Symphonic Band Repertoire

2008-2012

Donald F. Allen , conductor
October 6, 2008

  • Selections from the Dansereye – Tielman Susato, arr. Dunnigan
  • Prelude and Fugue in C Major, BWV 554 – Johann Sebastien Bach, arr. Moehlmann
  • Serenade in C minor, KV 388 (384a) – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Dance of the Jesters – Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  • Glory of the Yankee Navy – John Philip Sousa
  • Bell Piece – Percy Aldridge Grainger
  • HardDrive – Julie Giroux- world premiere

Donald F. Allen , conductor
February 17, 2009

  • Smetena Fanfare – Karel Husa
  • Folk Dances – Dmitri Shostakovich
  • Southern Harmony – Donald Grantham

Donald F. Allen , conductor
Benjamin J. Diden, guest conductor

April 16, 2009

  • Fanfare pour preceder “La Peri” – Paul Dukas
  • Jug Blues and Fat Pickin’ – Don Freund
  • Lux Aurumque – Eric Whitacre
  • First Suite in E-flat for Military Band – Gustav Holst

Donald F. Allen , conductor
Benjamin J. Diden, conductor

November 12, 2009

  • Serenade op. 7 – Richard Strauss
  • Serenade No. 1, op. 1 – Vincent Persichetti
  • Sea Songs – Ralph Vaughan Williams
  • “Merry Music” for Wind Band – Frigyes Hidas
  • Children’s March – Percy Aldridge Grainger
  • Cloudburst – Eric Whitacre
  • March op.99 – Sergei Prokofiev

Donald F. Allen , conductor
February 23, 2010

  • Be Thou My Vision – David Gillingham
  • Give Us This Day: Short Symphony for Wind Ensemble – David Maslanka

Donald F. Allen , conductor
April 15, 2010

  • Canzon duodecimi toni – Giovanni Gabrieli
  • Concertino for Marimba and Band – Paul Creston
  • Profanation from the Jeremiah Symphony – Leonard Bernstein, trans. Bencriscutto
  • Serenade in D minor – Antonin Dvorak
  • Symmetries – Jason Freeman
  • Angels in the Architecture – Frank Ticheli

Andrea E. Brown and Benjamin J. Diden , conductors
November 9, 2010

  • Easter Monday on the White House Lawn – John Philip Sousa
  • Sanctuary – Frank Ticheli
  • New England Triptych – William Schuman
  • Three Merry Marches – Ernst Krenek
  • Hill Song II – Percy Grainger
  • Niagara Falls – Michael Daugherty
  • Benjamin J. Diden , conductor
    February 24, 2011

    • Shortcut Home – Dana Wilson
    • A Hymn for the Lost and the Living – Eric Ewazen
    • Lincolnshire Posy – Percy Grainger

    Benjamin J. Diden , conductor
    April 17, 2011

    • Sonata Pian’e Forte – Giovanni Gabrieli
    • Slava – Leonard Bernstein, transcribed by Clare Grundman
    • Bali – Michael Colgrass
    • March from Symphonic Metamorphosis – Paul Hindemith, transcribed by Keith Wilson

    Benjamin J. Diden , conductor
    November 3, 2011

    • Lauds (Praise High Day) – Ron Nelson
    • Trauermusik – Richard Wagner, transcribed by Votta/Boyd
    • Tunbridge Fair – Walter Piston
    • Hammersmith: Prelude and Scherzo – Gustav Holst
    • The “Gum-Suckers” March – Percy Grainger

    Benjamin J. Diden , conductor
    February 23, 2012

    • Tempered Steel – Charles Rochester Young
    • Strange Humors – John Mackey
    • Sleep – Eric Whitacre
    • Variations on “America” – Charles Ives
    • A Son of a Gambolier – Charles Ives
    • Benjamin J. Diden , conductor
      April 15, 2012

    • George Washington Bridge – William Schuman
    • Raise the Roof – featuring Timpani Soloist, Christopher Moore – Michael Daugherty
    • Symphony No. 6 – Vincent Persichetti