Blog Posts - Wind & Rhythm

Episode 685, British Composers

9/25/2022

On this episode of Wind & Rhythm, we mark the historic change in the monarchy of Great Britain with a show dedicated to British composers. We hear music by Henry Purcell, Edward Elgar, Gustav Holst, and more, right here at the gathering place for people who love band music.

Trumpet Tune & Ayre
Henry Purcell
Canadian Brass
Veni Redemptor I
Thomas Tallis
Empire Brass Quintet and Friends
Water Music, Op. 18 - Vivace
Malcolm Arnold
Dallas Wind Symphony, Jerry Junkin

Matinees Musicales, After Rossini, Op. 24 - Waltz
Benjamin Britten
US Marine Band, John R. Bourgeois
Gallimaufry - I. Church and State
Guy Woolfenden
University of Calgary Wind Ensemble, Glen D. Price
Music for Brass and Woodwind
Elizabeth Maconchy
New England Conservatory Wind Ensemble,
Frank Battisti
Enigma Variations - Nimrod
Edward Elgar
Grimethorpe Colliery RJB Band
A Final Fling
Philip Sparke
Cory Band, Dr. Robert Childs, David Childs, euphonium
Fantasia on the Dargason
Gustav Holst
Keystone Wind Ensemble, Jack Stamp
On the Shoulders of Giants
Peter Graham
Fountain City Brass Band - NABBA 2011, Joseph Parisi
Song of Hope
Peter Meechan
Fountain City Brass Band,
Joseph Parisi, Ryan Anthony, trumpet

Episode 684, Listeners' Choice 10

9/18/2022

What is your favorite wind band piece? On this episode of Wind & Rhythm, we share our tenth Listeners’ Choice show with music selected by you. We hear Joel Love’s “Solace” and Omar Thomas's “Emma Catherine”. Join us, right here, at the gathering place for people who love band music.

Dance of the Tumblers
Nicholas Rimsky-Korsakov
Detroit Concert Band, Leonard B. Smith
Solace
I. Joy; II. Besieged; III. Gratitude; IV. Hiding; V. Work
Joel Love
US Air Force Academy Band, Larry H. Lang
Cuban Overture (Rumba)
George Gershwin
US Coast Guard Band, Commander Kenneth Megan
Emma Catherine
Omar Thomas
In Motus Tuba Quartet
Hymn for World Peace
David Maslanka
Utah Wind Symphony, Scott A. Hagen

Episode 683, High School Music, Y'all

9/11/2022

On this episode of Wind & Rhythm we mark the beginning of the school year with pieces performed by very talented high school ensembles, featuring music by Percy Grainger, Kataoka Hiroaki, Frank Ticheli, and more, here at the gathering place for people who love band music.

Quicksilver
William Owens
Ronald Reagan High School Wind Ensemble,
Tom Bennett
Phasing Thunder
Brian Balmages
Flower Mound High School Wind Symphony,
Brent Bishkup

Extremis
Randall Standridge
North Hardin High School Wind Symphony,
  Brian Froedge
Molly on the Shore
Percy Grainger, arr. Chalon Ragsdale
Blackburn High School Symphonic Band,
  Jermima Bunn
Sea Goddess from Myth for Winds and Percussion
Kataoka Hiroaki
Orange County School of the Arts
  Frederick Fennell Wind Ensemble, Teren Shaffer
Cheerio March
Edwin Franko Goldman
Seika Girls High School Band, Yoshihisa Fujishige
Speedway!
Mark Lortz
Centennial High School Wind Ensemble, David Matchim
This Cruel Moon
John Mackey
Wylie High School Wind Symphony, Todd Dixon
Forgotten Children
Peter Meechan
Avon High School Brass Choir,
Karl Hartman and Matthew Harloff
Blue Shades
Frank Ticheli
Bixby High School Wind Ensemble, Jeremy Parker

Episode 682, Working for the Weekend

9/4/2022

On this episode of Wind & Rhythm, we pay tribute to weekends and America's Labor Day, with "Saturday Night Waltz" by Aaron Copland, "Come Sunday" by Omar Thomas, and much more. Join us here, at the gathering place for people who love band music.

