS CONDUCTING THE TEXAS TECH UNIV. BAND. CONVERTED FROM THE ORIGINAL LP.
CONCERT PIECE FOR BASSOON CONCERT PIECE FOR BASSOON
WRITTEN BY AMERICAN COMPOSER BURRILL PHILLIPS IN 1942. PERFORMED BY THE 1985 LSU WIND ENSEMBLE, WILLIAM LUDWIG, BASSOON SOLOIST. THE DIRECTOR OF THE LSU BAND IS FRANK B. WICKES WHO HAS BEEN AT LSU SINCE 1980. HE WAS AT FLORIDA UNIV. FROM 1973 T0 '80.
CONCERT VARIATIONS CONCERT VARIATIONS
THIS IS A VERY BEAUTIFUL, SONOROUS COMPOSITION WRITTEN BY THE VERY PROLIFIC COMPOSER, CLAUDE T. SMITH. HIS WORKS HAVE BEEN DESCRIBED AS 'CONTEMPORARY ROMANTIC'. THIS PREMIERED AT THE MISSOURI MEA IN 1976. PERFORMED BY THE 1977 TEXAS TECH CONCET BAND.
CONCERTINO FOR PERCUSSION AND BAND CONCERTINO FOR PERCUSSION AND BAND
AN OUTSTANDING AND ENERGETIC COMPOSITION WRITTEN IN 1960 BY JAMES CLIFTON WILLIAMS, WHO WROTE SEVERAL IMPORTANT PIECES FOR CONCERT BAND. HIS UNTIMELY DEATH AT AGE 53 IN 1976 BROUGHT TO AN END ONE OF THE MOST CREATIVE TALENTS OF THE PAST TWO DECADES.
CONCERTO FOR ALTO SAXOPHONE - ADAGIO CONCERTO FOR ALTO SAXOPHONE - ADAGIO
THIS IS A CONCERTO THAT I PERFORMED DURING MY JUNIOR YEAR OF COLLEGE. THIS IS THE ADAGIO, PART II OF ROBERT JAGER'S "CONCERTO FOR ALTO SAXOPHONE". JAGER IS AN AMERICAN COMPOSER, THEORIST, AND CONDUCTOR AND IS BEST KNOWN FOR HIS THIRD SUITE FOR BAND.
CONCERTO FOR BAND CONCERTO FOR BAND
THIS BEAUTIFUL COMPOSITION WAS WRITTEN IN 1970 BY ENGLISH COMPOSER GORDON JACOB WHO WROTE THE 'WILLIAM BYRD SUITE' AND ARRANGED 'ENGLISH FOLK SONG SUITE'. I- ALLEGRO, II- ADAGIO, III- ALLEGRO CON BRIO. PERFORMED BY THE 1971 AUSTIN PEAY ST. UNIV. BAND
CONCERTO FOR HORN CONCERTO FOR HORN
MVMT. I- PROLOGUE, II- ALLEGRO. THIS WAS WRITTEN IN 1967 BY COMPOSER AND FRENCH HORN PLAYER DAVID AMRAM. HE WAS ALSO COMPOSER IN RESIDENCE FOR THE N. Y. PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA IN 1966 & 1972. PERFORMED BY THE 1979 UNIV. OF N. COLORADO WIND ENSEMBLE.
CONCERTO FOR TROMBONE AND MILITARY BAND IN B-FLAT CONCERTO FOR TROMBONE AND MILITARY BAND IN B-FLAT
NIKOLAI RIMSKY-KORSAKOV COMPOSED THIS MILITARISTIC CONCERTO FOR TROMBONE IN 1877. I- ALLEGRO VIVACE, II- ANDANTE CANTABILE, III- ALLEGRO. PERFORMED BY THE WHEATON COLLEGE BAND FEATURING DOUGLAS YEO, NOW THE BASS TROMBONIST - BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
CONQUEST (Marching Band) CONQUEST (Marching Band)
LIVE PERFORMANCE OF THE BEAUMONT FRENCH MARCHING BAND, ENDING WITH SINFONIANS FANFARE. THESE MARCHING BAND DRILLS WERE RECORDED BY MY DAD, WHO WAS A PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHER, WHEN I WAS DRUM MAJOR. I USED 'DAK' SOFTWARE TO REDUCE CROWD NOISE.
CORONATION SCENE from 'Boris Godunov' CORONATION SCENE from 'Boris Godunov'
'BORIS GODUNOV' IS AN OPERA BY MODEST MUSSORGSKY, COMPOSED BETWEEN 1868-1874, CONSIDERED HIS MASTERPIECE. THE CORONATION SCENE IS SCENE 2 OF PART 1. GODUNOV REIGNED AS TSAR IN RUSSIA 1598-1605. PERFORMED BY THE 1978 CONCORDIA COLLEGE CONCERT BAND.
COUNTRY GARDENS COUNTRY GARDENS
THIS IS AN ENGLISH FOLK TUNE COLLECTED BY CECIL SHARP, ARRANGED FOR PIANO IN 1918 BY PERCY GRAINGER, ARRANGED FOR BAND BY TOM CLARK. THIS WAS GRAINGER'S 1ST SMASH HIT ALTHOUGH HE CAME TO DETEST IT. PERFORMED BY THE 1970 UNIV. OF ILLINOIS CONCERT BAND
CREDENCE CREDENCE
ANOTHER WONDERFUL, BUT RARELY HEARD, COMPOSITION WRITTEN BY CLAUDE T. SMITH IN 1973. THIS WAS PREMIERED AT THE PRESTIGIOUS MID-WEST NATIONAL BAND- ORCHESTRA CLINIC BY THE SHAWNEE MISSION, KS. H.S. BAND. PERFORMED BY THE 1977 TEXAS TECH CONCERT BAND.
CROWN IMPERIAL CROWN IMPERIAL
Dedicated to my best friend, Johnny Marshall, 1st chair clarinet in this band, TMEA All State Concert Band. Johnny and I were both All State, although we attended different schools. He was killed 4 months after this concert, 2 weeks after graduation.
CYRUS THE GREAT CYRUS THE GREAT
A POPULAR CIRCUS MARCH WRITTEN BY KARL KING IN 1921 THAT PAYS HOMAGE TO THE FOUNDER OF THE PERSIAN EMPIRE. HE RULED FROM 550 T0 530 B.C. ALSO A FAVORITE FOR THE MILITARY MARCHING BANDS HERE IN EAST TEXAS. PERFORMED BY THE 1971 ILLINOIS UNIV. BAND.
