Repertoire Performed
(fall 2000 – present)
John Adams: Grand Pianola Music (1982) – 11.11.06 (Joseph Shippee ‘07, Noah Lindquist ‘07, piano)
Louis Andriessen: De Stijl (1985) – 2.19.05
Louis Andriessen: Hymne to the memory of Darius Milhaud (1974) – 3.23.06 (American premiere)
Louis Andriessen: M is for Man, Music, Mozart (1991) – 11.20.04; 3.23.06; 12.7.06
Malcolm Arnold (arr. John Paynter): Four Scottish Dances (1957) – 2.10.01
Robert Russell Bennett: Suite of Old American Dances (1949) – 4.28.01
Warren Benson: Dawn’s Early Light (1987) – 2.18.06
Warren Benson: Variations on a Handmade Theme – 5.3.03
Leonard Bernstein (arr. Clare Grundman): Candide: Overture and Suite for Band (1955) – 11.16.02
Leonard Bernstein: “I am easily assimilated” from Candide (1955/1989) – 5.12.06 (Kerry Ryer-Parke, soprano)
Leonard Bernstein: “Mambo” from West Side Story – 5.12.06
Leonard Bernstein (arr. Frank Bencriscutto): Profanation from Symphony No. 1 (“Jeremiah”) (1940) – 2.15.03
Leonard Bernstein (arr. Clare Grundman): Slava! (1977) – 11.16.02
Charles Bestor: Three Portraits (1984) – 11.12.05
Johannes Brahms (arr. John Boyd): “O Gott, du frommer Gott” from Three Chorale Preludes (1896) – 2.18.06
Henry Brant: Verticals Ascending (1967) – 2.19.05
Benjamin Britten: Russian Funeral (1936) - 2.18.06 (Benjamin Wood ‘08, conductor)
Steven Bryant: Chester Leaps In (1997) – 11.20.04
Michael Colgrass: Old Churches (2001) – 2.15.03
Michael Colgrass: Winds of Nagual (1985) – 2.21.04
Aaron Copland (arr. Merlin Patterson): Down a Country Lane (1962/1988) – 11.18.00
Aaron Copland: The Red Pony Suite (1948/1966) – 11.18.00
Aaron Copland: Variations on a Skaker Melody (1943/1960) – 11.18.00
John Corigliano: Gazebo Dances (1973) – 5.10.02 (movements #1 & #4); 11.11.06
Richard Danielpour (arr. Jack Stamp): Vox Populi (1998) – 11.12.05
Claude Debussy (arr. Merlin Patterson): The Engulfed Cathedral (1913) – 2.19.05
Johan de Meij: “Journey in the Dark” from Symphony No.1: Lord of the Rings (1987) – 2.21.04
Jonathan Dove: Figures in the Garden (1991) – 11.20.04
Jacob Druckman: In memoriam Vincent Persichetti (1987) – 11.12.05
Lukas Foss: Concerto for Band (2002) — 5.10.02 (premiere of movement #2); 11.16.02 (premiere)
Lukas Foss: For 24 Winds (1966) – 11.16.02
Lukas Foss: March from the opera Griffelkin (1956/1989) – 11.16.02
Lukas Foss: Renaissance Concerto (1990) – 11.11.06 (Jeffrey Wessler ‘07, flute)
John Frantzen: Pater Noster (2002) – 2.15.03 (premiere)
Peter Racine Fricker: Sinfonia, op. 76 (“In memoriam Benjamin Britten”) (1977) – 2.18.06
Nancy Galbraith: Danza de los Duendes (1996) – 5.12.06
Michael Gandolfi: Vientos y Tangos (2003) – 5.12.06
David Gillingham: Serenade for Winds and Percussion (“Songs of the Night”) (1990) – 5.10.02
David Gillingham: Waking Angels (1997) – 5.3.03
Adam Gorb: Yiddish Dances (1998) – 5.14.04
Henryk Gorecki: Kleines Requiem fur eine Polka (1993) – 5.13.05
Morton Gould (arr. Philip Lang): American Salute (1943) – 11.18.00
Percy Aldridge Grainger: Lincolnshire Posy (1939) – 5.13.05
Percy Aldridge Grainger: Molly on the Shore (1920) – 4.28.01
Percy Aldridge Grainger: Ye Banks and Braes, O’ Bonnie Doon (1932) – 4.28.01
Judd Greenstein (arr. Steven Bodner): Today and Everyday (2004/2006) – 3.23.06 (premiere)
Daron Aric Hagen: Wedding Dances from the opera Bandanna (1998) – 5.10.02
Reynaldo Hahn: Le bal de Béatruce d’Este (1906) – 2.21.04
Howard Hanson (arr. John Boyd): Suite from the opera Merry Mount – 2.15.03
Kenneth Hesketh: Danceries (1999) – 11.15.03
Paul Hindemith: Geschwindmarsch by Beethoven (1946) – 2.23.02
David Holsinger: Liturgical Dances (1983) – 2.10.01
Karel Husa: Les Couleurs Fauves (1996) – 2.19.05
