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  K-State ISFA Land Grant Acknowledgement Statement

  October 13th Wind Symphony Concert Band

  Dr. Alex Wimmer, Conductor
  Olivia Bazanos, Graduate Assistant Conductor
  Cally Bitterlin, Graduate Assistant Conductor
  Preston Thomas, Graduate Assistant Conductor
  Travis Turner, Graduate Assistant Conductor

   

  Concert Band

  Jubilance (1997)………………….…………...………………….…............James Swearingen (b. 1947)

  Conducted by Preston Thomas, Graduate Assistant

   

  American Riversongs (1991)………………….………………………………..Pierre LaPlante (b. 1943)

  Conducted by Travis Turner, Graduate Assistant

   

  Kindred Spirits (2009)………………….………………………...……............Brian Balmages (b. 1975)

  Conducted by Cally Bitterlin, Graduate Assistant

   

  Courage (March) (1919)………………….…………...…………………....Harold Bennett (1881-1956)

       arr. Nicholas Contorno (b. 1983)

  Conducted by Olivia Bazanos, Graduate Assistant

   

   

  Wind Symphony

  Dr. Alex Wimmer, Conductor

  William Byrd Suite (1924)………………….…………...…………………...Gordon Jacobs (1895-1984)

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  Program Notes

  Learn more about the pieces played at the Spring 2023 Concerts. 

  PRINCIPAL

  Overture from Marriage of Figaro, W.A. Mozart

  The Overture to the Marriage of Figaro is perhaps one of the most recognizable pieces of music from it’s time. The Opera was premiered in Vienna in 1786 and is still considered one of the greatest operas every written. It details a “day of madness” in the castle of Count Almaviva.

  Overture to Orpheus in the Underworld, Jacques Offenbach

  Orpheus in the Underworld was premiered in Paris in 1858 and is a spoof on the opera Orfeo et Eurydice. In this version, after Eurydice is abducted by the god of the underworld, Orpheus is happy to be rid of her. It is only after losing the support of the public that he agrees to go and rescue her. It is believed to be a veiled commentary on the inner workings of Napoleon III’s government.

  Concerto in E minor, Edward Elgar (Brian Li, Cello)

  Concerto in E minor, Op. 85, Mvt. 1 by Edward Elgar, was Elgar’s last notable work and a cornerstone of the solo cello repertoire. In contra