A Weekend in New York
Philip Sparke
US Army Field Band, Colonel Thomas H. Palmatier
Out and Back Again - II. Sunday Afternoon
Ken Benshoof
University of North Texas Wind Symphony,
Eugene Migliaro Corporon
Four Dance Episodes from Rodeo: Saturday Night Waltz
Aaron Copland
Washington Saxophone Quartet
Manhattan - I. Saturday Serenade; II. Sunday Scherzo
Philip Sparke
Orchestra di Fiati dell'ISSM di Modena e Carpi,
Massimo Bergamini,
Marco Pierobon, trumpet
English Folk Song Suite - March: Seventeen Come Sunday
Ralph Vaughan Williams
University of Texas Wind Ensemble, Jerry Junkin
Come Sunday
Duke Ellington
Steven Mead, euphonium
On a Childhood Sunday Song
David Holsinger
Messiah College Wind Ensemble, Faculty Brass,
& Greater Harrisburg Concert Band, William Stowman
Come Sunday - I. Testimony; II. Shout!
Omar Thomas
Baylor University Wind Ensemble, Eric Wilson

Episode 681, A Look Back Upon Season 14

8/28/2022

On this episode of Wind & Rhythm, we take a look back at some of the music from Season 14.We hear Duke Ellington’s “Echoes of Harlem,” a bit of Erika Svanoe’s “Steampunk Suite,” and David Maslanka’s “Mother Earth.” Won’t you join us, right here at the gathering place for people who love band music.

The Magnificent Seven
Elmer Bernstein
Philharmonic Wind Orchestra, Marc Reift
The Prayer
Carole Bayer Sager & David Foster
Symbiosisduo (Gail Robertson, euphonium;
Stacy Baker, tuba; Alex Thio, piano)
Tom Sawyer Suite - II. Huckleberry Finn
(Ring, Ring De Banjo)
Franco Cesarini
Civica Filarmonica Di Lugano, Franco Cesarini
Chaos Theory 1.0
James Bonney
Lone Star Wind Orchestra, Eugene Migliaro Corporon
Fred Hamilton, electric guitar

Lament
Chang Su Koh
Messiah College Wind Ensemble, Bradley Genevro
Root Beer Rag
Billy Joel
O-Zone Percussion Group, Dr. Gary J. Olmstead
Echoes of Harlem
Duke Ellington; Luther Henderson
Canadian Brass
Mother Earth
David Maslanka
St. Olaf Band, Timothy Mahr
A Butterfly Coughs in Africa
Paul Richards
University of Florida Clarinet Ensemble, Mitchell Estrin
Tight Squeeze
Alex Shapiro
DePauw University Band, Craig Paré
Close Encounters of the Third Kind: Main Title Theme
John Williams
Gomalan Brass Quintet
Six Contrary Dances - VI. Moving Right Alongo
PDQ Bach (aka Peter Schickele)
Turtle Mountain Naval Base Tactical Wind Ensemble
(aka, The National Symphonic Winds), Lowell Graham
Something Pearl
Brent Michael Davids
Zeitgeist
Steampunk Suite - IV. Barnum & Tesla's Tandem Bicycle
Erika Svanoe
Showa Wind Symphony, Eugene Corporon

Episode 680, Songs of the Sea

8/21/2022

What tunes come to your mind when you think of the sea? On this episode of Wind & Rhythm we listen to music inspired by sailing and the seas. We hear “Atlantic Odyssey” by Philip Sparke, “Sea Songs” by Ralph Vaughan Williams, and more, right here at the gathering place for people who love band music.

Bells Across the Atlantic
Adam Gorb
Lone Star Wind Orchestra, Eugene Migliaro Corporon
Sea Songs
Thomas Knox
Keystone Wind Ensemble, John R. Bourgeois
The Sea Treaders
Francis McBeth
US Navy Band, Francis McBeth
Sea Songs
Ralph Vaughan Williams
University of North Texas Wind Symphony,
Eugene Migliaro Corporon
Variants on an English Sea Song ("Spanish Ladies")
Zachary Docter
VanderCook College Symphonic Band,
Stacey Larson Dolan
Atlantic Odyssey
I. Sunrise at Sea and The Ocean Awakes
II. Homeward Bound and Spindrift
Philip Sparke
The Concert Band of the German Armed Forces,
Lieutenant Colonel Walter Ratzek

Episode 679, Painting Music 3

8/14/2022

What does a painting "sound like"? On this episode of Wind & Rhythm we again listen to music inspired by paintings. We hear Johan de Meij’s take on Rembrandt’s “The Night Watch” and Ferrer Ferran’s impression of Goya’s “The Colossus.” All that and more, right here at the gathering place for people who love band music.

