Carmina Burana (Cantiones Profanae) O Fortuna, velut Luna (O Fortune, variable as the moon) Fortune plango vulnera (I lament fortune’s blows) Ecce gratum (Behold the spring) Tanz – Uf dem anger (Dance – On the lawn) Floret silva (The noble forest) Were diu werlt alle min (Were the world all mine) Amor volat undique (The God of Love flies everywhere) Ego sum abbas (I am the Abbot) In taberna quando sumus (When we are in the tavern) In trutina (I am suspended between love and c

“Carmina Burana" University of Maryland Wind Ensemble Michael Votta Jr., music director Brian Coffill, assistant conductor Joseph Scott, assistant conductor David Wacyk, assistant conductor Friday, October 28, 2016, 8:00 pm Elsie & Marvin Dekelboum Concert Hall Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center The University of Maryland at College Park Dmitri Shostakovich: Festive Overture, arr. Donald Hunsberger (1954/1965) David Wacyk, conductor Malcolm Arnold: English Dances, arr. Maur

The Cowboys John Williams Born: February 8, 1932, Floral Park, New York Original Instrumentation: Orchestra Duration: 10 minutes Composed: 1971 Arranged: 1985, James Curnow John Williams, The Cowboys, arr. James Curnow Siena Wind Orchestra This suite, arranged by James Curnow, is a typical example of John Williams' capacity to enrich a film story with an almost narrative musical score. Through music, we are transported to the Old West and experience the joys and hardships of

Siegfried’s Death and Funeral March Richard Wagner Born: May 22, 1813, Leipzig, Germany Died: February 13, 1883, Venice, Italy Original Instrumentation: Orchestra Duration: 8 minutes Composed: 1850-1874 Arranged: 1914, V. F. Safranek Richard Wagner, Siegfried’s Death and Funeral March, arr. V. F. Safranek Jianguo High School Alumni Band Wagner’s epic preliminary evening and three days in the life of the gods—Der Ring des Nibelungen—concluded with Götterdämmerung (“The Twiligh

Route Potomac Flashback Stone and Twilight Rush Hour Jonathan Graybill Instrumentation: Wind Ensemble Duration: 20 minutes Composed: 2014 Route Potomac is loosely cyclic, in that the opening melody of the first movement is used in each of the following movements. The entire piece began as a geographical work, something I tend to write whenever I move to new locations. In the final product, the piece holds only vague references to what was originally planned as a more literal

Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes by Carl Maria von Weber I. Allegro II. Scherzo (Turandot): Moderato – Lively III. Andantino IV. Marsch Paul Hindemith Born: November 16, 1895, Hanau, Germany Died: December 28, 1963, Frankfurt, Germany Original Instrumentation: Orchestra Duration: 5 minutes Composed: 1943 Arranged: 1972, Keith Wilson Hindemith’s Symphonic Metamorphosis on Themes of Carl Maria von Weber began life in early 1940, when Hindemith first took up residence in the Un

Shenandoah Frank Ticheli Born: January 21, 1958, Monroe, Louisiana Original Instrumentation: Concert Band Duration: 7 minutes Composed: 1999 The Shenandoah Valley and the Shenandoah River are located in Virginia. There is disagreement among historians concerning the origins of their names. Some claim that the river and valley were named in the 1750's by the Cherokee as a friendly tribute to a visiting Iroquois Chief named Skenandoah. Others suggest that the region was named n

Parade-Marsch Des Regiments Königs-Jäger Zu Pferde No. 1 (Parade March for the King’s Mounted Hunters) Richard Strauss Born: June 11, 1864, Munich, Germany Died: September 8, 1949, Garmish-Partenkirchen, Germany Original Instrumentation: Military Band Duration: 3 minutes Composed: 1905 Arranged: 1978, Don Owen In 1904, when the eminent German composer and conductor Richard Strauss was music director of the Berlin Opera, the Crown Prince of Bavaria attended a performance of hi

Decoration Day Charles E. Ives Born: October 20, 1874, Danbury, Connecticut Died: May 19, 1954, New York, New York Original Instrumentation: Orchestra Duration: 9 minutes Composed: 1912 Arranged: Jonathan Elkus, 1962 Charles Ives’ Decoration Day, a dreamy haze of almost-forgotten memories and half-remembered tunes, depicts recollections American Civil War through the eyes of a Connecticut youth at the end of the nineteenth century. The work, originally published as the second

Overture and March “1776” Charles E. Ives Born: October 20, 1874, Danbury, Connecticut Died: May 19, 1954, New York, New York Original Instrumentation: Theater Orchestra Duration: 3 minutes Composed: 1903-1914 Arranged: James B. Sinclair, 1975 Program note from the printed score: Overture and March “1776” was originally conceived for a play by Ives' uncle, Lyman Brewster. The plan of making an opera from Major John Andre never materialized, so Ives’s overture was never perfor