Handel: Fire (and Some Water)
Along with Giovanni Gabrieli's Sonata Pian'e Forte, George Frideric Handel's Music for the Royal Fireworks is one of the earliest and...
"Sleepless Slumber"
Today's post is about "Sleepless Slumber" by Guusje and Puck Ingen Housz. The piece is written for voice, piano, winds, and metronome and...
Milhaud's "Suite Frainçaise" on Composers Datebook
Today, the featured piece on Composers Datebook from American Public Media was Darius Milhaud's Suite Francaise. Although this piece does...
Carlos Surinach's "Paeans and Dances of Heathen Iberia"
Carlos Surinach's Paeans and Dances of Heathen Iberia, featured on our December concerts, is one of the hidden gems of the wind...
Joseph Schwantner: "Sparrows"
Joseph Schwantner's Sparrows will appear on our first program of the year in September. Joseph Schwantner, Sparrows University of...
John Corigliano
On our February concert, we will perform John Corigliano's Two Tarantellas. In light of this, this write-up on his Gazebo Dances by the...
Matthew Tommasini: "Three Spanish Songs"
As promised, here is Part II of the Matthew Tommasini music that will be part of our February concert. Below are the program notes for...
Matthew Tommasini: "Torn Canvases"
On our February concert, we will have the privilege of working with Matthew Tommasini, a young composer whose work is starting to gain...
Messiaen: "Couleurs de la Cite Celeste"
On our final concert of the year, we will perform our second Messiaen piece of this year, and the third in two years. Couleurs de la Cite...
John Adams: "Grand Pianola Music"
Below is the second movement of John Adams' Grand Pianola Music. Not necessarily a so-called "band" piece (Adams has not written one),...
