Episode 450: Fall Festivals

©Thomas Kinkade, The Pumpkin Festival

The Fall season is in full swing with a cavalcade of festivals, starting with Oktoberfest, passing through Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and culminating with the celebration of the New Year. 

This week on Wind & Rhythm, we feast on the music of Festivals.

Festival Intrada
  Richard Strauss
  Dallas Wind Symphony, Jerry Junkin
  with Paul Riedo on the Lay Family Organ
A Festival Prelude
  Alfred Reed
  US Air Force Band of Mid-America,
  Captain Donald Schofield, Jr.
Festive Hymn
  Johan de Meij
  Orchestra de Vents Filharmonia, José Pascual-Vilaplana 
Festival
  Clifton Williams
  US Air Force Band of Mid-America,
​  Lieutenant Colonel Daniel Price
Festival of Fire from “Three Notes of Japan”
  Toshiro Mashima
  North Texas Wind Symphony, Eugene Migliaro Corporon
Fiesta!
  Philip Sparke
  Musashino Academy Wind Ensemble, Ray Cramer
Dies Festus from “Gloriosa"
  ITO Yusuhide
  North Texas Wind Symphony, Eugene Migliaro Corporon
Olympica-Festival Overture For Band
  Jan Van der Roost
  Musashino Academy Wind Ensemble, Don Wilcox