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March 9, 2010

 

Charlotte Concert Band

 

WHAT WE PLAY

A SAMPLE OF MUSIC PERFORMED SINCE 2000

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     Original Works

 

Amazing Grace

Frank Ticheli

American Civil War Fantasy Jerry Bilik

American Overture for Band

Joseph Willcox Jenkins

Battle of Jericho Charles Richard Spinney

Cajun Folk Songs

Frank Ticheli

Celebrations John Zdechlik

Chorale and Shaker Dance

John Zdechlik

Concord Clare Grundman
English Suite Clare Grundman
Esprit de Corps    Robert Jager

Fanfare and Flourishes

James Curnow

Fanfare Prelude on the Italian Hymn

James Curnow

First Suite in E-flat

Gustav Holst

Flashing Winds Jan Van der Roost

Flourish for Wind Band

Ralph Vaughan Williams

Folk Song Suite

Ralph Vaughan Williams

Irish Tune from County Derry

Percy Grainger

Kentucky 1800

Clare Grundman

Old Scottish Melody

Charles Wiley

Overture for Winds Charles Carter
Overture on a Southern Hymn Robert Palmer
Pageant Vincent Persichetti
Russian Christmas Music Alfred Reed

Sea Songs

Ralph Vaughan Williams

Scenes from "The Louvre"  Norman Dello Joio

Second Suite in F 

Gustav Holst

Shenandoah

Frank Ticheli

Shepherd’s Hey

Percy Grainger

Sinfonians, The 

Clifton Williams

Symphonic Dance No. 3, "Fiesta" 

Clifton Williams

Symphony No. 1, "In Memoriam Dresden" Daniel Bukvich

Three Chorale Preludes

William Latham

Variations on a Korean Folksong

John Barnes Chance

Where Never Lark or Eagle Flew James Curnow

Ye Banks and Braes O' Bonnie Doon

Percy Grainger

 

     Transcriptions

 

Alleluia from Exsultate, Jubilate

W. A. Mozart / Boyd

American Salute  Morton Gould / Lang
Bacchanale from Samson and Delilah

Camille Saint-Saens / Hubbell

Javier Perez, oboe solo

Ave Verum Corpus

W. A. Mozart / Buehlman

Ballet Parisien

Jacques Offenbach / Isaac

Blessed Are They from A German Requiem

Johannes Brahms / Buehlman

Carnival of Venice Variations

J. B. Arban / Leidzen

Don Tison, trumpet soloist

Chorale and Fugue in F Major

J. S. Bach / Daehn

Egmont Overture

Ludwig van Beethoven / Moses-Tobani

Fantasia in G J. S. Bach / Goldman-Leist

Festive Overture

Dmitri Shostakovich / Hunsberger

New World Symphony, Finale

Antonin Dvorak  / Leidzen

Symphony No. 8, Finale

Antonin Dvorak / Schaefer

Gershwin: A Medley for Concert Band

George Gershwin / Bennett

Hungarian March

Hector Berlioz / Smith

Light Cavalry Overture Franz von Suppe / Fillmore / Foster

Linden Lea

Ralph Vaughan Williams / Stout

March and Procession of Bacchus

Leo Delibes / Osterling

Mars from The Planets Gustav Holst
Oboe Concerto

Domenico Cimarosa / Lackey

Javier Perez, oboe soloist

Overture to Candide

Leonard Bernstein / Beeler

Overture to Rienzi

Richard Wagner / Hindsley

Overture to The Barber of Seville

Gioacchino Rossini / Singleton

Overture to The Impresario

W. A. Mozart / Barnes

Poet and Peasant Overture

Franz von Suppe / Takahashi

Porgy and Bess, Selections from George Gershwin / Barnes

Praeludium

Armas Jarnefelt / Slocum

Prelude and Fugue in B-Flat

J. S. Bach / Moehlmann

Procession of the Nobles Nicholai Rimsky-Korsakoff / Leidzen
Rhosymedre Ralph Vaughan Williams / Beeler

Salvation is Created 

Pavel Tchesnekoff / Houseknecht

St. Anthony Divertimento

F. J. Haydn  / Wilcox

Toccata

Girolamo Frescobaldi / Slocum

Symphony No. 3, "Organ,"  Finale  Camille Saint-Saëns / Slocum
Variations on "America" Charles Ives / Schuman / Rhoads
Zampa Ferdinand Herold / Leidzen

 

     Marches

 

Alte Kameraden

Carl Teike

Americans We

Henry Fillmore

Amparito Roca Jaime Texidor / Winter

Army of the Nile

Kenneth Alford

Barnum & Bailey's Favorite Karl King / Bainum
Big Cage, The Karl King / Glover
Black Horse Troop John Philip Sousa / Fennell

Brighton Beach  

William Latham

Coat of Arms George Kenny
Dam Busters, The Eric Coates / Wagner

Florentiner March

Julius Fucik

Hands Across the Sea

John Philip Sousa / Fennell

King Cotton

John Philip Sousa / Fennell

Liberty Bell, The

John Philip Sousa /Brion & Schissel

March: Gradioso Roland Seitz / Glover

March of the Irish Guard

James Ployhar

Military Escort

Harold Bennett

On the Mall

Edwin Franko Goldman

Pachinko

Paul Yoder

Proud Heritage William Latham

Rough Riders

Karl King

Semper Fidelis

John Philip Sousa /Brion & Schissel

Sinfonians, The   Clifton Williams

Stars and Stripes Forever, The

John Philip Sousa /Brion & Schissel

Trombone King, The Karl King / Paynter

Washington Post March, The

John Philip Sousa / Fennell

     Lighter Selections

America, the Beautiful

Samuel A. Ward / Dragon

Annie, Selections from Charles Strouse / Lang
Belle of the Ball Leroy Anderson
Benny Goodman: The King of Swing  Paul Murtha
Big Band Superhits Paul Murtha

Blue Tango

Leroy Anderson

Broadway Center Stage

Paul Murtha

Bugler's Holiday

Leroy Anderson

Chicago, Selections from John Kander / Ricketts

Dixieland Jamboree

John Warrington

Duke Ellington in Concert

Duke Ellington / Murtha

Entertainer, The

Scott Joplin / Frackenpohl

Fiddler on the Roof

Jerry Bock / Burden

Hoagy Carmichael in Concert   Hoagy Carmichael / Barker

Man of La Mancha

Mitch Leigh / Erickson

Music Man, The  

Meredith Willson / Reed

Oklahoma

Richard Rodgers / Leidzen

Raiders March from Raiders of the Lost Ark

John Williams

Olympic Spirit, The

John Williams / Curnow

Sound of Music, The Richard Rodgers / Vinson
Syncopated Clock, The Leroy Anderson
Tribute to Count Basie  Count Basie / Moss
Trumpeter's Lullaby, A

Leroy Anderson / Lang

Chris Brown, trumpet soloist

West Side Story Medley

Leonard Bernstein  / Duthoit

Wizard of Oz, The 

Harold Arlen

 

 

Can you identify

these composers?

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and click three times

 

Gustav Holst

 

William Latham

 

Vincent Persichetti

 

Frank Ticheli

 

Camille Saint-Saëns

 

J. S. Bach

 

Gioacchino Rossini

 

F. J. Haydn

 

Henry Fillmore

 

John Philip Sousa

 

Richard Rogers

(Hint: the guy on the right is Hammerstein)

 

Scott Joplin

 

Duke Ellington

 

 

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