Symphonic Band Performances
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SYMPHONY NO. 5 - Allegro non troppo SYMPHONY NO. 5 - Allegro non troppo
The TMEA All State Symphonic Band performs Shostakovich's Symphony No. 5 finale, from my senior year and fav.- most difficult piece to perform, followed by a 14 min ovation. The Soviets saw it as an expression of their immeasurable grief under Stalin
WEDDING DANCE WEDDING DANCE
THIS IS THE WILDLY FRENETIC FINAL MOVEMENT OF THE ORCHESTRAL SUITE 'HASSENEH' (THE WEDDING) BASED ON JEWISH FOLK MUSIC. PERFORMED MY SOPH. YEAR AT THE NATIONAL MUSIC CAMP, INTERLOCHEN, MICH., BY H.S. SYMPHONIC BAND #2. WRITTEN BY JACQUES PRESS (1955)
THE NEW WORLD SYMPHONY - FINALE THE NEW WORLD SYMPHONY - FINALE
PERFORMED BY THE CAL POLY SYMPHONIC BAND, MY JUNIOR YEAR. SYMPHONY #9 IN E MINOR, POPULARLY KNOWN AS THE 'NEW WORLD SYMPHONY', WAS WRITTEN BY ANTONIN DVORAK DURING HIS VISIT TO AMERICA (1892-'95). IT PREMIERED AT CARNEGIE HALL AMID PERPETUAL CHEERING
RUSSIAN CHRISTMAS MUSIC RUSSIAN CHRISTMAS MUSIC
I-Carol of the Little Russian Children, II-Antiphonal Chant, III-Village Song, IV-Cathedral Chorus. Written by Alfred Reed, 1944, to help improve Soviet-American relations. Performed by the USAF Golden West Band, Travis AFB, my 2nd year in the band.
CATHEDRAL CHORUS (Marching Band) CATHEDRAL CHORUS (Marching Band)
FINAL MOVEMENT OF SLAVONIC FOLK SUITE BY ALFRED REED. LIVE RECORDING OF THE BEAUMONT FRENCH H.S. MARCHING BAND, MY SENIOR YEAR AS DRUM MAJOR. THIS WAS THE FINALE, AND BEGAN A TRADITION WHERE THE BAND ENDED EVERY DRILL WITH THIS SONG.
WHEN THE SAINTS GO MARCHING IN WHEN THE SAINTS GO MARCHING IN
FROM MY FRESHMAN YEAR ,1992, PLAYING TENOR SAX, IN THE CAL POLY STAGE BAND. AN ARRANGEMENT BASED ON THE FAMOUS DIXIELAND TUNE AND A UNITED STATES GOSPEL HYMN (1896) THAT ORIGINATED AS A SPIRITUAL. THE TRADITIONAL USE OF THE SONG IS AS A FUNERAL MARCH
Do Not Go Gentle Into that Good Night- poem & song Do Not Go Gentle Into that Good Night- poem & song
THIS POEM IS RECITED AT THE TMEA CONVENTION FOLLOWED BY THE SONG OF THE SAME NAME, PERFORMED BY THE TEXAS ALL STATE CONCERT BAND. WELSH POET DYLAN THOMAS COMPOSED THIS POEM FOR HIS DYING FATHER IN 1951. THE SONG WAS WRITTEN BY ELLIOT DEL BORGO (1979)
FESTIVE OVERTURE, OPUS 96 FESTIVE OVERTURE, OPUS 96
RUSSIAN COMPOSER DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH COMPOSED THIS CLASSIC IN THREE DAYS IN 1954. SOME HAVE SUGGESTED THIS SECRETLY CELEBRATES STALIN'S DEATH THE YEAR BEFORE. TRANSCRIBED FOR CONCERT BAND BY DONALD HUNSBERGER. PERFORMED BY THE CAL POLY SYMPHONIC BAND
CZARDAS CZARDAS
A CONCERTO AND RHAPSODY BASED ON HUNGARIAN FOLK DANCE AND GYPSY MUSIC, WRITTEN IN 1904 BY VITTORIO MONTI, TRANSCRIBED FOR SOLO TRUMPET AND WIND ENSEMBLE, THAT WAS ORIGINALLY COMPOSED FOR VIOLIN. FEATURING SENSATIONAL SOLOIST, JAMES DOUGLAS.
CARMINA BURANA CARMINA BURANA
EXCERPTS FROM "CARMINA BURANA" A SCENIC CANTATA BASED ON 24 POEMS FOUND IN THE COLLECTION "CARMINA BURANA" FROM THE LATE MEDIEVAL AND EARLY RENAISSANCE PERIOD. WRITTEN BY CARL ORFF 1935 - 1936. PERFORMED BY THE CAL POLY SYMPHONIC BAND MY SENIOR TEAR.
