What’s this program about? Carl Orff selected vivid poems from a Medieval manuscript and super-charged them with color and energy to create the mega-hit “Carmina Burana” in 1937.An innovative music educator and proponent of Eurhythmics, Orff poured his understanding of natural melody and rhythm into … Read more
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British conductor Timothy Reynish is a great promoter of wind bands and a commissioner of new music for wind bands. He has conducted many esteemed orchestras, and taught conducting at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester. Maestro Reynish talks to Professor Carol about guest conducting … Read more
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What’s this program about? “Marches in March” is full of traditional and unexpected music—marches from the ragtime era, marches for circuses, sultans, bullfights, and films, as well as a new march by David Lovrien and the wind-band premiere of Lowell Liebermann’s Concerto for Flute with … Read more
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What’s this program about? Unless you’ve mastered time travel, it’s pretty hard nowadays to hear these big-band classics played as they were – back when Tommy Dorsey was swinging with the tune “Well, Git It.”But when top-notch players of the Dallas Wind Symphony take on … Read more
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What’s this program about? The Dallas Wind Symphony performs a concert entirely of American music running the gamut from show music to patriotic tunes to new pieces from some of America’s leading wind-band composers. Works discussed Stephen Bryant, Stampede; Morton Gould, American Salute; John Gibson, … Read more
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What’s this program about? There isn’t exactly a Top 40 for the Band World. But if there were, every piece on this concert would be high on the list. Works discussed: Clifton Williams, Fanfare and Allegro; Vaclav Nehlybel, Symphonic Movements; Holst, Second Suite in F; … Read more
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What’s this program about? Professor Carol shows how composers use nationalist elements to take listeners on a journey across the Global Soundscape. She highlights colorful works by French, American, and Russian composers. Works discussed: Francois Poulenc, Suite Francaise; Ron Nelson, Rocky Pointe Holiday; Carl Friedemann, … Read more
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What’s this program about? Major Jim Keene took his musical training and talents into the Army, becoming conductor of the premier Army musical ensembles and now commanding the U.S. Army School of Music in Little Creek, Virginia.Professor Carol spoke with her former graduate student when … Read more
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What’s this program about? Enter the musical world of Sir Malcolm Arnold, a world of brisk expression and energy, evocative soundscape, precise instrumentation, and winsome melody.A world of richly colored, well crafted, deeply satisfying sound. Many people discover Malcolm Arnold through his sets of appealing … Read more
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What’s this program about? We think of West Side Story as Bernstein’s musical, but it needed director and choreographer Jerome Robbins, scriptwriter Arthur Laurents, and lyricist Stephen Sondheim to bring all of the elements together.West Side Story was a dividing line in each of the … Read more
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