Fantasia in G Major, BWV 572 Johann Sebastian Bach Born: March 21, 1685, Eisenach, Germany Died: July 28, 1750, Leipzig, Germany Composed: c. 1703-1707 Original Instrumentation: Pipe Organ Arranged: 1957, Richard Franko Goldman and Robert L. Leist Duration: 7 minutes The great G Major Fantasia for organ was composed between 1703-1707 during Bach’s residence in Arnstadt. It was here, at the beginning of his career, that his music was found by the Consistory to be too full of “

Aria with 18 Variations, BWV 988, “Goldberg Variations” Johann Sebastian Bach Born: March 21, 1685, Eisenach, Germany Died: July 28, 1750, Leipzig, Germany Original Instrumentation: Harpsichord Composed: 1741 Arranged: 2003, by Michael Colgrass Duration: 35 minutes University of Maryland Wind Orchestra "Variations on a Revolution" Saturday, November 5, 2016, 8:00 pm Elsie & Marvin Dekelboum Concert Hall Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center The University of Maryland at Colleg

Passacaglia and Fugue in C Minor, BWV 582 Johann Sebastian Bach Born: March 31, 1685, Eisenach, Germany Died: July 28, 1750, Leipzig, Germany Composed: c. 1708-1717 Original Instrumentation: Cembalo (Harpsichord with pedal) Transcribed for Symphonic Wind Ensemble by Donald Hunsberger, 1975 Duration: 12 minutes Johann Sebastian Bach, Passacaglia and Fugue in C Minor, BWV 582 Dallas Wind Symphony, Frederick Fennell, conductor Passacaglia and Fugue in C Minor, BWV 582 is not onl

Mein Jesu, was für Seelenweh (My Jesus! Oh What Anguish), BWV 487 Johann Sebastian Bach Born: March 31, 1685, Eisenach, Germany Died: July 28, 1750, Leipzig, Germany Instrumentation: Sacred Song transcribed for Wind Ensemble by Alfred Reed Duration: 5 minutes Composed: 1736 The original version of this work was composed in 1736 as one of a set of sacred songs—the melody has been definitely established as being by Bach, the setting is of uncertain origin. Its original form is

Prelude and Fugue in E-flat, BWV 552 ("St. Anne") Johann Sebastian Bach Born: March 21, 1685, Eisenach, Germany Died: July 28, 1750, Leipzig, Germany Instrumentation: Keyboard (organo pleno con pedale) Transcription: Wind Band Duration: 20 minutes Composed: 1793 Origins: Johann Sebastian Bach wrote and published four sets of works under the title Clavierübung, which were intended as practice opportunities for keyboard players. The first volume (1731) contained Six Partitas, B

This fun, lighthearted dance fugue is a great piece to listen to and to play, despite some technical challenges for everyone involved. When Holst was commissioned to write ‘Hammersmith’ for the BBC Wireless Military Band in 1928, he asked if he could first write a transcription of Bach's Organ Fugue in G Major BWV 577 (from Preludes, Fugues and Fantasias) as a sort of orchestration project. This was because he had not written for band for some time, and felt he was out of pr