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#210– July 31, 2023 Marcel Poot and The Synthetists I.Departure https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88e1gwAax2Y II.Gallant Adventure https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USwDUEdEitg III.Oriental Dance https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjY_Q5izKpk IV.Return https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZyxpU6N9JI Tartarin de Tarascon, Humorous Suite by Belgian composer, educator and music critic, Marcel Poot is our Composition of the Week. During the coming summer weeks, we are presenting Belgian literature for wind orchestra by Paul Gilson and a group of his students who, in September 1925, joined their creative forces to form the first group of composers in Belgian history, called the Synthetists. The music they produced constitutes an unavoidable historical heritage of the early 20th century. This fresh and imaginative repertoire, [...]

#209– July 24, 2023 Jules Strens and The Synthetists Allegro Vivo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4GmX_sKoyk Var.I – Moderato Grazioso https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23vVbFcllNg Var. II - Vivace https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4naBemZmaTg Var. III – Très moderé https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y89MoTXv5mw Vari. IV – Moderato https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UV0dmyDXBZo Var.V – Molto largo e solennel – Finale. Allegro gaio https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCFXpeKFH80 Gil Blas, Symphonic Variations Op. 21, by Belgian composer, conductor, violinist, and organist Jules Strens is our Composition of the Week. During the coming summer weeks, we are presenting Belgian literature for wind orchestra by Paul Gilson and a group of his students who, in September 1925, joined their creative forces to form the first group of [...]

#208– July 17, 2023 Paul Gilson and The Synthetists https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aaeF8XXF0CI “Poème symphonique en forme d’ouverture”, by Belgian composer and teacher Paul Gilson is our Composition of the Week. During the coming summer weeks, we are presenting Belgian literature for wind orchestra by Paul Gilson and a group of his students who, in September 1925, joined their creative forces to form the first group of composers in Belgian musical history, called the Synthetists. The music they produced constitutes an unavoidable historical heritage of the early 20th century. This fresh and imaginative repertoire, of great artistic quality, remains curiously and unjustly unknown. The [...]

#207– July 10, 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5kHHGgf7Uk Rapsodia Latina, by Uruguayan-Venezuelan composer, arranger, and flutist Efraín Oscher is our Composition of the Week. “Rapsodia Latina was written especially for virtuoso trumpeter Fabio Brum, this piece visits the birthplaces of Latin music such as the Caribbean Sea and Brazil in three continuous movements, to be played with three different trumpets. The bright opening recalls the flavor of the Cuban rhythm of Guajira which was made famous by the iconic song Guantanamera. The orchestra provides a rather percussive texture and establishes a dialog with the powerful sound of the trumpet in Bb, creating an exhilarating [...]

#206– July 03, 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GW8QRWtXuI Cryptogram, by American composer, performer and educator Eli Rexford Chambers is our Composition of the Week. Cryptogram was written in 2017 and has a duration of 13 minutes. It is scored for Wind Ensemble and Jazz Quintet as follows: (3.Picc.3.EbCl.BCl.Sax(4).0/233.Euph.1.Mallets(4).Perc.(3)) (Sop.Sax.Flugelhorn.E-Piano.E.Bass.Drums) Both the quintet and the orchestra have sections where improvisation can take place as well as aleatoric moments. Eli Rexford Chambers earned a MM in Music Composition from Bowling Green State University, studying with Christopher Dietz, Mikel Kuehn, Elainie Lillios, and Marilyn Shrude. While at Bowling Green, he composed and recorded original works for by [...]

#205– June 26, 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D26-AZEOYEA Echo-System, by Swiss composer, conductor and arranger Théo Schmitt is our Composition of the Week. Echo-System was commissioned by the Swiss section of WASBE, and has received its premiere performances on April 14 and 16, 2023, at the Casino de Montbenon, Lausanne, Switzerland, by the Micro-Harmonie, with Stéphane Pecorini conducting. Schmitt uses the word oratorio as a subtitle for his work. It has a duration of 13 minutes and it is scored for five homogeneous groups of 6 woodwind and brass players, as well as a group of „percussive“ instruments that include piano, harp, timpani, glockenspiel, [...]