Dutch Masters Suite
I. The Night Watch; III. Prince's Day
Johan de Meij
Orquestra de Vents Filharmonia,
Jose R. Pascual-Vilaplana

Picture Studies
I. Intro; II. Three Pierrots; V. Kandinsky
Adam Schoenberg, trans. Donald Patterson
US Marine Band, Lieutenant Colonel Jason Fettig

Two-Lane Blacktop
James M. David
Wind Symphony of Clovis,
Christine Keenan & Gary P. Gilroy, conducting

El Coloso, Sinfonía No. 4
I. Oscuridad; II. Duerme; III. La Huida; IV. El Gigante
Ferrer Ferran
Banda Sinfónica Juvenil Simón Bolivar, Ferrer Ferran

The Night Watch

Two Lane Blacktop

Episode 678, Island Life

8/7/2022

Have you ever wanted to go on an island vacation? On this episode of Wind & Rhythm, we'll hear songs about islands and island life, including “Goddess of Fire” by Steven Reineke, “Bali” by Michael Colgrass, and “Caribbean Concerto” by Kees Vlak. Join us right here, at the gathering place for people who love band music.

Bali Ha'i
Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II
Empire Brass
The Island of Obsession
Thomas Bourgault
University of New Hampshire Wind Symphony,
Andrew Boysen, Jr.
The Isle of Mull
Kenneth Downie
Yorkshire Building Society Band, David King
Peter Roberts soprano cornet
Bali
Michael Colgrass
University of North Texas Wind Symphony,
Eugene Migliaro Corporon
Goddess of Fire
Steven Reineke
Alvdal-Tynset Janisjar, Nils Graftås
Summer Isles -
Euphonium Solo from Hymn of the Highlands
Philip Sparke
The XBY Concert Band, Dennis Mycroft
David Childs solo euphonium
Caribbean Concerto -
I. St. Eustatius; II. Saba; III. St. Maarten
Kees Vlak
Harmonie De Charlesbourg, François Dorion

Episode 677, Pleasing Passacaglias

7/31/2022

Can you name a musical form characterized by variations over a repeated theme, usually a ground base? On this episode of Wind & Rhythm we listen to passacaglias, with examples by Ron Nelson, Gustav Holst, and J.S. Bach. Join us right here, at the gathering place for people who love band music.

Passacaglia And Fugue In C Minor
Johann Sebastian Bach, arr. Donald Hunsberger
Oklahoma State University Wind Ensemble,
Joseph Missal
Passacaglia and Interlude
Gerald Sebesky
University of North Texas Symphonic Band,
Dennis Fisher
Passacaglia for Symphonic Band
Bin Kaneda
Philharmonic Winds Osakan, Hiroshi Hoshina
Passacaglia (Homage on B-A-C-H)
Ron Nelson
Dallas Wind Symphony, Jerry Junkin
Ancient Airs and Dances - 4. Passacaglia
Ottorino Respighi
Washington Symphonic Brass, Milton Stevens
Concerto Grosso - Passacaglia
Trygve Madsen
West Point Band, Colonel Thomas Rotondi, Jr.
1st Suite in Eb Major for Military Band, Op 28, #1
I. Chaconne
Gustav Holst
Eastman Wind Ensemble, Donald Hunsberger

Episode 676, Music from the Land of the Rising Sun

7/24/2022

On this episode of Wind & Rhythm, we travel to the Land of the Rising Sun for works written by Japanese composers. We hear “The Cherry Blossom Fantasy” by Hirokazu Fukushima, “Gloriosa” by Yasuhide Ito, and more, all right here at the gathering place for people who love band music.

