Professor Carol’s Podcasts

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 the season finale of the Dallas Wind Symphony, the program of British wind music, his commitment to new music, and the always entertaining distinctions between the Americans and the Brits.

Works discussed: Adam Gorb, Dances from Crete; Kenneth Hesketh, Masque; Guy Woolfenden, Illyrian Dances; Daniel Basford, Arkendale; Percy Grainger, Marching Song of Democracy

 Timothy Reynish Interview [18:52m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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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 soloist Melinda Wilson, Principal Flutist with the Dallas Wind Symphony.

Works discussed: John Philip Sousa, Semper Fidelis; Scott Joplin, Combination March; Gaetano Donizetti, March for the Sultan Abdul Medjid; Gioacchino Rossini, March for the Sultan Abdul Medjid; Johannes Hanssen, Valdres March; Lowell Liebermann, Concerto for Flute; John Williams, March from 1941 and Olympic Fanfare and Theme; Pascual Marquiña, Cielo Andaluz; David Lovrien, The Midwesterner; Karl King, Barnum and Bailey’s Favorite

 Marches in March [11:56m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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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 these tunes, they’ve got the chops to swing to the max.  Add in a few poodle skirts and spontaneous dancing in the aisles, and the stage is set for a terrific evening.

So what’s on this program?
As you might expect, traditional treasures by Glenn Miller, Tommy Dorsey, Bennie Goodman, Duke Ellington, Artie Shaw, and . . . Sergei Prokofiev? 

 Big Band Boogie [9:17m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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What’s this program about?
David Kehler will conduct the Greater Dallas Youth Orchestra Wind Symphony as it joins forces with the Dallas Wind Symphony on the upcoming side-by-side concert.  Kehler discusses how the young people get involved with the professional ensemble, the differences in conducting youth and professional ensembles, and the music of David Maslanka and Eric Whitacre.

Works discussed: Eric Whitacre, Ghost Train Trilogy; David Maslanka, Give Us This Day – A Short Symphony for Band

 An Interview with David Kehler [15:40m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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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, American Anthem; Fisher Tull, Rhapsody for Trumpet and Symphonic Band; Ron Nelson, Passacaglia on B-A-C-H; Leonard Bernstein, Three Dance Episodes from On the Town.

 Americans We [13:30m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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Carol found the U.S. Marine Drum & Bugle Corps warming up for a concert at the Texas State Fair and took that opportunity to ask Sgt. Kyle Baker about the organization’s mission and its performances at the Fair.

U.S. Marine Drum & Bugle Corps from Carol Reynolds on Vimeo.

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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; Milhaud, Suite Francaise; Persichetti, Symphony for Band, Op. 69; Varese, Integrales

 Band's Greatest Hits [12:31m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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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, Slavonic Rhapsody No. 1; Modest Mussorgsky, Pictures at an Exhibition

 Musical Globetrotting [10:49m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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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 he returned to Dallas to conduct the Dallas Wind Symphony’s Fourth of July concert.  Major Keene talks about musical life in the military, performances at state events, and the role of musical ensembles in supporting the troops and representing the United States throughout the world.

 Interview with Major Keene: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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 Special Features of the Starlight Symphony [15:25m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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