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#11 Suggested Repertoire from Around the World for Developing Bands

2023-12-03T19:38:33+02:00

The Suggested Repertoire from Around the World for Developing Bands series is a new WASBE program of instructional materials to assist music directors in identifying exceptional works from around the world that are playable by developing musicians. Each of the selections in this series provides a myriad of musical elements that might be explored and developed within the rehearsal context, but the goal is to present music of artistic merit that aligns most directly to the composer’s unique voice. These are selections that stand out from works written largely for teaching purposes. Our installments include four-five such works, each to be [...]

#11 Suggested Repertoire from Around the World for Developing Bands2023-12-03T19:38:33+02:00

TAROT for Wind Ensemble by Lindsay Bronnenkant (USA, 1988)

2023-12-03T19:22:18+02:00

#228– December 04, 2023 https://youtu.be/0QAjSGwDB1M?si=8_xQBIvx_0RckA5u Tarot, by American composer and conductor Lindsay Bronnenkant is our Composition of the Week. Tarot was written in 2021 and was premiered on May 5 of the same year, by the Eastman Wind Ensemble with Lindsay Bronnenkant conducting. That first version consisted in a chamber ensemble of 25 musicians. A second version would expand the scoring to full Band. The original idea behind the composition is Bronnenkant’s interest in the music of Gustav Holst and his connection to Indian rāgas. Tarot has a duration of around 17 minutes, and it is cast in three movements: I.The [...]

TAROT for Wind Ensemble by Lindsay Bronnenkant (USA, 1988)2023-12-03T19:22:18+02:00

ARLEQUIN – Concerto Burlesque for Piano and Wind Orchestra by Martin Åkerwall (Denmark, 1965)

2023-11-27T01:11:45+02:00

#227– November 27, 2023 https://youtu.be/DkATnYKQVAU?si=KXMXiLkiYLCfD515 Arlequin, Concerto Burlesque for Piano and Wind Orchestra by Danish-Swedish composer and conductor Martin Åkerwall is our Composition of the Week. Arlequin was written in 1998 and premiered one year later, in Copenhagen, Denmark, by the Lyngby Taarbek Concert Band, Per Salo as piano soloist, and composer Martin Åkerwall conducting. Åkerwall’ work takes its starting point in Harlequin's figure. The tradition of this figure is linked to the carnival, pagan rites and contact with underground forces and creatures. The keywords that are in the medieval times was linked to Harlequin figure and carnival are the concepts [...]

ARLEQUIN – Concerto Burlesque for Piano and Wind Orchestra by Martin Åkerwall (Denmark, 1965)2023-11-27T01:11:45+02:00

MIDNIGHT MUSIC for Wind Band by Irwin Bazelon (USA, 1922 – 1995)

2023-11-17T23:12:13+02:00

#226– November 20, 2023 I.Moondream Escapade https://youtu.be/lKKvnwlUTIY?si=gpN2VP_15I9D3-Cq II.Other Voices https://youtu.be/ZJACwfwncBo?si=RQnPfsm9-i89BJ4h III.Dances of the Spirits https://youtu.be/8jCucgQbDlU?si=ZHAGHa2nR47-If_R Midnight Music by American composer and conductor Irwin Bazelon is our Composition of the Week. “Midnight Music was commissioned by the Royal Northern College of Music School of Wind and Percussion and was conceived as a tribute to the composer's New York colleague Richard Rodney Bennett and as a companion piece or a foil for Bennett's Morning Music. Atonal, splintered, jagged; the rhythms are dislocated; the forms continuously evolve from tiny fragments; instrumental timbres – the high notes, sometimes with a glissando, of the Eb clarinet [...]

MIDNIGHT MUSIC for Wind Band by Irwin Bazelon (USA, 1922 – 1995)2023-11-17T23:12:13+02:00

VARIATIONS FOR WIND BAND by Ralph Vaughan Williams (Great Britain, 1872-1958) Scored for large wind ensemble by Donald Hunsberger, IN MEMORIAM

2023-11-12T19:59:43+02:00

#225– November 13, 2023 https://youtu.be/zlEIbkchGrw?si=_bEuvD6GLdVdX_7N Variations for Wind Band by British composer Ralph Vaughan Williams is our Composition of the Week. We also commemorate this famous version scored for large wind ensemble in memory of Donald Hunsberger, who passed away on Sunday, November 5, 2023, at the age of 91. His immense contribution to the wind ensemble world is invaluable. Among the large number of works orchestrated and arranged for this medium, the Vaughan Williams’ Variations are emblematic. The version heard here is the first studio recording made by Don Hunsberger and the Eastman Wind Ensemble, which he conducted from 1965 [...]