A Prelude to the Shining Day
Yo Goto
Philharmonic Winds Osakan, Kimura Yoshihiro
Lament
Chang Su Koh
Messiah College Wind Ensemble, Bradley Genevro
MEGA Small Band
Rika Ishige
Japan Air Self-Defense Force Central Band,
Kaoru Urakawa
Mont Fuji
Toshiro Mashima
Showa Wind Symphony, Shintaro Fukumoto
The Cherry Blossom Fantasy
Hirokazu Fukushima
Philharmonic Winds Osakan, Kimura Yoshihiro
Gloriosa - I. Oratio; II. Cantus; III. Dies Festus
Yasuhide Ito
St. Olaf Band, Timothy Mahr

Episode 675, Friends in Low Places

7/17/2022

Do you have friends in low places? On this episode of Wind & Rhythm, we listen to music featuring the tuba and euphonium. We’ll hear tubists Øystein Baadsvik, and Velvet Brown, as well as euphoniumists Demondrae Thurman, Steven Mead and more, right here at the gathering place for people who love band music.

Entrance and Polka of the Euphonium Players
Fucik & anon/D.H.Carrol/arr. Luis Maldonado
Steven Mead, euphonium (multitrack)
A Eupher's Dream
Gail Robertson
Steven Mead, euphonium (multitrack)
Three Ludes for Tuba
- I. Prelude; II. Interlude; III. Postlude
Robert Jager
Symphonia, R. Winston Morris;
Daniel Perantoni, solo tuba

Bass in the Ballroom
Roy Newsome
Fanfare Band of the Royal Netherlands Army
  "Mounted Regiments", Tijmen Botma;
Øystein Baadsvik, tuba
Tuba Concerto: Allegro Giosco
Edward Gregson
University of Arkansas Wind Symphony, W. Dale Warren;
  Kabin Thomas, tuba soloist
Pavane, Op. 50 / Whisper of Angels
Gabriel Fauré/Amy Sky; arr. Gail Robertson
Symbiosisduo (Gail Robertson, euphonium;
  Stacy Baker, tuba; Alex Thio, piano;
  Deborah Eastwood, trumpet/cornet/flugelhorn)
Insinuações (Innuendo)
Anne Victorino d'Almeida
Demondrae Thurman, euphonium
  & Kathryn Fouse, piano
Sonata for Tuba and Piano - I. Calm and Flowing
Anthony Plog
Velvet Brown, tuba; Margaret McDonald, piano
Killing Me Softly With His Song
Charles Fox, Norman Gimbel, Lori Lieberman
Tubas Unlimited, R. Winston Morris
Bravura
Peter Graham
Black Dyke Band, Peter Graham;
David Thornton, euphonium

Episode 674, Math and Music

7/10/2022

How much do you like math? On this episode of Wind & Rhythm, we listen to the intersection of math and music with works from James Bonney’s concerto for electric guitar and wind band entitled “Chaos Theory.” Join us, right here at the gathering place for people who love band music.

Prism
Master Sergeant Steve Shafer
US Air Force Band of the Rockies, Colonel H. Bruce Gilkes
Music of the Spheres
Philip Sparke
Philharmonic Winds Osakan, Yasufumi Tokito
Fractalia
Owen Clayton Condon
Third Coast Percussion

Geometric Dances
I. Quadratic Permutations
II. Pentangular Concoction
III. Hexagonal Undulations
IV. Heptomical Infusions
Roger Cichy
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
Wind Symphony, John Raymond Bell

Chaos Theory - I. 1.0; II. 2.0; III. 3.0
James Bonney
Lone Star Wind Orchestra, Eugene Migliaro Corporon
Fred Hamilton, electric guitar

Episode 673, Americana

7/3/2022

How are you celebrating the USA's 4th of July? On this episode of Wind & Rhythm, we celebrate the US Independence with music about America. We’ll hear “A George M. Cohan Salute”, “National Emblem March”, and “Echoes of Harlem” by Duke Ellington, all right here, at the gathering place for people who love band music.

