Episode 388: Quintessential Transcriptions

​There was a time when new music for symphony orchestras outnumbered new music for wind bands. That time has passed. Now, there's a tidal wave of exemplary new music written exclusively for wind band. But what about all those great works that were written before the tide turned? Many have been transcribed and have now become essential literature in the wind band world. On this episode of Wind & Rhythm we’ll explore several of these "Quintessential Transcriptions".

Polovstian Dances from Prince Igor
  Alexander Borodin
  US Army Field Band, LTC Timothy J. Holtan
El Salón México
  Aaron Copland
  Cincinnati Wind Symphony, Eugene Migliaro Corporon
Selections from Pictures at an Exhibition
  Modest Mussorgsky
  Banda Sinfónica Juvenil Simón Bolívar, Thomas Clamor
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
  Paul Dukas
  US Army Field Band, Colonel Timothy J. Holtan

All transcriptions by Mark Hindsley