Episode 528, Summer

​What is your favorite summer activity?  A walk in the park?  Going for a swim?  Sitting in the shade with an ice-cold glass of lemonade?   This week we take a look at summer and the wonderful variety of music it offers.  So grab that ice cold beverage, and join us here at the gathering place for people who love band music, Wind & Rhythm.

​Selections from Porgy & Bess: Summertime
  George Gershwin
  Empire Brass    
The Teddy Bears' Picnic
  John W. Bratton
  The Great American Main Street Band,
​  Mark Gould and Samuel Pilafian

Bugs 
(I. Prelude; II. Dragonfly; III. Praying Mantis; IV. Black Widow Spider; V. Tiger Swallowtail; VI. Army Ants)
  Roger Cichy
  University of St. Thomas Symphonic Wind Ensemble,
  Matthew George
Too Darn Hot
  Cole Porter
  US Marine Drum and Bugle Corps,
  Major Brent A. Harrison
Summertime Party
  Johan Nijs
  The Midwest Winds, Don Golando
Tight Squeeze
  Alex Shapiro
  DePauw University Band, Craig Paré
Heritage Suite (What Hope Saw)
​- V. Warm Beer and Cricket
  Nigel Clarke
  Middle Tennessee State Wind Ensemble, Reed Thomas
Highlights from Frozen, "In Summer”
  Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez
  US Army Concert Band, Colonel Timothy Holtan
Summer
  Johan de Meij
  Harmonie Amstel Concert Band, Johan de Meij