Episode 441: Phantasmagorical Music

Musical fantasies, unlike fugues or variations, are rooted in the art of improvisation, and thus seldom follow any strict musical form. Fantasies taken to the extreme become illusionary, like a shifting dream; i.e. the phantasmagorical.

This episode of Wind & Rhythm explores music that plays free and loose with imaginative invention; the Fantasy.

Fantasies for Anna Magdalena Bach
  Christopher Dedrick
  Canadian Brass*
Danzas Fantásticas
  Joaquin Turina, arr. Boyd
  Philharmonia à Vent, John Boyd
Fantasies on a Theme by Haydn
  Norman Dello Joio
  Keystone Wind Ensemble, Jack Stamp
Fantasy for Brass Band, Op. 114
  Malcolm Arnold
  Grimethorpe Colliery Band, Garry Cutt
Excerpts from A Disney Fantasy
  arr. Goff Richards
  Brass Band of Battle Creek