Episode 472: U.F.O.nium

Coined in 1953, the phrase Unidentified Flying Object, and its natural acronym UFO, came into our lexicon as a means to describe various inexplainable airborne “curiosities”.  And while most folks inherently connect UFOs to extra-terrestrials, the three composers on this episode of Wind & Rhythm associate UFOs to the sweet-voiced “cello of the wind band”, the Euphonium with its soaring sound and inexplicably broad range.

UFO Dreams
  David Maslanka
  Utah Wind Symphony, Scott A. Hagen
II. Unidentified, from “UFO”
  Michael Daugherty
  North Texas Wind Symphony, Eugene Migliano Corporon
UFO Concerto
  Johan de Meij
  Banda De Lalin, Bram Sniekers