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#213– August 21, 2023 Théo Dejoncker and The Synthetists https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E46I9XqasQk Guitenstreken-Gaminerie, by Belgian composer and conductor Théo Dejoncker 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, of great artistic quality, remains curiously and unjustly unknown. Between the two World Wars, film [...]

#212– August 14, 2023 Gaston Brenta and The Synthetists https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FWu0rA4Z5E Zo’Har, by Belgian composer Gaston Brenta 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, of great artistic quality, remains curiously and unjustly unknown. Zo’Har was written in 1928, it is choreographic [...]

#211– August 07, 2023 Francis de Bourguignon and The Synthetists https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSwhNsJRr5k Récitatif et Ronde, Op.94, by Belgian composer, pianist, teacher, and music critic Francis de Bourguignon 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, of great artistic quality, remains curiously and [...]

#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 [...]