Composers Datebook: Grainger and Shostakovich
Percy Grainger was featured on today's Composers Datebook. See below! Composers Datebook audio (8/9/2010) Grainger and Shostakovich go...
Messiaen on Composers Datebook
Another day means another great Composers Datebook for wind composers. Although the piece featured on today's Composers Datebook, "From...
Composers Datebook: William Schuman's Birthday
In honor of a great composer of wind music, here is today's Composers Datebook, celebrating William Schuman's 100th birthday. Composers...
Composers Datebook: Berlioz for Winds
For those of you who are in the band camp spirit, today's Composers Datebook featured another piece for winds: Hector Berlioz's Grande...
Composers Datebook: Hindemith's "Konzertmusik"
Today's Composers Datebook focuses on Hindemith's Konzertmusik, Op. 41, a fantastic piece for winds. We have posted on this piece here,...
Mendelssohn for Winds
Felix Mendelssohn's Overture for Winds has a long and somewhat problematic history in wind band music. Mendelssohn scored the piece for...
Schuman, Copland, and "Water" Music
Today, two composers were featured on Composers Datebook: Aaron Copland and William Schuman. Although both of these composers played a...
Schoenberg: "Theme and Variations"
Schoenberg's "Theme and Variations, Op. 43a", a cornerstone of the wind band repertoire, was featured today on Composers Datebook from...
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...
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...
