Episode 421: Cloudburst

That sweet spring shower can become a howling storm with very little warning. It might be the soaking rain that replenishes the land or there may be floods and devastation. On this episode we'll hear what both extremes sound like when voiced by the expressive sound of wind bands.

Cloudburst
  Eric Whitacre
  UNLV Wind Orchestra, Thomas Leslie
As Torrents in Summer
  Sir Edward Elgar
  St. Olaf Band, Timothy Mahr
Riding the Storm from “Wind Sketches”
  Philip Sparke
  Royal Netherlands Army Band, Tijmen Botma
Suite from The Snowstorm (The Blizzard)
  Georgii Vasilyevich Sviridov
  US Air Force Band of the Rockies, Colonel H. Bruce Gilkes
As The Scent of Spring Rain
  Jonathan Neuman
  Michigan State Wind Symphony, Kevin Sedatole
Galactic Empires
  David Gillingham
  North Texas Wind Symphony, Eugene Migliaro Corporon
Storm from “Four Sea Interludes”
  Benjamin Britten