Divertimento in E-Flat Major, K. 166/159d​ I. Allegro II. Menuetto and Trio III. Andante grazioso IV. Adagio V. Allegro Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Born: January 27, 1756, Salzburg, Austria Died: December 5, 1791, Vienna, Austria Instrumentation: Wind Dectet Composed: 1773 Duration: 11 minutes This chamber work, typically known as one of Mozart's "Milan divertimenti," is one of the composer's first works for winds, written with an accompanying twin work, the Divertimento in B-fla

American Symphony I. fanfare II. white on blue III. rondo IV. prayer V. stars, stripes, and celebration​ Adam Schoenberg Born: November 15, 1980, Northampton, MA Composed: 2011 Transcribed: 2011, Don Patterson Duration: 25 minutes Adam Schoenberg's American Symphony was commissioned and premiered by the Kansas City Symphony, then transcribed shortly thereafter for the United States Marine Band. The composer writes of the original version, American Symphony was inspired by

Souvenir (in memoriam Gérard Grisey) I II III Magnus Lindberg Born: June 27, 1958, Helsinki, Finland Composed: 2010 Duration: 25 minutes Souvenir (in memoriam Gérard Grisey) was commissioned and premiered by the New York Philharmonic in 2010, while Lindberg was enlisted as composer-in-residence for the ensemble. The three-movement chamber work was written in memory of the composer’s colleague and friend, Gérard Grisey. In an interview with James M. Keller of the New York Phil

For Love of the Mountains (Four Tableaux) Aaron Jay Kernis Born: January 15, 1960, Bensalem Township, PA Composed: 2016 Duration: 7 minutes For Love of the Mountains is a brief fanfare for winds, brass and percussion which announces and celebrates the occasion of the 10th anniversary of Maestro Donald Runnicles' directorship of the Grand Teton Music Festival. I couldn't help but visualize the sense of space and height of the Tetons while writing it, and tried to create a sens

2017-2018 University of Maryland Wind Orchestra Repertoire Remembrances and Tributes Friday, October 6, 2017​, 8 pm Michael Votta, Jr., music director ​ Aaron Jay Kernis, For Love of the Mountains (Four Tableaux) Magnus Lindberg, Souvenir (in memoriam Gérard Grisey) I II III - intermission - ​Adam Schoenberg, American Symphony I. fanfare II. white on blue III. rondo IV. prayer V. stars, stripes, and celebration​ Chamber Winds Saturday, October 21, 2017, 8 pm, Gildenhorn Recit

Oboe Concerto Moderato Andante (on a Sicilian Folksong) Moderato, Allegro Lukas Foss Born: August 15, 1922, Berlin, Germany Died: February 1, 2009, New York, New York Instrumentation: Chamber Orchestra Composed: 1948 Arranged: WIlliam E. Rhoads, 1952 Duration: 20 minutes Lukas Foss’ Oboe Concerto was composed in 1948 for solo oboe and chamber orchestra. Much like its contemporary, the Richard Strauss Concerto for Oboe and Small Orchestra, the winds of the chamber orchestra fu

Music for Prague 1968 Introduction and Fanfare Aria Interlude Toccata and Chorale Karel Husa Born: August 7, 1921, Prague, Czech Republic Died: December 14, 2016, Apex, North Carolina Instrumentation: Large Wind Ensemble Composed: 1968 Duration: 25 minutes It was late August 1968 when I decided to write a composition dedicated to the city in which I was born. I thought about writing for Prague for some time because the longer I was away from the city, the more I remembered th

The Sound of Light Robert Gibson Born: 1950, Atlanta, Georgia Instrumentation: Orchestral Winds Composed: 2010 Duration: 12:00 Gibson writes, The title of my work, The Sound of Light, has many implications that relate to my thoughts while writing the piece: first, there is the fact that sound can literally become light under certain conditions in a technical process called sonoluminescence. The fact that vibration can take the form of sound or light depending on frequency led

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

Octet in E-flat, Op. 103 Allegro Andante Menuetto Presto Ludwig van Beethoven Born: December 1770, Bonn, Germany Died: March 26, 1827, Vienna, Austria Instrumentation: Wind Octet Composed: 1792 Duration: 9 minutes Music for wind instruments does not feature prominently in Beethoven’s catalogue of mature works, but as a young and aspiring composer in Bonn, he wrote a variety of pieces for different (and sometimes unusual) instrumental combinations at the behest of his patron,