Joyful Occasions

Mary Stolper (flute), Charles Vernon (bass trombone), DePaul University Wind Ensemble, Donald DeRoche (conductor)

Catalog #: TROY1006
Release Date: March 1, 2008
Format: Digital
Wind Ensemble

Two British composers and one American -- and all three are of great distinction. Alwyn was equally at home writing some of the most memorable film scores for the British cinema (particularly "Odd Man Out," [1946]) and composing a series of beautiful Symphonies along with chamber music. Constant Lambert, in his short life, gained renown as one of the most gifted British conductors, but composed a wealth of colorful music, including the Suite featured here drawn from one of his last ballets. Gunther Schuller is not only famed for his musicology but his ability to cross over from jazz to classical and back. He helped create the jazz-classical hybrid known as "third stream" over 50 years ago. This collection is another outstanding example of the imagination and musicianship of the DePaul University Winds and their ongoing series for Albany.

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Title Composer Performer
Fanfare for a Joyful Occasion William Alwyn DePaul University Wind Ensemble, Donald DeRoche, conductor
Concerto for Flute and Eight Wind Instruments William Alwyn DePaul University Wind Ensemble, Donald DeRoche, conductor, Mary Stolper, flute
Suite from "Tiresias" Constant Lambert DePaul University Wind Ensemble, Donald DeRoche, conductor
Eine Kleine Posaunenmusik Gunther Schuller DePaul University Wind Ensemble, Donald DeRoche, conductor, Charles Vernon, bass trombone

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