Episode 375: Taller, Stronger, Better

Go outdoors and look at the early Spring growth on the tree branches.  The new buds are so much greener, so much more flexible.  And while it’s true that these buds are a bit more vulnerable when they’re young, they toughen up over time, enough to protect themselves from the elements.  That's just one way nature renews itself, and that amazing cycle of growth applies to music too, with wonderful new compositions and amazing new recordings.

Serenade "Songs of the Night”: David Gillingham
  Cincinnati Wind Symphony, Eugene Corporon
Spring Planting (Spiritual) from "Cane River Murals”:
  Martin Ellerby
  Showa Wind Symphony, Shintaro Fukumoto
The Last Spring: Edvard Grieg, trans. James Curnow
  Black Dyke Brass Band, James Watson
Glenbury Grove: Julie Giroux
  TAD Wind Symphony, Takayoshi "Tad" Suzuki
Peer Gynt Suite No. 1 Op. 46:
  Edvard Grieg, trans. John Bell
  Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
​  Wind Symphony, John Raymond Bell
The Hounds of Spring: Alfred Reed
  Philharmonic Winds Osakan, Hirosi Hosina