Trilogy Americana
Stephan Bulla
Dutch National Youth Concert Band, Alex Schillings
National Emblem March
Edwin Eugene Bagley
US Army Band, Gary Lamb
American Folk Suite
arr. Machala
US Army Field Band
Echoes of Harlem
Duke Ellington; Luther Henderson
Canadian Brass
American Medley of Old Memories
John Denver, Bill Danoff, Taffy Nivert,
Pee Wee King & Redd Stewart
Siena Wind Orchestra
American Overture for Band
Joseph Wilcox Jenkins
US Army Field Band, Colonel Finley R. Hamilton
Marche Americana
Søren Hyldgaard
The Danish Concert Band, Jørgen Misser Jensen
On an American Spiritual
David Holsinger
Concordia University Chicago Wind Symphony,
Richard R. Fischer
An American Elegy
Frank Ticheli
Michigan State University Wind Symphony, John Whitwell
A George M. Cohan Salute
George M. Cohen; arr. Howard Cable
Canadian Brass

Episode 672, Alan Hovhaness’s 111th Birthday

6/26/2022

On this episode of Wind & Rhythm, we celebrate the 111th birthday of composer Alan Hovhaness; a pivotal composer fusing eastern and western musical traditions. He was a “spiritual minimalist", and we’ll hear his Symphonies 4 and 53, as well as, “Prayer of St. Gregory” right here, at the gathering place for people who love band music.

Tapor No.1
Rutgers University Wind Ensemble, William Berz

Symphony No. 4
I. Andante
II. Allegro
III. Andante espressivo
Eastman Wind Ensemble, A. Clyde Roller

Symphony No. 53, "Star Dawn"
I. Maestoso sostenuto
II. Moderato sostenuto con molta espressione
Ohio State University Concert Band, Keith Brion

Prayer of St. Gregory for Trumpet & Organ, Op 62b
Wynton Marsalis & Anthony Newman

Return and Rebuild the Desolate Places, Op 213
I. Andante
II. Adagio
Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama
Wind Orchestra, Keith Brion

Episode 671, To Dad, With Love

6/19/2022

On this episode of Wind & Rhythm, we have a special Father's Day episode with pieces dedicated to dads, like “My Italian Heart” by Allen Vizzutti, “As the Fireflies Watched” by James Stephenson, and “In Praise of Gentle Pioneers” by David Holsinger, all right here at the gathering place for people who love band music.

My Italian Heart
Allen Vizzutti
Utah Wind Symphony, Scott Hagen
Allen Vizzutti, trumpet

As the Fireflies Watched
No. 1, Dusk;
No. 2, The Gift;
No. 3, In Another Life;
No. 4, Pavane
James M. Stephenson
Western Illinois University Faculty Chamber Players
  & Chamber Winds,
Mike Fansler, conductor; Garrett Johannsen, vocalist

Lament and Jig for Mickey
Gary P. Gilroy
GPG Music Ensemble
Firefly
Ryan George
University of North Texas Wind Symphony,
  Eugene Migliaro Corporon
In Praise of Gentle Pioneers
David R. Holsinger
University of North Texas Symphonic Band,
  Dennis Fisher
J.R. (Live)
Kevin Day
Texas Christian University Wind Symphony,
  Brian Youngblood
Amaya Aguilar, soprano; Andrew Curtis, baritone

Episode 670, Fun & Funny Music

6/12/2022

On this next episode of Wind & Rhythm we listen to music with a sense of humor. We’ll hear Scott McAllister’s “Popcopy,” with movements like “More Cowbell,” as well as some unfortunate selections from PDQ Bach. Join us here, at the gathering place for people who love band music.

Be a Clown
Cole Porter
Britannia Building Society Band, Howard Snell
LOL (Laugh Out Loud)
Robert Buckley
Kell High School Wind Ensemble, David Roth

Six Contrary Dances
I. Maestoso Animoso
II. Daintissimo
III. Allegro, But Not Too Mucho
IV. Molto Moderato
V. Vivace Cucarace
VI. Moving Right Alongo
PDQ Bach (aka Peter Schickele)
Turtle Mountain Naval Base Tactical Wind Ensemble
(aka, The National Symphonic Winds), Lowell Graham

"Tricked Out" Trombones
various, arr. SGM Paul Murtha
US Army Concert Band, Colonel Thomas Rotondi, Jr.
The Devil Went Down to Nola
Charlie Daniels, arr. Funky Butt Brass Band
Funky Butt Brass Band
Famishius Fantasticus
Michael Markowski
Brooklyn Wind Symphony, Jeff Ball
Tuba Tiger Rag
Harry De Costa, arr. Luther Henderson
Canadian Brass

Popcopy
I. More Cowbell
II. One Time at Band Camp
III. Serenity Now
Scott McAllister
University of North Texas Wind Symphony,
Eugene Migliaro Corporon

Gee Officer Krupke
Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim, arr. Jim Prime
Blast!

