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The musical selections in each of the concerts from 1996 to the present are shown below. We pride ourselves in playing interesting and challenging music.  Some might say that our concerts have "a lot of notes".

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November 23, 2008

Schwan Concert Hall, Wisconsin Lutheran College, Milwaukee

Pastiche

Partita: Edward Gregson

Elegy for a Young American: Ronald Lo Presti

Lollapalooza: John Adams, trans. James Spinazzola

The Padstow Lifeboat: Malcolm Arnold

First Suite for Military Band in E-flat Major: Gustav Holst

Pictures at an Exhibition: Modeste Moussorgsky, trans. Mark H. Hindsley

April 6, 2008

Schwan Concert Hall, Wisconsin Lutheran College, Milwaukee

Heroes

Olympic Fanfare and Theme:  John Williams, arr. Jim Curnow

Sinfonia Hungarica:  Jan Van der Roost

The Dam Busters:  Eric Coates

William Tell Overture:  Gioacchino Rossini, arr. Erik Leidzen

The Man Who Invented Music:  Don Gillis
Norman Moses - Narrator

Symphonic Suite from Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves:  Michael Kamen, arr. Paul Lavender

November 18, 2007

Schwan Concert Hall, Wisconsin Lutheran College, Milwaukee

Hands Across The Sea

The White Rose:  Philip Sparke

The Immovable Do:  Percy Aldridge Grainger, ed. Joseph Kreines

Sidus:  Thomas Doss

Hands Across The Sea:  John Philip Sousa

Divertimento for Wind Orchestra:  Jindrich Feld

The Girl With The Flaxen Hair:  Claude Debussey, arr. Michael Brand

Symphony on the Themes of John Philip Sousa:  Ira Hearshen
IV.  Hands Across The Sea

March 18, 2007

Schwan Concert Hall, Wisconsin Lutheran College, Milwaukee

A View To The East

Orient et Occident, op. 25:  Camille Saint-Saens, ed. Timothy Reynish and Bruce Parry

Japanese Suite:  Gustav Holst, arr. John Boyd

Samurai:  Nigel Clarke

Colonel Bogey:  Kenneth Alford, ed. Frederick Fennell

Japanese Dances:  Bernard Rogers

Variations on a Korean Folk Song:  John Barnes Chance

Medley from Miss Saigon:  Claude-Michel Schönberg, arr. Warren Barker

November 19, 2006

Schwan Concert Hall, Wisconsin Lutheran College, Milwaukee

About Love, featuring Ravenna Helson, Cello

Festive Overture:  Dimitri Shostakovich, tran. Donald Hunsberger

Casanova:  Johan de Meij
Ms. Helson

March from The Love of Three Oranges:  Serge Prokofieff, tran. Robert Cray

Liebestod from Tristan and Isolde:  Richard Wagner, tran. Mark H. Hindsley

Suite from Romeo and Juliet:  Serge Prokofieff, arr. Johan de Meij

Selections from West Side Story:  Leonard Bernstein, arr. W. J. Duthoit

March 26, 2006

Schwan Concert Hall, Wisconsin Lutheran College, Milwaukee

Somewhat Organic

Toccata and Fugue in D Minor:  J.S. Bach, tran. Erik Leidzen

Ave Maria:  Franz Biebl, arr. Robert Cameron

Selections from the Danserye:  Tielman Susato, arr. Patrick Dunnigan

Crown Imperial:  Sir William Walton, arr. W. J. Duthoit

Hey!:  Timothy Mahr

Matamorphosis:  Daniel Kallman

Grand Serenade for an Awful Lot of Winds and Percussion:  P.D.Q. Bach
Tastefully adapted by Professor Peter Schickele

Polka and Fugue from Schwanda , the Bagpiper:  Jaromir Weinberger, tran.  Cliff Bainum

