Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "Serenade in E-flat," K. 375
Serenade in E-flat, K. 375 Allegro Maestoso Menuetto Adagio Menuetto Finale Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Born: January 27, 1756, Salzburg,...
J.S. Bach: "Prelude and Fugue in E-flat," BWV 552 ("St. Anne")
Prelude and Fugue in E-flat, BWV 552 ("St. Anne") Johann Sebastian Bach Born: March 21, 1685, Eisenach, Germany Died: July 28, 1750,...
André Previn: "Music for Wind Orchestra (No Strings Attached)"
Music for Wind Orchestra (No Strings Attached) Conductor, composer and pianist André Previn has received a number of awards and honors...
Baljnder Sekhon: "Double Percussion Concerto"
Double Percussion Concerto Shadow Light Baljnder Sekhon Instrumentation: Two Percussionists and Wind Ensemble Duration: 16 minutes...
Richard Strauss: "Suite in B-flat, Op. 4"
Suite in B-flat, Op. 4 Präludium Romanze Gavotte Introduction und Fuge Richard Strauss Born: June 11, 1864 in Munich, Germany Died:...
Richard Strauss: "Wiener Philharmoniker Fanfare"
Although we typically only think of Strauss's contributions to the wind band medium in terms of four pieces (Suite Op. 4, Serenade Op. 7,...
Daniel Bernard Roumain (DBR), in his own words
We finally have a working title, and music for our commissioned piece from Daniel Bernard Roumain (DBR). His new work is titled The Order...
Prokofiev's Private Joke
At our next concert, titled "Czechs and Balances", UMWO will be performing a wind work that does not get much time in the sun, so to...
Toru Takemitsu - "Signals from Heaven"
Our November 4th concert will feature Toru Takemitu's Signals from Heaven. The piece consists of two antiphonal fanfares for brass...
Edgard Varèse: "Hyperprism"
Continuing today with the music of Edgard Varèse, this post will focus on Hyperprism a work that Varese wrote in 1923, the same time...