Russell McCutcheon, Conductor
Brandon Almagro, Trumpet
Colin Wise, Trombone
Program:
Cenotaph (Fanfare for Band) - Jack Stamp
Gettysburg, The Third Day - Jay Dawson
Shenandoah - Frank Ticheli
Cousins - Herbert Clarke
arr. Ray Cramer
Colin Wise and Brandon Almagro, Soloists
Ashokan Farewell - Jay Unger
arr. Calvin Custer
Unknown Heroes of the Civil War - Craig Thomas Naylor
Part I. Enduring Honor, for Elizabeth Van Lew and the Richmond (Virginia)
Part II. We Are All Americans, for Colonel Ely S. Parker
Part III. Yes, I Want To Cross Over, for John Washington
Premiere Performance: Yes, I Want to Cross Over
The Blue and the Gray - Clare Grundman
Gettysburg Triumphant - F. William Sunderman
arr. Joseph Eidson
Russell McCutcheon, Wind Symphony Conductor; Alexander Kahn, Symphony Orchestra Conductor
Victoria Sharbaugh, Concerto Competition Winner
Program:
Wind Symphony:
Colonial Song - Percy Grainger
Serenade for Winds - Carter Pann
Fireworks - James Colonna
Premiere Performance
Symphony Orchestra:
Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen ("Songs of a Wayfarer") - Gustav Mahler
I. Wenn mein Schatz Hochzeit macht ("When my darling has her wedding day")
II. Ging heut Morgen übers Feld ("I walked across the fields this morning")
III. "Ich hab' ein glühend Messer" ("I have a gleaming knife")
IV. "Die zwei blauen Augen von meinem Schatz" ("The two blue eyes of my beloved")
Victoria Sharbaugh, Mezzo-Soprano
Concerto Competition Winner
Symphony No. 6 in F Major, "Pastoral" - Ludwig van Beethoven
I. Allegro ma non troppo (Awakening of happy feelings on arrival in the countryside)
II. Andante molto moto (Scene by the brook)
III. Allegro (Peasants' Merrymaking)
IV. Allegro (Thunderstorm)
V. Allegretto (The Shepherd's Song; Glad and Thankful Feelings after the Storm)
Russell McCutcheon, Conductor
Jocelyn Swigger, Piano
Kathleen Sasnett, Soprano
Roger Sasnett, Baritone
Program:
Cuban Overture - George Gershwin
trans. Mark Rogers
Rhapsody in Blue - George Gershwin
trans. Donald Hunsberger
Jocelyn Swigger, Piano
Catfish Row - George Gershwin
arr. Donald Hunsberger
I. Introduction: "Jazzbo Brown"
II. "Summertime"
III. "I Got Plenty o' Nothin"
IV. "Bess, You is my Woman Now"
V. Fugue
VI. "My Man's Gone Now"
VII. Hurricane (St. Michael's Chimes the Half-Hour)
VIII. Finale: "Children's Dance," "I'm On My Way"
Kathleen Sasnett, Soprano
Roger Sasnett, Baritone
Russell McCutcheon, Conductor
Carl Kasell, Special Guest Narrator
Program:
Asphalt Cocktail - John Mackey
Second Suite in F for Military Band - Gustav Holst
I. March
II. Song Without Words
III. Song of the Blacksmith
IV. Fantasia on the Dargason
O Magnum Mysterium - Morton Lauridsen
trans. H. Robert Reynolds
There was a Composer of Genius - Daniel Kallman
I. Bernstein
II. Ives
III. Ellington
IV. Sousa
East Coast Premiere
Special Guest Reader Carl Kasell
Rolling Thunder - Henry Fillmore
Russell McCutcheon, Wind Symphony Conductor; Tim Sestrick, Percussion Ensemble Conductor
Steven Bryant, Composer-in-Residence
Program:
Percussion Ensemble:
Away Without Leave - Bob Becker
Aurora Borealis - Marilyn Bliss
Concerto for Marimba - Ney Rosauro
III. Danca (Dance)
IV. Despedida (Farewell)
Linus and Lucy - Vince Guaraldi
arr. Crockarell
Wind Symphony:
Dusk - Steven Bryant
Selections from "Parody Suite" - Steven Bryant
I. ImPercynations
III. MetaMarch
Ecstatic Waters - Steven Bryant
I. Ceremony of Innocence
II. Augurs
III. The Generous Wrath of Simple Men
IV. The Loving Machinery of Justice
V. Spiritus Mundi
