Episode 503, Moved by Melody

Ever have a song get stuck in your head?  Some say the best way to get rid of it is to share songs as simple gifts with friends. Let's do just that, with some of our favorites, on this episode of Wind & Rhythm.

March of the Belgian Paratroopers
  Pierre Leemans
  United States Marine Band    
"Simple Gifts" from Four Shaker Songs
  arr. Frank Ticheli
  Michigan State University Wind Symphony,
  John Whitwell
"Jig" from St. Paul's Suite
  Gustav Holst, arr. Philip Sparke
  The Central Band of the Royal Air Force,
​  Wing Commander Duncan Stubbs

Selections from "The Wizard of Oz”
  Harold Arlen
  The Kalamazoo Concert Band, Richard Swinsick
"Simple Song" from Mass
  Leonard Bernstein
  Empire Brass    
"Raiders March" from Raiders of the Lost Ark
  John Williams
  US Coast Guard Band, Captain Kenneth W. Megan
Csardas Fantasy
  Vittorio Monti
  Philharmonic Wind Orchestra, Marc Reift
"Nimrod" from the Enigma Variations
  Edward Elgar
  Black Dyke Band, Nicholas Childs
"Clutch Purse" from Opposable Thumbs
  Carolyn Bremer
  Monarch Brass, Apo Hsu
The Grace of Being
  Julie Giroux
  North Texas Symphonic Band, Dennis Fisher
Suite #1 in Eb: Mvt 1. Chaconne
  Gustav Holst
  Dallas Wind Symphony, Howard Dunn
The Liberty Bell
  John Philip Sousa
  Japan Ground Self Defense Band, Colonel Akira Takeda