WATER MUSIC SUITE WATER MUSIC SUITE
THE FINALE OF THIS PIECE IS TRADITIONALLY PLAYED AT WEDDINGS. KING GEORGE I REQUESTED A CONCERT ON THE RIVER THAMES, JULY 1717, AND THE ORCHESTRA PERFORMED IT 3 TIMES. BY GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL. PERFORMED BY THE CAL POLY SYMPHONY BAND, MY SENIOR YEAR
OVERTURE TO 'CANDIDE' OVERTURE TO 'CANDIDE'
THIS WAS PERFORMED AT AN HISTORIC CONCERT IN N. KOREA IN FEB. 2008 BY THE N.Y. PHILHARMONIC. THIS IS A CHALLENGING CONCERT BAND ARRANGEMENT OF LEONARD BERNSTEIN'S OVERTURE TO THE OPERA 'CANDIDE' (1956). PERFORMED BY THE TMEA ALL STATE SYMPHONIC BAND.
PROCESSION OF NOBLES PROCESSION OF NOBLES
AN HOMAGE TO THE KNIGHTS AND NOBLEMEN OF MEDIEVAL TIMES. THIS STATELY PROCESSIONAL MARCH, AN EXCERPT FROM THE BALLET 'MALDA', IS A SYMPHONIC MASTERPIECE WRITTEN BY NIKOLAI RIMSKY-KORSAKOV (1892). PERFORMED MY SOPH. YR IN THE TMEA ALL STATE SYMP. BAND
LA FIESTA MEXICANA (Mass & Aztec Dance) LA FIESTA MEXICANA (Mass & Aztec Dance)
THIS IS BASED ON AZTEC, ROMAN CATHOLIC AND MARIACHI MUSIC AND SUBTITLED 'A MEXICAN FOLK SONG SYMPHONY'. WRITTEN BY H. OWEN REED (1949) ON A GUGGENHEIM FELLOWSHIP IN MEXICO. PERFORMED MY 1ST YEAR AT THE NATIONAL MUSIC CAMP BY THE ALL STATE H.S. BAND.
GOD OF OUR FATHERS GOD OF OUR FATHERS
NATIONAL HYMN. PERFORMED AT THE TMEA CONVENTION, MY SOPHOMORE YEAR IN THE ALL STATE BAND, BY THE TEXAS ALL STATE HIGH SCHOOL CHOIR ACCOMPANIED BY THE SYMPHONIC BAND AND ORCHESTRA. WORDS BY DANIEL C. ROBERTS (1876), MUSIC BY GEORGE W. WARREN (1888).
HYMN TO YEREVAN HYMN TO YEREVAN
THIS DEPICTS THE MAJESTY AND SPIRITUAL INNER NATURE OF THE ANCIENT CITY OF YEREVAN AT THE FOOT OF MOUNT ARARAT. COMPOSED BY ALAN HOVHANESS WHOSE MUSIC IS ALWAYS POSITIVE, UPLIFTING, NOURISHING. FROM MY H.S. FRESHMAN YR., TMEA REGION X ALL REGION BAND
FIRST DRIVING LESSON FIRST DRIVING LESSON
THIS IS THE MUSICAL STORY ABOUT A TEENAGER'S ADVENTURE WHEN HE TAKES HIS FATHER'S BRAND NEW CAR OUT FOR A DRIVE. THIS IS A VERY SIMILAR ADVENTURE I HAD WHEN I WAS 17. THIS IS THE FIRST PART OF 'MUSIC FOR YOUNG AMERICANS', WRITTEN BY RALPH HERMANN.
JERICHO RHAPSODY JERICHO RHAPSODY
THIS IS BASED ON THE BIBLICAL STORY OF THE CAPTURE OF THE CITY OF JERICHO BY THE ISRAELITES, LED BY JOSHUA. ON THE 7TH DAY, JOSHUA'S WARRIORS BLASTED THEIR TRUMPETS AND THE WALLS COLLAPSED, AS YOU WILL HEAR.
A MOVEMENT FOR ROSA A MOVEMENT FOR ROSA
A TONE POEM HONORING CIVIL RIGHTS HEROINE ROSA PARKS. IT CONTAINS 3 SECTIONS: THE 1ST EVOKES HER EARLY YEARS TO MARRIAGE, THE 2ND PORTRAYS YEARS OF RACIAL STRIFE IN ALABAMA, THE 3RD IS SERENITY, YET AN OMINOUS REMINDER OF RACISM'S LINGERING PRESENCE.
WHY WERE HER EYES SO BLUE WHY WERE HER EYES SO BLUE
THIS FEATURES THE TENOR SAX AND TRUMPET SOLOISTS, OF THE CAL POLY MARCHING BAND FROM SAN LUIS OBISPO, CALIFORNIA DURING MY FRESHMAN YEAR IN THE BAND. WILLIAM V. JOHNSON WAS AND STILL IS THE CONDUCTOR.
