Episode 700, Playing The Light

What kind of music do you associate with light? On this episode of Wind & Rhythm, we celebrate the lengthening days with music inspired by light. We hear John Mackey’s “Lightning Field”, Eric Whitacre’s “Lux Aurumque”, Yo Goto's “Lux Aeterna”, and more, right here, at the gathering place for people who love band music.

Dance of the Southern Lights
  Eric Richards
  US Army Field Band, Colonel Finley R. Hamilton
  Nan Raphael, piccolo
Moonlight Sonata
  Ludwig Van Beethoven, arr. Andrew Poor
  Washington Winds, Edward Petersen
Only Light, Only Love
  Leslie Gilreath
  Cobb Wind Symphony, Alfred L. Watkins
Pageant of Light
  David Shaffer
  Washington Winds, Edward Petersen
Lightning Field
  John Mackey
  Broken Arrow High School Wind Ensemble, Darrin Davis
Lux Aurumque
  Eric Whitacre
  Tulsa Wind Symphony, Matt Balmer
Golden Light (A Celebration Piece)
  David Maslanka
  University of New Hampshire Wind Symphony,
​  Andrew Boysen, Jr.
Lux Aeterna
  Yo Goto
  Showa Wind Symphony, Eugene Migliaro Corporon