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AverageJoe
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Call me an old-school sap, but I really enjoy Grainger's music (Lincolnshire Posy in particular) and both of the Holst Suites. In the more modern realm, I have really enjoyed playing the music of Maslanka, DeMaij, and Curnow -- everything I've played by them was lots of fun. I've not played in a wind ensemble for more than 10 years now, but I've enjoyed listening to my students play Ticheli's stuff in their school bands. He conducted the one of the GMEA All-State bands a few years ago, and it was quite an experience to watch him work and to hear his intentions for performance. He's quite a personality!
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Some of my favorite pieces that I haven't seen throw out yet.
Chance: Elegy
Gillingham: Waking Angels and Be Thou My Vision
Granger: Ye Banks and Breas... , Molly on the Shore
Persichetti: Psalm for Band
Fisher Tull: Introit and Sketches on a Tudor Psalm
I think it is too hard to pick a favorite, but these are some I certainly enjoy. Some I've played and some I hope to play someday.
Peace,
Kevin
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| (Trumpet)(2009) wrote: | Any works of ERIC WHITACRE.
The emotions invoked by his pieces are simply indescribable. Listening to his songs is an experience, and one that is like no other. I cannot explain it. It leaves me reaching in vain for words, where words do no justice. And that is the mark of good music, that it has the power to change ,(temporarily), the emotional state of the listener.
I also listen to his chorale works, and I dare say, they are even more stunning than his instrumental compositions. All the voices are so resonant and rich. Amazing. |
This is why Lux is one of my favorite peices. Both the choir and wind band settings are simply stunning. |
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Prague (Husa)
Winds of Nagual (Colgrass)
mountains (Schwantner)
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My post will probably be nothing more than an echo of its predecessors, however I'd like to list my favorites.
In high school our band really didn't play too much contemporary music, so we stuck to the band classics like the Holst and Vaughn Williams suites. I still love these pieces of music.
That being said, coming to college has really opened my eyes to the breadth of great wind ensemble literature out there.
So here are some of my favorites:
Symphony No. 4 by David Maslanka
La Fiesta Mexicana by H. Owen Reed
Symphonic Poem Dance No.3 by Cliffton Williams
Liturgical Dances by Holsinger
To Tame the Perilous Skies by Holsinger
..and the mountains rising nowhere by Joseph Schwantner
Redline Tango by Mackey
Chorale and Alleluia by Howard Hansen
Three City Blocks by Harbison
In Wind Ensemble right now we're also working on James Barnes' Third Symphony, and while I have yet to get a recording it is an excellent piece of music. I'm also a big fan of the music of Andrew Boysen, our wind ensemble director. He composed a Trombone concerto last year for our low brass studies professor that was unbelievable. |
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| lh wrote: | Prague (Husa)
Winds of Nagual (Colgrass)
mountains (Schwantner) |
Dark Milleniumby Schwanter is a winner too!
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Wind Ensemble Literature:
Blue Shades by Frank Ticheli
Hammersmith by Gustav Holst
Theme and Variations Op. 43a by Arnold Schoenberg
Dionysiaques by Florent Schmitt
Band Literature:
Second Suite in F by Gustav Holst
La Fiesta Mexicana by H. Owen Reed
Fiesta del Pacifico by Roger Nixon
Puszta by Jan Van der Roost
Gloriosa by Yasuhide Ito
Terpsichore by Michael Praetorius (arr. Margolis)
Of Sailors and Whales by Francis McBeth
Lincolnshire Posy by Percy Grainger
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| I'll cast a vote for Maslanka, Tears, or any of his symphonies. Beautiful, and challenging. |
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Karel Husa's Music for Prague 1968
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Call me traditional but I really like:
Grainger - Lincolnshire Posy
Hindamith-Symphony in Bb
Mennins-Canzona
Jenkins-American Salute (i think thats the name)
Ives-Variations on America
and I am a sucker for a good march!
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Oh Yeah! I vote Whitacre and Hindemith symp in Bb
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Variations on a Korean Folk Song
1st Suite in Eb
2nd Suite in F
English Folk Song Suite
Lord of The Rings
The Inferno
The Ascension
Ghost Train.............for starters!
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Lincolnshire Posy-Grainger
First Suite in E-Flat-Holst
Hammersmith-Holst
Symphony in B-Flat-Hindemith
Theme and Variations-Schoenberg
October-Whitacre
Urban Requiem-Colgrass
Sinfonietta-Dahl
Octet-Stravinsky
and the mountains...-Schwantner
Colonial Song-Grainger
Serenade in C minor-Mozart
Serenade-Dvorak
Petite Symphonie-Gounod
Desi-Daugherty
Husa-Music for Prague 1968 |
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Dionysiaques- Florent Schmitt
Heroes Lost and Fallen- David Gillingham
New England Tryptych(arranged for band)- William Schuman
and almost anything by Maslanka! |
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RUSSIAN CHRISTMAS MUSIC!!!! absolute favorite!
Others:
O magnum mysterium
God Of Our Fathers
English Folk Song Suite
Any Holsinger, or Reinke...
1st and 2nd Holst Suites
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| wvtrumpet wrote: | Call me traditional but I really like:
Grainger - Lincolnshire Posy
Hindamith-Symphony in Bb
Mennins-Canzona
Jenkins-American Salute (i think thats the name)
Ives-Variations on America
and I am a sucker for a good march! |
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| Puztha by VanderRoost. I have a feeling I slaughtered the spellings. Sorry about that. |
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On a Hymnsong of Philip Bliss - Holsinger
It's simple, but beautiful! It is in my opinion one of the most beautiful pieces ever written when it is played well.
For junior high ensembles I'd say Balladair by Frank Erickson. It is another piece that is simply beautiful when it is played well.
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| bandman322 wrote: | On a Hymnsong of Philip Bliss - Holsinger
It's simple, but beautiful! It is in my opinion one of the most beautiful pieces ever written when it is played well.
For junior high ensembles I'd say Balladair by Frank Erickson. It is another piece that is simply beautiful when it is played well. |
Those two pieces bring back so many pleasant memories. I generally like most of Holsinger's pieces, and "Philip Bliss" is probably the most beautiful and heartfelt. "Balladair" is one of those classic middle school band pieces I pulled out a lot with my bands. I am also reminded of "Romanesque" by Robert Swearingen as another simple yet gorgeous piece. "Rhosymedre" by Vaughan Williams is lovely as well (in fact, it does mean "lovely"; although this one is a transcription, not originally a WE piece, if I recall). It's usually the pieces with the most simplest of tunes which are the most beautiful as well. Great pieces.
Liz
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| the buzz wrote: | Variations on a Korean Folk Song
1st Suite in Eb
2nd Suite in F
English Folk Song Suite
Lord of The Rings
The Inferno
The Ascension
Ghost Train.............for starters! |
without meaning to be too snarky, and with apologies to Sesame Street:
2 of these things are not like the others; 2 of these things just don't belong... |
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