Episode 669, Philosophical Musings

6/5/2022

Which world philosophy speaks to you? On this episode of Wind & Rhythm, we listen to music inspired by different philosophical musings, like “Day Dreams” by Dana Wilson, and “Escape from Plato’s Cave” by Stephen Melillo, all right here at the gathering place for people who love band music.

Summerland
William Grant Still
University of North Texas Wind Symphony,
Eugene Migliaro Corporon

Escape from Plato's Cave
I. The Cave, The Struggle, and the Man
II. Message of the Man (The Fragile He)
III. Escape ... Into the Light
Stephen Melillo
Rundfunk Blasorchester Leipzig, Stephen Melillo

Day Dreams
I. Sunrise, An Infinite Expectation
II. Morning, All Intelligence Awake
III. Afternoon, Hopes Shot Upward, Ever So Bright
IV. Sunset, Having Lived The Life Imagined
Dana Wilson
University of North Texas Wind Symphony,
Eugene Migliaro Corporon

Ivam
Ferrer Ferran
Banda Primitiva de Paiporta, Ferrer Ferran

Episode 668, Honor, Courage… Commitment

5/29/2022

On this episode of Wind & Rhythm, we recognize America's Memorial Day with “Honor, Courage…Commitment” by Stephen Melillo, “When Honor Whispers and Shouts” by Francis McBeth, and much more. Join us, here at the gathering place for people who love band music.

Crest of Honor
David R. Gillingham
Philharmonic Winds Osakan, David R. Gillingham
When Honor Whispers and Shouts
Francis McBeth
The Marine Band, Francis McBeth
An Airman’s Symphony, “No Finer Calling”
- Mvt. III. Honor Above All
Julie Giroux
US Air Force Band of Liberty, Colonel Larry H. Lang
Medal of Honor Suite
Michael Giacchino
US Army Field Band, Colonel Jim Keene
A Portrait of Honor
Joshua Moshier
US Army Field Band, Colonel Jim Keene
Honor, Courage... Commitment - I. Without Warning!
Stephen Melillo
STORMEnsemble USA, Stephen Melillo
Honor, Courage... Commitment - II. Without Hesitation
Stephen Melillo
Rundfunk Blasorchester Leipzig, Stephen Melillo
Honor, Courage... Commitment - III. Godspeed!
Stephen Melillo
The Marine Band of the Royal Netherlands Navy,
Maurice Hamers

Episode 667, Winding Through the Woods

5/23/2022

Where do you like to go for hikes? On this episode of Wind & Rhythm we take a musical walk through nature with “In the Broad Earth” by Steven Bryant, “Mountain Song” by Philip Sparke, and “Gaian Visions” by Frank Ticheli. Won’t you join us for a stroll, right here, at the gathering place for people who love band music.

The Woods So Wild
William Byrd
Canadian Brass

Walking Tune
Percy Grainger
University of Houston Wind Ensemble, Eddie Green

For Purple Mountain Majesties: Pikes Peak
Roger Cichy
University of Texas at El Paso Wind Symphony,
Ron Hufstader

Lost Forest
Luis Nani
University of St. Thomas Symphonic Wind Ensemble,
  Matthew George

In This Broad Earth
Steven Bryant
Michigan State University Wind Symphony,
  Kevin Sedatole

Scenes from the American West
II. Redwood Forest
Jack Wilds
Keller Middle School Wind Ensemble, Jedidiah Maus

Mountain Song
Philip Sparke
Brass Band of Battle Creek, Kenneth Bloomquist

Gaian Visions
I. Forgotten Forests, II. Desecration, III. Redemption
Frank Ticheli
Michigan State University Wind Symphony,
  John Whitwell

Episode 666, Conflict and Violence

5/1/2022

Grenade attack on Panzer Tanks, Battle of Amiens, The Somme 1918 by Fritz Fuhrken

How does one creatively express the horrors of war? On this episode of Wind & Rhythm, we look at how artists communicate the effects of violence and conflict, with Michael Daugherty's “Of War and Peace” and selections from Morton Gould’s “Holocaust Suite”, all right here at the gathering place for people who love band music.

