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Band’s Greatest Hits

October 10, 2008

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

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Musical Globetrotting

September 16, 2008

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
 

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Salute to Army Ensembles

July 4, 2008

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 he returned to Dallas to conduct the Dallas Wind Symphony’s Fourth [...]

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Special Features of the Starlight Symphony

May 22, 2008

What’s this program about?
Maestro Allan Halbert founded the Starlight Symphony Orchestra, a recent addition to Portland’s thriving arts community.  Halbert says, “My hope is to offer musical programs that connect with the community and with people who’ve had limited exposure to a live orchestra.”  His innovative programming includes an exciting mix of classical, jazz, gospel, [...]

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The Musical World of Malcolm Arnold

April 10, 2008

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 dances and through his film scores, especially Bridge on the River [...]

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The Cultural Capital of Europe

March 12, 2008

Weimar. This former East German city (that seems so pastoral and peaceful) is actually a bubbling caldron for the arts and culture! Designated in 1999 as UNESCO’s Cultural Capital of Europe, Weimar is a small but unbelievably beautiful and famous city where virtually every movement in German and European cultural history seems to have left [...]

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The Collaborative Genius of West Side Story

March 11, 2008

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 collaborators’ lives.  It launched Sondheim’s career.  Bernstein never again wrote [...]

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Rediscovering the Showcase Concert

March 10, 2008

What’s this program about?
We forget how young the idea of a public concert is. Until around 1700, the idea of people assembling to play music not as part of a theatrical presentation or church service, but rather purely for listening, was almost unknown.

Concerts in the 19th Century included a lot of eating and drinking, gossip, [...]

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Peter Grimes at The Met

February 28, 2008

Popcorn and high C’s? At the same time? Want to find out what really goes on backstage? Then let’s go to the movies – at theaters across America – to see Benjamin Britten’s Peter Grimes, March 15 and 16, live via HD satellite transmission from the Metropolitan Opera in New York City.
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A Gershwin Rhapsody

February 9, 2008

What’s this program about?
Was it the great tunes, the snappy lyrics, or both?  George Gershwin’s fabulous songs are a treasured part of American music.  His Rhapsody in Blue, theater works American in Paris and Porgy and Bess, brought him celebrity status and changed the course of American music.  After his premature death, his brother Ira [...]

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