Episode 486: Lighting the Fire

This week on Wind & Rhythm, it’s music about fire, fireworks, firestorm, fire dance, and fiery birds.  We’ll hear John Mackey’s  “Kingfishers Catch Fire,” “Firework” by Jan van der Roost, Steven Reineke’s “Goddess of Fire”, and more performed by top-notch wind bands from across the U.S. and England.

Firework!
  Jan Van der Roost
  Northern Illinois Wind Ensemble, Steven Squires
Firestorm
  Steven Bulla    
  US Army Band, Captain Thomas Palmatier
Firedance
  Guy Woolfenden    
  Birmingham Symphonic Winds, Guy Woolfenden
Ritual Fire Dance
  Manuel de Falla
  Empire Brass    
Spitfire Fugue
  William Walton    
  Black Dyke Band, Nicholas Childs
Kingfishers Catch Fire
  John Mackey    
  Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
​  Wind Symphony, John Bell
Goddess of Fire
  Steven Reineke    
  Washington Winds, Edward Petersen
The Firebird Suite
  Igor Stravinsky
  US Air Force Band, Lowell Graham