Of War and Peace - I. War, II. Peace
Michael Daugherty
Showa Wind Symphony, Eugene Migliaro Corporon
Symphony No. 1 "In Memoriam, Dresden, 1945"
Daniel Bukvich
The St. Olaf Band, Timothy Mahr
Holocaust Suite - IV. Babi Yar
Morton Gould
University of New Hampshire Wind Symphony,
Andrew Boysen, Jr.
Theme from Schindler's List
John Williams
Filmharmonic Brass, Dominic Derasse
American Guernica
Adolphus Hailstork
The Nevada Wind Ensemble & The Gaudete Brass
No War
Marco Somadossi
Banda Santa Celcilia Besana & Triuggio,
Armando Saldarini
The National Anthem of Ukraine
Mykhailo Verbytsky
Japan Maritime Self-Defence Force Band of Tokyo

Episode 665, Life Anew

4/17/2022

On this episode of Wind & Rhythm, we celebrate Easter and the Spring season with music about rebirth and life renewed. We’ll hear selections from John Mackey’s "Concerto for Trombone", Alfred Reed's “Praise Jerusalem”, and David Maslanka’s “Unending Stream of Life,” right here at the gathering place for people who love band music.

Fanfare for the Hour of Sunrise
Ron Nelson
University of Nevada Las Vegas Wind Orchestra,
  Thomas Leslie
Harvest: Concerto for Trombone - Movement III
John Mackey
University of Florida Wind Symphony, Joseph Alessi,
David A. Waybright, trombone
Fantasia di Pasqua
Michael Bilkes
The Royal Norwegian Navy Band,
  Leif Arne Tangen Pedersen
Praise Jerusalem
Alfred Reed
University of Nevada Las Vegas Wind Orchestra,
  Thomas Leslie

Unending Stream of Life
I. Overture
II. Seeking
III. Brooding March
IV. As You Proceed...
V. A Hard Thought...
VI. A Sweet Tune
VII. All Creatures of Our God and King
David Maslanka
Illinois State University Symphonic Winds,
  Stephen K. Steele

Episode 664, Snapshots

4/10/2022

Have you ever been moved by an arresting photograph? On this episode of Wind & Rhythm we listen to music inspired by photos, from Kevin McKee’s take on New Mexico’s high desert areas, to Julie Giroux voyage through photos from the Hubble Space Telescope, all right here, at the gathering place for people who love band music.

Mountain Lake Photograph
Zack Stanton
Texas All-State 5A Symphonic Band,
  Robert M. Carnochan
Shadowcatcher
II. Among the Aspens
III. The Vanishing Race
Eric Ewazen
Juilliard Wind Ensemble and the American Brass Quintet,
  Mark Gould
Journey Through Orion
Julie Giroux
University of Texas at El Paso Wind Symphony,
  Ron Hufstader
Entrata
Steve Danyew
Florida All-State Concert Band, C. David Ragsdale
Under Western Skies (for 2 Trumpets & Wind Ensemble)
Kevin McKee
Grand Valley State University
Symphonic Wind Ensemble, Lowell Graham
Richard Stoelzel & Rex Richardson, trumpets

Episode 663, A Musical Tour Around Europe

4/3/2022

What European countries would you like to visit? On this episode of Wind & Rhythm, we take a quick musical tour of the continent with works by Ottorino Respighi and Joaquin Rodrigo, and we’ll sit in on a battle between two phenomenal Balkan brass bands, right here, at the gathering place for people who love band music.

