programs


The University of Texas Wind Symphony
Selected Programs


Blue Shades (1996) - Frank Ticheli
Remember Me: Music for Cello and Nineteen Players (2013) - David Maslanka
James Burch, cello
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Pale Blue on Deep (2011) - Aaron Perrine                                                                                           
Sound and Smoke (2011) - Viet Cuong

Smetana Fanfare (1984) - Karel Husa
Farewell to Gray (2001) - Donald Grantham
Perpetual Song (2000) - Dan Welcher
Symphony No. 4 “West Point” (1952) - Morton Gould
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Music for Prague 1968 (1968) - Karel Husa

Lincolnshire Posy (1937) - Percy Aldridge Grainger
The “Alcotts" from Second Piano Sonata “Concord, Mass., 1840-1860" (1912-14) – Charles Ives, arr. Thurston
Strange Humors  (2006) - John Mackey
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Symphony No. 3 "Shaker Life"  (1997) - Dan Welcher

George Washington Bridge (1951) - William Schuman
Testament (2001) -  David Maslanka
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The Planets (1916) - Gustav Holst, trans. Patterson

Overture to Candide (1956) - Leonard Bernstein, transcribed Grundman
Give Us This Day: Short Symphony for Wind Ensemble (2005) - David Maslanka
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Variations on an Original Theme "Enigma" Op 36 (1899) - Edward Elgar, trans. Patterson

A Spanish Silhouette (2010) - Carter Pann
It perched for Vespers nine (2008) - Joel Puckett
Aurora Awakes (2008) - John Mackey
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Ecstatic Waters (2009) - Steven Bryant

The Gum-Suckers March (1914) - Percy Aldridge Grainger, ed. Rodgers
The Promise of Living from "The Tender Land" (1952-4) - Aaron Copland, arr. Singleton
From a Dark Millenium (1982) - Joseph Schwantner
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Spangled Heavens (2010) - Donald Grantham
Starry Crown (2007) - Donald Grantham

(half program with UT Symphony Band)
Baron La Croix’s Shuffle (2007) - Donald Grantham
Chant Funéraire (1921) - Gabriel Fauré
Symphony in B-flat (1951) - Paul Hindemith

(half program with UT Symphony Band)
Colas Breugnon Overture (1936) - Dmitry Kabalesky, trans. Hunsberger
Music for Prague 1968 (1968) - Husa

Sonata pian’e forte from Sacrae Symphoniae (1597) - Giovanni Gabrieli
Descano (after omega) (2004) - David T. Little
Andante et Scherzo (1939) - Eugene Bozza
Spiel für Blasorchester (1926) - Ernst Toch
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Colonial Song (1911) - Percy Aldridge Grainger
Emblems (1964) - Aaron Copland

Traveler (2003) - David Maslanka
Trauersinfonie (1844) - Richard Wagner, trans. Leidzén
March No. 1 in F (1809/1823) - Ludwig van Beethoven, ed. Hanna
"Geschiwndmarsch by Beethoven" from Symphonia Serena (1946) - Paul Hindemith
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Sinfonische Metamorphosen nach Thema von Carl Maria von Weber (1940-3) - Paul Hindemith, trans. Wilson

Second Suite in F for Military Band, op. 28, no. 2 (1911) - Gustav Holst
Avelynn’s Lullaby (2011) - Joel Puckett
"Elsa’s Procession to the Cathedral" from Lohengrin (1846-8) - Richard Wagner, trans. Cailliet
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Song of the Telegraph (2010) - Ian Dicke
Zion (1994) - Dan Welcher

An Outdoor Overture (1938, arr. 1941) - Aaron Copland
Mutations from Bach (1967) - Samuel Barber
Allegro from Serenade No. 12 in c minor, K. 388/384a (1782) - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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Theme and Variations, op. 43a (1943) - Arnold Schoenberg
New England Tryptich (1956, arr. 1958) - William Schuman

Song of the Telegraph (2011) - Ian Dicke
+Concerto for Tuba (2012) - Donald Grantham
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Sinfonische Metamorphosen nach Thema von Carl Maria von Weber (1940-3) - Paul Hindemith, trans. Wilson
+World Premiere

George Washington Bridge (1951) - William Schuman
O Magnum Mysterium (1994) - Morten Lauridsen, trans. Reynolds
Children’s March, “Over the Hills and Far Away” (1916, arr. 1919) - Percy Aldridge Grainger, ed. Rogers
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Ascension (1988, rev. 2010) - James Mobberley
Slalom (2002) - Carter Pann
Asphalt Cocktail (2009) - John Mackey

Fanfare from La Péri (1911-12) – Paul Dukas
As the Scent of Spring Rain (2003) – Jonathan Newman
Hill Song #2 (1907) – Percy Aldridge Grainger, ed. Rodgers
English Folk Song Suite (1923) – Ralph Vaughan Williams
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Jazzalouge No. 1 (1997) - Joseph Turin
EllenSong (2012) - James Mobberley
The Red Pony: Film Suite for Band (1948) - Aaron Copland

Catclaw Mimosa (2010) - Ben Hjertmann
Hymn to a Blue Hour (2010) - John Mackey
Concerto for Cello (2011) - Steven Bryant
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Partita (1980) - Robert Linn
Symphony No. 2 (2004) - Frank Ticheli

Vientos y Tangos (2004) - Michael Gandolfi
Lake Isle of Innisfree (2010) - Daniel Kellogg
Adagio (1966) - Ediciones Joaquín Rodrigo
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Hammersmith: Prelude and Scherzo, op. 52 (1930) - Gustav Holst
Niagara Falls (1997) - Michael Daugherty

Profanation (1942) - Leonard Bernstein
Petite Symphony (1885/1904) - Charles Gounod
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Mountain Lake Photograph (2010) - Zack Stanton
*Concerto for Piano (2012) -  Zack Stanton
Robert McDonald, piano
* Honorable Mention in the ASCAP/Fennell Composition Contest

Strange Humors (2006) - John Mackey
Sanctuary (2006) - Frank Ticheli
Symphony No 6 (1956) - Vincent Persichetti
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+The Soul has Many Motions (2013) - John Mackey
+World Premiere

Fanfare; Reminiscence and Celebration (2011) - Ellen Taafe Zwillich
Bells for Stokowski (2002) - -Michael Daugherty
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First Suite in E-flat for Military Band (1909) - Gustav Holst
Suite Dreams (2007) - Steven Bryant
Aurora Awakes (2009) - John Mackey

Avelynn's Lullaby (2011) - Hoel Puckett
Lullaby (For Kirsten) (1985) - Leslie Basset
The Three Embraces (2013) - Carter Pann
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The Passing Bell (1974) - Warren Benson
My Jesus, Oh What Anguish (after J.S. Bach) (1975) - Alfred Reed
(Redacted) (2013) - John Mackey