From a Dark Millennium Joseph Schwantner Born: March 22, 1943, Chicago, Illinois Composed: 1981 Duration: 11 minutes SANCTUARY... Deep forests a play of Shadows most ancient murmurings from a dark millennium the trembling fragrance of the music of amber - Joseph Schwantner From a Dark Millennium is the final movement of a trilogy of works for wind ensemble written by Schwantner between 1977 and 1996, which also includes the monumental works …and the mountains rising nowh

Luminosity (Concerto for Wind Orchestra) Spiritoso e energico Misterioso Grande e con forza Joseph Schwantner Born: March 22, 1943, Chicago, Illinois Instrumentation: Large Wind Ensemble Composed: 2014 Duration: 20 minutes Schwantner writes, “Luminosity, cast in three extended movements, is the latest and most ambitious work I have written for wind ensemble, following and the mountains rising nowhere (1977), From a Dark Millennium (1980), In evening’s stillness… (1996) and Re

Recoil Joseph Schwantner Born: March 22, 1943, in Chicago, Illinois Instrumentation: Wind Ensemble Duration: 14 minutes Composed: 2004 Recoil was commissioned through the Raymond and Beverly Sackler New Music Foundation for the University of Connecticut, and was given its premiere on November 3, 2004, at the Isaac Stern Auditorium of Carnegie Hall, in New York, by the University of Connecticut Wind Ensemble under the direction of Dr. Jeffrey Renshaw. It is the only one of Sch

Continuing on with Joseph Schwantner, here is information and a recording of his piece for wind ensemble, In evening's stillness. Schwantner Biography In evening’s stillness was commissioned by the Illinois College Band Directors Association in 1996. It was premiered at the Midwest Music Educators National Conference convention in Peoria, Illinois, by an ensemble made up of students from the ten universities that participated in the consortium, Donald Hunsberger conducting. A

Today's post will focus on another Schwantner piece: Recoil. Joseph Schwantner, Recoil University of North Texas Wind Symphony, Eugene Corporon, conductor Recoil was commissioned through the Raymond and Beverly Sackler New Music Foundation by the University of Connecticut. It was given its premiere on November 3rd, 2004, at the Isaac Stern Auditorium of Carnegie Hall, in New York, by the University of Connecticut Wind Ensemble, Jeffrey Renshaw, conductor. It is the first of S

Joseph Schwantner, a Pulitzer Prize-winning composer, is most best-known in the wind world for ...and the mountains rising nowhere, and has written many fantastic pieces for winds; among these is "From a Dark Millennium." Below you can find information on the piece and a recording. Joseph Schwantner, From a Dark Millennium Ithaca College Wind Ensemble, Rodney Winther, conductor From a Dark Millennium was commissioned by a consortium of college band directors from the Midwest

Joseph Schwantner's ...and the mountains rising nowhere has become a symbol of the current trend in wind music. The piece was premiered by the Eastman Wind Ensemble in 1977 in College Park, MD at the national CBDNA conference. UMWO performed the piece in 2009 and you can find the program notes from that performance below. Joseph Schwantner, ...and the mountains rising nowhere The University of North Texas Wind Symphony, Eugene Corporon, conductor Joseph Schwantner (b. 1943) i

Joseph Schwantner's Sparrows will appear on our first program of the year in September. Joseph Schwantner, Sparrows University of Delaware New Music Delaware Ensemble Wesley J. Broadnax, conductor; Shari Feldman, soprano Below are program notes from the CD insert of American Classics: Joseph Schwantner. Sparrows, was written in 1979 for the Twentieth Century Consort. The text consists of fifteen haiku by the eighteenth-century Japanese poet Kobayashi Issa. Instead of reproduc