The Boys of Wexford
Arthur Warren Darley
Band of the Irish Defence Forces, Mark Armstrong

Hans Christian Andersen Suite
I. The Noble Poet, II. Europe by Railway
Søren Hyldgaard
The Danish Concert Band, Jorgen Misser Jensen

Concierto De Aranjuez - Adagio
Joaquin Rodrigo
Grimethorpe Colliery Band

Greek Folk Song Suite
III. Vasilikos Tha Gino (Moderato-Presto)
Franco Cesarini
Civica Filarmonica De Lugano

I Am Your Gummy Bear
Andre Christian
Fanfare Ciocărlia
Topdzijsko Kolo
Marko Marković
Boban & Marko Marković Orchestra
Berliner Luft
Paul Lincke
German Army Band Ulm, OTL Matthias Prock
Montmagasrtre: A Little Symphonic Scene
Manuel Oltra
Barcelona Symphonic Band, Salvador Brotons
Automne
Jean-Michel Damase
Laura Bennett Cameron & Roger Boutry
Entry of the Gladiators: "Thunder & Blazes"
Julius Fučik
Royal Swedish Air Force Band, Jerker Johansson

Porto de Saudades
VII. Vinto do Porto, VIII. Fado Menor (reprise), IX. Finale
Nelson Jesus
Portuguese Symphonic Band, Francisco Ferriera

Pini Di Roma - I. Pini Della Via Appia
Ottorino Respighi
Conservatório de Música do Porto Wind Orchestra,
Fernando Marinho

Episode 662, Moving Movie Music

3/27/2022

What’s your favorite movie music? On this episode of Wind & Rhythm, we look at music written for film. We’ll listen to selections from “The Last Samurai,” “Pirates of the Caribbean,” and “The Magnificent Seven,” all right here at the gathering place for people who love band music.

Great Escape
Elmer Bernstein
Dinnington Colliery Band
Conquest of Paradise from “1492”
Vangelis
Dinnington Colliery Band
A Time for Us from “Romeo and Juliet”
Nino Rota & Alan Fernie
Black Dyke Band, Nicholas J. Childs
Born Free
John Barry & Don Black
Dinnington Colliery Band

Raiders March
John Williams
Göteborg Wind Orchestra, Alexander Hanson
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
John Williams
The Co-Operative Funeralcare Band
Main Theme from “Mission Impossible”
Lalo Schifrin & Alan Fernie
Black Dyke Band, Nicholas J. Childs

The Mask of Zorro
- Zorro's Theme
- The Plaza of Execution
James Horner & Sandy Smith
Oberaargauer Brass Band, Manfred Obrecht

The Last Samurai
Hans Zimmer & Frank Bernaerts
Brass Band Willebroek, Frans Violet

Shakespeare in Love
- The Beginning of Partnership
- The De Lesseps' Dance Greenwich
- The Fight
- Curtain Fall
Stephen Warbeck
Philharmonic Wind Orchestra, Marc Reift

Pirates of the Caribbean
Klaus Badelt
Dinnington Colliery Band
Main Theme from “The Magnificent Seven”
Elmer Bernstein & Alan Fernie
Oberaargauer Brass Band, Manfred Obrecht

Episode 661, Techno Touches

3/20/2022

How do you feel about electronic music? On this episode of Wind & Rhythm, we look at techno influences in wind band music. We’ll hear Techno Blade by Benjamin Taylor, Tight Squeeze by Alex Shapiro, and Mason Bates’ “Mothership", all right here at the gathering place for people who love band music.

Techno Blade
Benjamin Taylor
Bowling Green State University Wind Symphony,
  Ken Thompson
Point Blank
Paul Dooley
Illinois State University Wind Symphony,
  Daniel A. Belongia
Vientos Y Tangos
Michael Gandolfi
University of North Texas Wind Symphony,
  Eugene Migliaro Corporon
Tight Squeeze
Alex Shapiro
DePauw University Band, Craig Paré
Aliens with Extraordinary Abilities:
Torched and Wrecked
David Skidmore
Third Coast Percussion
Motown Metal
Michael Daugherty
University of North Texas Wind Symphony,
  Eugene Migliaro Corporon
Requiem for a City I. First Movement
Matthew Hindson and Paul Mac
Sydney Conservatorium Wind Symphony,
John Lynch
Mothership
Mason Bates
Michigan State University Symphony Band,
  John Madden

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