Double Quintet Henry Ross Wixon Born: June 13, 1988, Washington, D.C. Instrumentation: Double Quintet (combined brass and woodwind quintets) Composed: 2015-2016 Duration: 11 minutes Separately, the woodwind and brass quintets are flexible ensembles, capable of astonishing virtuosity and a wide palette of timbres. Their combined force possesses the dynamic potential of a much larger group, yet retains the precision of its smaller halves; I found this identity, somewhere betwee

The Good Soldier Schweik Suite Overture Lament March War Dance Pastoral Finale Robert Kurka Born: December 22, 1921, Cicero, Illinois Died: December 12, 1957, New York, New York Instrumentation: Fourteen winds, timpani, and percussion Composed: 1956 Duration: 20 minutes The SUITE was inspired by THE GOOD SOLDIER ŠVEJK, the brilliantly realistic anti-war satire by the Czech novelist and journalist Jaroslav Hašek. Written shortly after the First World War, it is essentially the

The Marriage of Figaro, K. 492 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Born: January 27, 1756, Salzburg, Austria Died: December 5, 1791, Vienna, Austria Original Instrumentation: Opera Pit Orchestra Instrumentation: Wind Octet (Harmonie) Composed: 1786 Arranged: 1791, Johann Nepomuk Wendt; 2017, Anthony Rivera Duration: 10 minutes Mozart’s opera, The Marriage of Figaro has been a cornerstone of the operatic repertoire since its 1786 premiere in Vienna, Austria. Continuing the story of The B

Figures in the Garden Jonathan Dove Born: July 18, 1959, London, United Kingdom Instrumentation: Wind Octet (Harmonie) Composed: 1991 Duration: 20 minutes For their 1991 Mozart bicentenary celebrations, the Glyndebourne Festival commissioned five composers to write wind serenades. Each serenade was to be musically connected in some way with one of Mozart’s operas, and to be played outdoors before the performance of the opera. I was asked to compose a piece to precede The Marr

Integrales Edgard Varèse Born: December 22, 1883, Paris, France Died: November 6, 1965, New York, New York Instrumentation: Eleven winds, four percussionists Composed: 1924-1925 Duration: 11 minutes University of Maryland Wind Orchestra "Cheating, Lying... Paraphrasing" Friday, March 3, 2017, 8 pm Elsie & Marvin Dekelboum Concert Hall Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center The University of Maryland at College Park Intégrales was an important work for Varèse and was composed in

Cheating, Lying, Stealing David Lang Born: January 8, 1957, Los Angeles, California Instrumentation: Bass Clarinet, Cello, Piano, Percussion, Antiphonal Brake Drums Composed: 1993, revised 1995, transcribed 2011 Duration: 11 minutes University of Maryland Wind Orchestra "Cheating, Lying... Paraphrasing" Friday, March 3, 2017, 8 pm Elsie & Marvin Dekelboum Concert Hall Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center The University of Maryland at College Park A couple of years ago, I star

Divertissement, Op. 36 I. Andante sostenuto; Allegro molto moderato II. Allegro vivace III. Andante Jean Émile Auguste Bernard Born: November 28, 1843, Marseilles, France Died: September 11, 1902, Paris, France Instrumentation: Wind Dectet Composed: 1894 Duration: 21 minutes University of Maryland Wind Orchestra "Circus Maximus" Sunday, December 4, 2016, 4:00 pm Elsie & Marvin Dekelboum Concert Hall Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center The University of Maryland at College P

Symphony in Brass I. Andante; Allegro Molto II. Andante Con Moto III. Allegro Vivace Eric Ewazen Born: March 1, 1954, Cleveland, Ohio Instrumentation: Brass Choir and Percussion Composed: 1991 Duration: 18 minutes University of Maryland Wind Orchestra "Circus Maximus" Sunday, December 4, 2016, 4:00 pm Elsie & Marvin Dekelboum Concert Hall Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center The University of Maryland at College Park Eric Ewazen's Symphony in Brass was commissioned by the Det

Symphony No. 3 "Circus Maximus" John Corigliano Born: February 16, 1938, New York City Instrumentation: Large Wind Ensemble (Stage Band, Antiphonal "Surround Band," & Marching Band) Composed: 2004 Duration: 35 minutes University of Maryland Wind Orchestra "Circus Maximus" Sunday, December 4, 2016, 4:00 pm Elsie & Marvin Dekelboum Concert Hall Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center The University of Maryland at College Park Corigliano's Program Note from the printed score: Circu

Prelude in the Dorian Mode (Tiento del Segundo Tono) Antonio de Cabezón Born: March 30, 1510, Castrillo Mota de Judíos, Spain Died: March 26, 1566, Madrid, Spain Original Instrumentation: Organ Composed: c. 1550 Arranged: Percy Grainger, 1937-1941 Duration: 4:30 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 College P