---FIRST HALF HOUR---
:04—Ingolf Dahl (1912-1970): Intermezzo from Music for Brass Instruments, New World Brass [Argo 444 459]. Longtime professor at UCLA, Dahl wrote a lot of music for winds.
:08—Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904): Serenade in D minor for Winds, first move., members of the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields [Philips 400 020].
:13—Leos Janacek (1854-1928): Sinfonietta, first move., Simon Rattle, Philharmonia Orchestra [EMI 47048]. One of the brassiest pieces in the whole of the classical literature.
:16—Paul Hindemith (1895-1963): Passacaglia from “Noble Vision,” James De Preist, Royal Philharmonic [Delos 1006].
:22—Percy Grainger (1882-1961): Children’s March on “Over the Hills and Far Away,” 1918, Gene Corporon, North Texas Wind Symphony [Ioda 656].
---SECOND HALF HOUR---
:30—Paul Dukas (1865-1935): Fanfare from “La peri,” Armin Jordan, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande [Erato 99089].
:33—Darius Milhaud (1892-1974): Suite Provencale, first move., Jean-Claude Casadesus, Lille National Orchestra [Naxos 557287].
:35—Gustav Holst (1874-1934): Wind Suite No. 1 in E flat, 1909, Howard Dunn, Dallas Wind Symphony [Reference 39].
:46—Peter Mennin (1923-1983): Canzona, Jack Stamp, IUP Wind Ensemble [Klavier 11141].
:51—Paul Creston (1906-1985): Celebration Overture, 1955, Gerard Schwarz, Marine Band [Naxos 573121].
---THIRD HALF HOUR---
:04--Gustav Holst (1874-1934): “Song of the Blacksmith,” from Wind Suite No. 2, Howard Dunn, Dallas Wind Symphony [Reference 39].
:06--Darius Milhaud (1892-1974): Suite Provencale, last move., Jean-Claude Casadesus, Lille National Orchestra [Naxos 557287].
:10—Jack Stamp (1954- ): Fanfare, Jack Stamp, Keystone Wind Ensemble [Klavier 88108].
:12—Michael Torke (1960- ): “July,” Aurelia Saxophone Quartet, from album “Blow!” [Challenge 72005].
:20—Vaclav Nelhybel (1919-1996): Symphonic Movement, 1966, Lowell Graham, U.S. Air Force Band [Klavier 11161].
:28—Elliott Carter (1908-2012): Tarantella, from Canonic Suite for Quartet of Alto Saxophones, Aurelia Saxophone Quartet, from album “Blow!” [Challenge 72005].
---FOURTH HALF HOUR---
:30—Gustav Holst (1874-1934): “Hammersmith,” 1931, Gene Corporon, North Texas Wind Symphony [Klavier 11070]. Possibly the best work ever composed for wind orchestra. Hammersmith is an industrial suburb of London near Wimbledon.
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:38—Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990): Fanfare for JFK, Scott Weiss, University of South Carolina Wind Ensemble [Naxos 573056].
:39—McPhail-Michels: “San,” Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra, recorded 1945 [Capitol 30103]. Impressionist-sounding opening chords.
:43—Robert Russell Bennett (1894-1981): Serenade, from Symphonic Songs, Frederick Fennell, Eastman Wind Ensemble [Mercury 432 009]. Prefigures the octave-jumping bass lines of Stevie Wonder and the disco era.
:48—Floyd Werle (1929- ): Fox Trot, Jack Stamp, Keystone Wind Ensemble [Citadel 88132]. This piece really swings.
:52—Ron Nelson (1929- ): “Rocky Point Holiday,” 1969, Jerry Junkin, Dallas Wind Symphony [reference 76].