November 20, 2005

Schwan Concert Hall, Wisconsin Lutheran College, Milwaukee

Vive la France, featuring Guillaume Fortin, Piccolo Trumpet

March des Musiques de la Revolution:  Louis Jadin, arr. William A. Schaefer

La Vallee des Cloches from Miroirs:  Maurice Ravel, arr. Donald Hunsberger

Concerto in D Major:  Giuseppi Tartini, arr. Bach
Mr. Fortin

Suite Francaise:  Darius Milhaud

Fanfare from La Peri:  Paul Dukas

Paris Sketches, Homages for Band:  Martin Ellerby

Overture to Candide:  Leonard Bernstein, arr. Walter Beeler

Candide Suite:  Leonard Bernstein, arr. Clare Grundman

April 3, 2005

Schwan Concert Hall, Wisconsin Lutheran College, Milwaukee

Fennell Remembered

Prelude: Trauersinfonie: Richard Wagner

Fanfare: Sinfonia: Jack Stamp

Vientos y Tangos: Michael Gandolfi

Pineapple Poll: Arthur Sullivan, arr. Charles Mackerras

Commando March: Samuel Barber

George Washington Bridge: William Schuman

William Byrd Suite: Gordon Jacob

Postlude: Toccata Marziale: R. Vaughan Williams

November 21, 2004

Schwan Concert Hall, Wisconsin Lutheran College, Milwaukee

Silver Celebration: The 25th Anniversary Concert for Music Director John Steinke

Canzona: Peter Mennin

Lincolnshire Posy: Percy Aldridge Grainger

Blue Shades: Frank Ticheli

Serenade, Op. 7: Richard Strauss

The Pines of Rome: Ottorino Respighi, trans. Guy Duker

 

April 4, 2004

Humphrey Scottish Rite Masonic Center, Milwaukee

With a Song, featuring Kay Belich, mezzo soprano

Overture for Winds: Mendelssohn, ed. Boyd

O Magnum Mysterium: Morten Lauridsen

"Voi lo sapete" from Cavalleria Rusticana: Mascagni, trans. Smith
Ms. Belich

Divertimento: Ira Hearshen

Folk Song Suite: Vaughan Williams

Selections from Carmen: Bizet, trans. Smith
Ms. Belich

Blue Shades: Frank Ticheli

 

November 23, 2003

Humphrey Scottish Rite Masonic Center, Milwaukee

What's In A Name

The Force of Credulity: Samuel Adler

Tails Aus Dem Vood Viennoise: Bill Connor

Phantasmagoria March: Warren Barker

Color: Bob Margolis

October: Eric Whitacre

Symphony for Band: Morton Gould

Doodletown Fifers: Eddie Sauter and William Finegan

 

April 13, 2003

Humphrey Scottish Rite Masonic Center, Milwaukee

Dark Into Light

The Universal Judgement : Camille De Nardis

Psalm for Band : Vincent Persichetti

Come, Sweet Death : J. S. Bach

Easter Symphony, 2nd movement "The Deathtree" : David Holsinger

Epic March : John Ireland

Serenade : Derek Bourgois

Stan Kenton in Concert : arr. Wayne Scott

Cartoon : Paul Hart

November 24, 2002

Humphrey Scottish Rite Masonic Center, Milwaukee

Musical English Garden

Japanese Suite, Op. 33 : Gustav Holst

Hammersmith, Op. 52 : Gustav Holst

Scottish Dances, Op. 59 : Malcom Arnold

Capriccio : Gustav Holst

Danceries : Kenneth Hesketh

Yiddish Dances : Adam Gorb

April 21, 2002

Humphrey Scottish Rite Masonic Center, Milwaukee

Winners

Fanfare and Allegro : Clifton Williams

Second Suite in F : Gustav Holst

Passacaglia (Homage on B.A.C.H.) : Ron Nelson

Javelin : Michael Torke

Irish Tune from County Derry : Percy Aldridge Grainger

Four Dances from West Side Story : Leonard Bernstein

Russian Christmas Music : Alfred Reed

November 18, 2001

Humphrey Scottish Rite Masonic Center, Milwaukee

Lord of the Rings

Little Threepenny Music : Kurt Weill

Varients on a Mediaeval Tune : Norman Dello Joio

Symphony No. 1 "The Lord of the Rings" : Johan de Meij

April 1, 2001

Vogel Hall, Marcus Center for the Performing Arts, Milwaukee

Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something ...