VARIATIONS FOR WIND BAND by Ralph Vaughan Williams (Great Britain, 1872-1958) Scored for large wind ensemble by Donald Hunsberger, IN MEMORIAM2023-11-12T19:59:43+02:00

Donald Hunsberger (1932-2023)

2023-11-06T23:19:37+02:00

It is with a sense of tremendous loss, and great respect, that we join the world in mourning the loss of Donald Hunsberger, the illustrious conductor of the Eastman Wind Ensemble from 1965 to 2002, Don passed away on Sunday, November 5, 2023, at the age of 91. The world of wind music has lost one of its most revered pillars, and those who knew him have lost a cherished friend and mentor. As written by the Eastman School website: Don Hunsberger’s legacy in the realm of wind ensembles and conducting is unparalleled. His decades of dedication and innovation have left [...]

Donald Hunsberger (1932-2023)2023-11-06T23:19:37+02:00

DREAM CAROUSELS for Wind Orchestra (In Memoriam Anthony Gilbert, Great Britain, 1934-2023)

2023-11-05T02:14:23+02:00

#224– November 06, 2023 I.”…and shadow theatre begins…” https://youtu.be/T-hESSzEigE?si=POKba0Xu19fHkxuq II”…cyclone breeze in the house of infinity…” https://youtu.be/SUwDR8de3w8?si=wzSJDsUDwYPAeF62 III.”moths…batter the dark…orbit the skull” https://youtu.be/EXD3btPisWo?si=4GmL94fB_ardNy5T Dream Carousels, by British composer and scholar Anthony Gilbert is our Composition of the Week. WASBE wishes to pay tribute to his memory on the occasion of his passing on July 5, 2023. Dream Carousels is Gilbert’s most-performed work. It was written in 1988 as a gift to the 50th anniversary of Tim Reynish and was premiered by the RNCM Wind Orchestra, Tim Reynish conducting, at London’s Royal Festival Hall on February 26, 1989. Dream Carousels is inspired [...]

DREAM CAROUSELS for Wind Orchestra (In Memoriam Anthony Gilbert, Great Britain, 1934-2023)2023-11-05T02:14:23+02:00

#10 Suggested Repertoire from Around the World for Developing Bands

2023-11-02T19:25:27+02:00

The Suggested Repertoire from Around the World for Developing Bands series is a new WASBE program of instructional materials to assist music directors in identifying exceptional works from around the world that are playable by developing musicians.  Each of the selections in this series provides a myriad of musical elements that might be explored and developed within the rehearsal context, but the goal is to present music of artistic merit that aligns most directly to the composer’s unique voice.  These are selections that stand out from works written largely for teaching purposes. Our installments include four-five such works, each to be [...]

#10 Suggested Repertoire from Around the World for Developing Bands2023-11-02T19:25:27+02:00

SINFONIA 10 For Wind Symphony Orchestra by Daniel Börtz (Sweden, 1943)

2023-10-28T16:39:08+02:00

#223– October 30, 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSbDMC_ROyI On the occasion of the 80th anniversary of Swedish composer and conductor Daniel Börtz, Sinfonia 10 is our Composition of the Week. Sinfonia 10 was finished in 1992 and premiered one year after, on March 15, 1993, at Stadsteatern Stockolm, Sweden, by the Stockholms Blåsarsymfoniker under David Porcelijn. The music is scored for a large wind orchestra, including doubling players at alto flute, contra-bassoon, contrabass clarinet, bass saxophone, piccolo trumpet, as well as a very large percussion section with 7 players. Sinfonia 10 is written in one single movement. It has a duration of 18 minutes. [...]

SINFONIA 10 For Wind Symphony Orchestra by Daniel Börtz (Sweden, 1943)2023-10-28T16:39:08+02:00

SERENADE in F, Op.102 for Twelve Wind Players by Wilhelm Reinhard Berger (Germany, 1861 – 1911)

2023-10-22T14:06:59+02:00

#222– October 23, 2023 I.Moderato https://youtu.be/VPrRGPsnSso?si=bkDPuMy_XeLT8UVz II.Scherzo https://youtu.be/aWjyTFbrfxo?si=7Y49QUgG1g7seDUE III.Minuet.Grazioso https://youtu.be/LEYTtDRBkHw?si=VUF21VoH6-8fPdMh IV.Romance.Adagio https://youtu.be/UDIaQslnGpA?si=33YY7tYwNTgVHi2V V.Finale.Vivace https://youtu.be/argcmSif0L8?si=CwUc2AwHLw9Oz3Kh Serenade in F, Op. 102  by German composer, pianist and conductor Wilhelm Reinhard Berger is our Composition of the Week. Serenade was composed in 1910 and has a duration of 24 minutes. It is scored for 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons and 4 horns. The date of the first performance is unknown. Berger was born in Boston, USA, but raised in Germany. He began his musical career as a concert pianist. As a composer, he was often associated with the “Berlin academics” who were [...]

SERENADE in F, Op.102 for Twelve Wind Players by Wilhelm Reinhard Berger (Germany, 1861 – 1911)2023-10-22T14:06:59+02:00