Schoenberg: "Theme and Variations"
Schoenberg's "Theme and Variations, Op. 43a", a cornerstone of the wind band repertoire, was featured today on Composers Datebook from...
Kurka: "Good Soldier Schweik" Suite
Another piece that might be unknown to people who are only familiar with the more traditional wind repertoire is Robert Kurka's Good...
Gustav Holst: "Hammersmith, Prelude and Scherzo, Op. 52"
Anyone who played in a high school band is probably familiar with the two Gustav Holst suites for band. The First, in Eb is slightly more...
Percy Grainger: "Lincolnshire Posy"
Among wind band enthusiasts, Percy Grainger's Lincolnshire Posy certainly needs no introduction. It is easily one of the most famous and...
Michael Colgrass: "Winds of Nagual"
Winds of Nagual draws its programmatic inspiration from the writings of Carlos Castaneda, who has become somewhat of a cult icon....
Ingolf Dahl: "Concerto for Alto Saxophone and Wind Orchestra"
Ingolf Dahl's Concerto for Alto Saxophone and Wind Orchestra is certainly one of the more famous concertos written for wind band. This...
Aaron Copland: "Emblems"
Aaron Copland is certainly not considered a "band composer" by any stretch of the imagination, but he certainly contributed quite a piece...
Hector Berlioz - "Grande symphonie funebre et triomphale"
Berlioz's Grande symphonie funebre et triomphale is a work that was "rediscovered" and given a modern adaptation by Richard Franko...
Joseph Schwantner: "...and the mountains rising nowhere"
Joseph Schwantner's ...and the mountains rising nowhere has become a symbol of the current trend in wind music. The piece was premiered...
Paul Hindemith: "Symphony in B-flat"
In 1952, when Frederick Fennell founded the Eastman Wind Ensemble, part of the stated mission of the ensemble was the perform pieces like...
