Episode 487: Virtuosos

Have you ever heard a musical performance that left you wondering, “How did they do that?”  This week on Wind & Rhythm, we’ll listen to virtuoso performances of both ensembles and soloists.  We may not figure out how they create such astonishing music, but we’ll sure enjoy it!

Flight of the Bumblebee
  Rimsky-Korsakov    
  Eastman Wind Ensemble, Donald Hunsberger
Blue Bells of Scotland
  Arthur Pryor    
  University of New Mexico Wind Symphony, 
​  Eric Rombach-Kendall
  Joseph Alessi, trombone​
Black Dog
  Scott McAlister    
  North Texas Wind Symphony, Eugene Corporon
  Mark Nuccio, clarinet
Concert Etude, Op. 49
  Alexander Goedicke
  Alison Balsom, trumpet
  Tom Poster, piano
Toccata and Fugue
  J.S. Bach, arr. Hunsberger
  Eastman Wind Ensemble, Donald Hunsberger    
Fnugg Blue
  Øystein Baadsvik and Svein Henrik Giske    
  Sweedish Wind Ensemble, Christian Lindberg
  Øystein Baadsvik, tuba
Carnival of Venice
  Jean-Baptiste Arban
  Eastman Wind Ensemble, Donald Hunsberger
  Wynton Marsalis, trumpet
Stars and Stripes Forever
  John Philip Sousa
  Canadian Brass