Episode 383: Cornerstones 4 - On the Shoulders of Giants

There have been giants in the wind band community. Examples include composers Samuel Barber, Aaron Copland, Gordon Jacob, and Alfred Reed, and all wrote for string ensembles too. But on Wind & Rhythm our focus is on music expressed by the very air we breathe. So on this episode we’re not going to play transcriptions, but rather music written specifically for winds. These are works considered cornerstones of our library. They were written by the giants. So much so that we’ve named our episode "On the Shoulders of Giants".

Commando March
​  Samuel Barber
  US Air Force Heritage of America Band,
  Major Larry H. Lang
Emblems
  Aaron Copland
  Northwestern Symphonic Wind Ensemble,
  Mallory Thompson
An Original Suite
  Gordon Jacob
  North Texas Wind Symphony,
  Eugene Migliaro Corporon
Suite Francaise
  Darius Milhaud
  US Army Field Band,
  Colonel Jack H. Grogan
Armenian Dances - Set I
  Alfred Reed
  University of Illinois Symphonic Band,
  Harry Begian