A Portrait of Karel Husa
Momoko Gresham (piano), Illinois State University Wind Symphony, Stephen Steele (conductor)
Born in Prague and an American citizen since 1959, Karel Husa is one of our most important living composers and a winner of the 1969 Pulitzer Prize. He has shown a special interest in band music, and this definitive collection of his works for wind symphony includes Music for Prague 1968, one of the mainstays of the repertoire.
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Track Listing
| Title | Composer | Performer |
|---|---|---|
| Smetana Fanfare | Karel Husa | Illinois State University Wind Symphony, Stephen Steele, conductor |
| Al Fresco | Karel Husa | Illinois State University Wind Symphony, Stephen Steele, conductor |
| Concertino for Piano and Wind Ensemble | Karel Husa | Illinois State University Wind Symphony, Stephen Steele, conductor, Momoko Gresham, piano |
| Music for Prague | Karel Husa | Illinois State University Wind Symphony, Stephen Steele, conductor |
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"Al Fresco in particular does just about everything you possibly can with a wind ensemble in terms of timbral inventiveness, while still sporting distinctive melodic and motivic ideas that make the music much more than just a dry exercise in texture."
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