Episode 727, Miniature Music

What makes music "miniature"? On this episode of Wind & Rhythm, we explore miniatures, including Steven Bryant’s "Miniature Suite", Drew Fennell’s "Hometown Miniatures", and much more, all right here, at the gathering place for people who love band music.

Brass Miniatures
  James Curnow
  Yorkshire Imperial Band

Pequeña Czarda 
  Pedro Iturralde
  Jess Gillam and the Tippett Quartet

Three Miniatures for Tuba and Wind Ensemble
I. Allegro
II. Slowly
III. Allegro Vivace
  Anthony Plog
  US Military Academy Band: West Point, 
  Lieutenant Colonel Timothy J. Holtan
  Staff Sgt Scott Beaver, tuba

Three Klezmer Miniatures
I. Sham Harei Golan, Nigun Shel Yossi
II. Tumbalalaika
III. Hava Nagila
  Philip Sparke
  Nagoya University of Arts Wind Orchestra,
​  Jan Van der Roost

Hometown Miniatures
  Drew Fennell
  New England Brass Band, Douglas Yeo

Miniature Suite
I. Introit - Tin Riot
II Echo Dreams
III. Eristic Zeal
IV. The Low Arc of the Sun
V. Irrational Joy
  Steven Bryant
  National Intercollegiate Band, Richard Clary