Joseph Schwantner: "Recoil"
Today's post will focus on another Schwantner piece: Recoil. Joseph Schwantner, Recoil University of North Texas Wind Symphony, Eugene...
Joseph Schwantner: "From a Dark Millennium"
Joseph Schwantner, a Pulitzer Prize-winning composer, is most best-known in the wind world for ...and the mountains rising nowhere, and...
Composers Datebook: Berlioz for Winds
For those of you who are in the band camp spirit, today's Composers Datebook featured another piece for winds: Hector Berlioz's Grande...
William Schuman: "New England Triptych - Be Glad Then America"
Below you can find information on the first movement of William Schuman's New England Triptych, entitled Be Glad Then, America. William...
William Schuman: "New England Triptych, II. When Jesus Wept"
Continuing with William Schuman's New England Triptych, you can find information on, and a recording of, the second movement, When Jesus...
William Schuman: "New England Triptych, III. Chester"
Today, we will continue with the music of William Schuman and begin a series of three posts on his New England Triptych. This piece, as...
Percy Grainger
Irish Tune from County Derry, another Percy Grainger classic for wind band, is certainly one of the more popular and one of the most...
Composers Datebook: Hindemith's "Konzertmusik"
Today's Composers Datebook focuses on Hindemith's Konzertmusik, Op. 41, a fantastic piece for winds. We have posted on this piece here,...
Mendelssohn for Winds
Felix Mendelssohn's Overture for Winds has a long and somewhat problematic history in wind band music. Mendelssohn scored the piece for...
Karel Husa - "Concerto for Wind Orchestra"
Based on yesterday's post on Apotheosis of this Earth, this blog post will continue with the music of Karel Husa and explore his Concerto...
