Elegy chance program notes

The full ensemble returns with a final, exalted statement of the main theme. That was As of , the kids who were in kindergarten then have just finished high school! Soon enough, high school kids will have been born after Columbine [ edit: there are now college graduates who were born after ]. So please, follow the intent of this site and give your players the context for this piece.

I remember playing this piece my junior year of high school. For some reason, my high school band was lacking in french horns, so my director asked me to transpose the part for alto saxophone an easy enough transition. This was our most heart-wrenching piece, and it will always remain one of my favorites. Your email address will not be published. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment.

A bluesy romance turns sweet, sailing off into the sunset while a lone trumpet soars above. Rondo—Finale : Back to the original jaunt! The solo violin plays games all the while. The immigrant. He was eager to gain distance from the Nazi regime, but saddened to leave the homeland whose folk music he had studied for decades. He was known and celebrated in the U.

There was little appetite for his compositions. The Concerto. The same year, the pendulum swung back. And with him came a golden ticket: a commissioning agreement. At first glance, the title Concerto for Orchestra seems like a misnomer, since concertos are, by definition, pieces built to spotlight a soloist. The music. The concerto starts slow and eerie, a trail that will lead to a jagged mountain summit.

The rhythms of the finale stack on top of each other, some punchy, some smooth. Imse Featured Soloist. Bryan Carrillo. Jayson Davis.

Matt Daytner. Tyler Goins. Patrick Heinicke. Rhea Jajodia. Braidon Saelens. Julia Terry - Section Leader. Christine Johnson - Squad Leader. Scarlet Neilson - Squad Leader. Sanna Sprandel - Squad Leader. Garrett Cooksey. Bryan Haines. Lauren Hamilton. Bennett Kellmayer. Hannah Marszalek. Emely Pena. Isaac Vallecillo. Kaitlyn Winters. Tim Freerksen - Section Leader. Brian Glover - Squad Leader.

Owen Hallock - Squad Leader. Mia Zwally - Squad Leader. James Cirrone. Michael Crawford. Sammy Dickstein. Elijah Doyle. Jonah Dunchak. Maddie Hamilton. Greg Jackson. Jonah Mittelstadt. Dawson Reed. Rodrigo Slone. Abel Solomon. Naaman Trumbull. Rishi Vyas. Emma Walter. Francisco Zenklusen. Brian Macarell - Section Leader. Kelly Deschaine - Squad Leader. Brendan Gillespy - Squad Leader. Ben Canada. Connor Dunlop. Zohaib Faisal. Sam Maderi.

Ellie Meeks. Jeremy Prem. Justin Thoms. Ethan Van Amburg. Dennis Zhao. Justin Zhao. Jake Bowen - Section Leader. Nick Brennan - Squad Leader. Rebecca Grant - Squad Leader. Scott Dansie. Anna Dyson. Malachi Gaines. Logan Glauser. Liza Raney. Jack Susanin. Alec Volland. Matt Killian - Section Leader. Lucas Barton - Squad Leader. Manny Fitsum - Squad Leader.

Erin McLamb - Squad Leader. Dan Barrios. Cosi Cendo. Aiden Dingus. Tenley Fahey. Bridget McKirgan. Paul Metzger. Jan Ochida. Abby Price. Luca Rodriguez. Ben Samans. Jack Williams. Colette Lord - Section Leader. Mike Jones - Snare Squad Leader. Atticus Leibman - Tenors Squad Leader. Kaidan Hetzer - Cymbals Squad Leader. Kevin Bowen. Laura Dixon. Simon Farbman. Josh Hendi. Michael Hinckley.

Nico Lagendyk. Owen McWilliams. Duncan Millar. Kiley Morgan. Angelina Mussini. Chris Ortolf. Dale Pankow. Joao Pereira. Nolan Pfeifer. Aprameya Seshachar. Julia Snoke. Griffin Van Doren. Drew Voell. Ethan Wanderi. Jordan Welch. Owen Zeigler. Color Guard. Jackie Juergensen - Section Leader. Griffin Barlow - Squad Leader. Elena Quartararo - Squad Leader. Ashton Gordon. Chloe Johnson. Sydney Lehr.

Olivia Morgan. Chloe Qualls. Dance Team. Lanie Nachlas - Captain. Hannah Powell - Captain. Julia Arthurs. Jillian Bentivenga. Cailin Blessey. Emma Correia. Olivia Gargano. It is Frederick Fennell conducting the Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra, the finest conductor the wind band has ever known leading one of the finest bands in the world.

Together Fennell and the Kosei folks play this tragic piece with all the necessary gravitas and emotion. Your email address will not be published. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Notify me of follow-up comments by email.