Fanfare : Hugo Montenegro

Shenandoah : Frank Ticheli

Atlantis : Thomas Doss

The Duke of Marlborough Fanfare : Percy Grainger

Shepherd's Hey: Percy Grainger

Symphonic Songs for Band : Robert Russell Bennett

March from Symphonic Metamorphosis : Paul Hindemith

November 19, 2000

Vogel Hall, Marcus Center for the Performing Arts, Milwaukee

Batter Up

Guardians of Peace : James L. Hosay

Amazing Grace : Frank Ticheli

Symphony No. 3 for Band : Vittorio Giannini

Overture to Die Fledermaus : Johann Strauss

Pastime : Jack Stamp
Pastime was introduced by Milwaukee Brewers Television Broadcaster Bill Schroeder

Suite of Old American Dances : Robert Russell Bennett

March 19, 2000

Vogel Hall, Marcus Center for the Performing Arts, Milwaukee

Our American Heritage

New England Triptych: William Schuman

Lincoln Portrait: Aaron Copland, trans. Walter Beeler

Washington Post: John Philip Sousa

Symphony on Themes of John Philip Sousa: Ira Hearshen

The Thunderer: John Philip Sousa

Family Album Suite: Morton Gould

November 21, 1999

Vogel Hall, Marcus Center for the Performing Arts, Milwaukee

Rhapsody

Hogarthiana, A Summer Flourish: Clark McAlister

My Jesus! Oh, What Anguish: J.S. Bach, trans. Alfred Reed

Rhapsody in Blue: George Gershwin, ed. Donald Hunsberger
Jayne Latva, Piano Soloist

Paris Sketches: Martin Ellerby

Marsch oder "die Versuchung": Marcel Wengler

Jericho, Rhapsody for Band: Morton Gould

March 21, 1999

Vogel Hall, Marcus Center for the Performing Arts, Milwaukee

Sweet Suites for Band

First Suite in E b For Military Band: Gustav Holst

Medieval Suite: Ron Nelson

Suite from the ballet The Firebird: Igor Stravinsky, transcribed by Randy Earles, Edited by Frederick Fennell

Suite Francaise: Darius Milhaud

Second Suite for Military Band in F: Gustav Holst

November 22, 1998

Vogel Hall, Marcus Center for the Performing Arts, Milwaukee

Art Is ... Music ... Is Art

Scenes from "The Louvre": Norman Dello Joio

Sketches on a Tudor Psalm: Fisher Tull

Tulsa, A Symphonic Portrait in Oil: Don Gillis

Passion in Paint: Henri René

- MIDWEST PREMIERE -
Pictures at an Exhibition: Modest Mussorgsky, transcribed by John Boyd

March 22, 1998

Vogel Hall, Marcus Center for the Performing Arts, Milwaukee

Celebration!

Suite from the Water Music: George F. Handel, Arr. Hamilton Harty

Celebration Fanfare from "Stepping Stones": Joan Tower, Arr. Jack Stamp

La Fiesta Mexicana: H. Owen Reed

Fiesta Del Pacifico: Roger Nixon

Music for a Festival: Gordon Jacob

November 23, 1997

Vogel Hall, Marcus Center for the Performing Arts, Milwaukee

Trombone-Anza, featuring Dr. William Richardson

Overture for Band: John Heins

Elegy for a Young American: Ronald Lo Presti

MIDWEST PREMIERE
T-Bone Concerto: Johan de Meij
Dr. William Richardson, Trombone Soloist

Danza Final from Estancia: Alberto Ginastera

Courtly Airs and Dances: Ron Nelson

The Trombone King: Karl King

Concerto for Three Trombones: Walter S. Hartley

The Trombone Rag: John Higgins

Selections from West Side Story: Leonard Bernstein

March 23, 1997

Vogel Hall, Marcus Center for the Performing Arts, Milwaukee

Harp a la Carte, featuring Harpist Ann Lobotzke

Overture to "The Wasps": Ralph Vaughan Williams

Three Chorale Preludes: William P. Latham

Nocturne for Harp: Clare Grundman

Symphony A.D. 78: Gordon Jacob

Suite for Harp and Winds: Chou Wen-Chung

American Overture for Band: Joseph Willcox Jenkins

La Rougette: David Bennett

Symphonic Dances from "West Side Story": Leonard Bernstein

Pineapple Poll: Arthur Sullivan

November 23, 1996

Vogel Hall, Marcus Center for the Performing Arts, Milwaukee

The Music of Mother Russia

Procession of the Nobles: Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov

Salvation is Created: Pavel Tschesnokoff

Polonaise, Op. 49 (Festival in Russia): Anatoli Liadov

Symphony No. 3 "Slavyanskaya": Boris Kozhevnikov

March from The Love of Three Oranges: Serge Prokofieff

Folk Dances: Dmitri Shostakovich

Burlesque: Georgi Salnikov

Russian Christmas Music: Alfred Reed


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