Karel Husa: “Slovak Dance” from Divertimento for Brass and Percussion (1959) – 5.13.05
Charles Ives (arr. Richard Thurston): The Alcotts (1915, rev. 1947) – 11.11.06
Charles Ives (arr. Jonathan Elkus): Old Home Days Suite (arr. 1974) – 11.18.00
Gordon Jacob: More Old Wine in New Bottles (movements 1, 2) (1980) – 11.15.03
Gordon Jacob: Old Wine in New Bottles (movement 4) (1960) – 11.15.03
Gordon Jacob: William Byrd Suite (1923) – 4.28.01
David Kechley: BANG! (2005) – 5.13.05 (premiere)
Ernst Krenek: Drei Lustige Märsche, Op. 44 (1926) – 2.23.02
Robert Kurka: The Good Soldier Schweik Suite (1956) – 5.10.02
Christopher Marshall: Aue! (2001) – 11.15.03
Steve Martland: Kick (1996) – 5.14.04
David Maslanka: Golden Light (1990) – 2.18.06; 3.23.06
David Maslanka: Tears (1993) – 2.15.03
Jules Massenet (arr. Verne Reynolds): Ballet Music from Le Cid (1885) – 11.17.01
Felix Mendelssohn (ed. John Boyd): Overture for Winds, Op. 24 (1824) — 11.17.01
Darius Milhaud: Le création du monde (1923) – 2.21.04
Dominic Muldowney: Dance Suite (1996) – 5.14.04
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (arr. Johan Wendt): Le nozze di Figaro (1786, arr. 1791) – 11.20.04
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Serenade No. 10, K. 361 (370a) “Gran Partita” – 12.7.06
Carl Orff (arr. Friedrich Wanek): Carmina Burana (1936) – 2.23.02
Robert Patterson: Stomp Igor (1998) – 11.20.04
Vincent Persichetti: Chorale Prelude: So Pure the Star (1962) – 11.12.05
Vincent Persichetti: Masquerade for Band, op. 102 (1966) – 11.12.05
Vincent Persichetti: Serenade No. 1, Op. 1 (1929) – 11.12.05
Vincent Persichetti: “Soliloquy” from Divertimento for Band, op. 42 (1950) – 11.12.05 (Ben Wood ‘08, trumpet)
Astor Piazzolla (arr. Steven Bodner): Oblivion from the film Enrico IV (1984) – 5.12.06 (Ian Jessen ‘08, oboe)
Henry Purcell (trans./elab. Steven Stucky): Funeral Music for Queen Mary (1695/1992) – 11.15.03
Einojuhani Rautavaara: “At Death’s Door/In Hora Mortis” from Soldier’s Mass (1968) – 11.12.05 (Karl Schultz, trumpet)
H. Owen Reed: La Fiesta Mexicana (1949) – 5.12.06
Steve Reich: Music for Pieces of Wood (1973) – 11.12.05
Silvestre Revueltas: Homenaje a Federico García Lorca (1936) – 2.18.06; 3.23.06
Wallingford Riegger: New Dance (1935) – 5.14.04
William Schuman: New England Tripych (1956) — 11.18.00 (“When Jesus Wept” only); 11.20.04
Roberto Sierra: “Batata-Coco (¿Mambo?)” from Cuentos (1997) – 5.12.06
John Philip Sousa: The Glory of the Yankee Navy (1909) – 4.28.01
Igor Stravinsky: Circus Polka (1943) – 5.13.05
Jan Sweelinck (arr. Ramon Ricker): Variations on “Mein junges Leben hat ein End” – 2.18.06; 3.23.06
Randall Thompson (arr. Lewis Buckley): Alleluia (1940) – 11.17.01
Frank Ticheli: Blue Shades (1997) – 11.17.01
Ernst Toch: Spiel für Blasorchester, Op. 39 (1926) – 2.23.02
Michael Torke: Adjustable Wrench (1987) – 5.13.05
Michael Torke: Bliss: Variations on an Unchanging Rhythm (2003) – 5.3.03 (second performance)
Joan Tower (arr. Jack Stamp): “Celebration Fanfare” from Stepping Stones (1998) – 5.3.03
Ralph Vaughan Williams (arr. Donald Hunsberger): Variations for Wind Band (1957) – 11.15.03
Kevin Volans: Walking Song (1984) – 5.3.03 (Joyia Chadwick ‘05, flute; Paul Lindemann ‘06, harpsichord)
Kurt Weill: Concerto for Violin and Wind Orchestra (1924) – 5.3.03 (Joanna Kurkowicz, violin)
Kurt Weill: Kleine Dreigroschenmusik (1929) – 2.23.02
Michael Weinstein: Suite of Dances (2003) – 5.14.04 (premiere)
Dana Wilson: “Being” from Piece of Mind (1984) – 2.18.06
Dana Wilson: When I am Gone Away (2006) – 11.11.06 (second performance)
Guy Woolfenden: French Impressions (1998) – 2.19.05