Episode 377: Fantasy Solos

Within Wind & Rhythm's vast music library, the word "fantastic" or "fantasy" appear numerous times. It’s almost as if composers of wind band music want to transport listeners out of the ordinary world and into an extraordinary one; one that is illusionary. Let's explore some dazzling imagination.

Suite #2 in F: 4. Fantasia on the “Dargason”: Gustav Holst
  Dallas Wind Symphony, Howard Dunn
Stubernic Fantasy from "Concerto For 3 Marimbas”:
  Mark Ford
  Messiah College Wind Ensemble, Bradley Genevro
Fantasy from Euphomium Concerto: Martin Ellerby
  Metropolitan Wind Symphony, Lawrence Isaacson,
  Adam Frey soloist
Fantasia For Euphonium: Gordon Jacob
  North Texas Wind Symphony, Eugene Migliaro Corporon
Rose Variations: Robert Russell Bennett
  US Air Force Band Of The Rockies, Philip C. Chevallard
Fantasy for Brass Band, Op. 114: Malcolm Arnold
  Grimethorpe Colliery Brass Band, Peter Parkes