Washington Wind Symphony – Past Concerts

Johann Sebastian Bach — Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565 (trans. Ryan Nowlin)
Joseph Schwantner — In evening's stillness…
Ivan Trevino — Run To The Light
John Mackey — Until the Scars
Johann Sebastian Bach — "Jesus bleibet meine Freude" ("Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring") from Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147 (arr. Alfred Reed)
Freddie Mercury — Bohemian Rhapsody (arr. Masamicz Amano)

David Lovrien — Minor Alterations: Christmas Through the Looking Glass
Johann Sebastian Bach / Gustav Holst — Bach's Fugue à la Gigue (ed. Jon Ceander Mitchell)
Alfred Reed — Russian Christmas Music
Albert Hague / Eugene Poddany — How the Grinch Stole Christmas (arr. Larry Clark)
Katahj Copley — Halcyon Hearts
Steve Reisteter — The Eighth Candle (Prayer and Dance for Hanukkah)

Eric Whitacre — Ghost Train
John Mackey — Unquiet Spirits
Malcolm Arnold — Tam O'Shanter Overture, Op. 51
Modest Mussorgsky — Night on Bald Mountain
Anthony Suter — Dancing at Stonehenge

Georges Bizet — Carmen Fantasy (arr. Eiji Suzuki)
Richard Strauss — Allerseelen, Op. 10, No. 8 (trans. Albert Oliver Davis; ed. Frederick Fennell)
John Kander — Chicago (selections; arr. Ted Ricketts)
Yasuhide Ito — Interlude to an Unfinished Opera
Giacomo Puccini — "O mio babbino caro" from Gianni Schicchi (arr. Hisaatsu Kondo)
George Gershwin — "Bess, you is my woman now" from Porgy and Bess (arr. James Barnes)
George Gershwin — Porgy and Bess (medley; arr. James Barnes)

Leonard Bernstein — Overture to Candide
Percy Grainger — Lincolnshire Posy
John Philip Sousa — The Liberty Bell March
John Williams — The March from 1941
H. Owen Reed — La Fiesta Mexicana ("II. Mass")
Malcolm Arnold — Four Scottish Dances

Carolyn Bremer — Early Light
David Maslanka — Unending Stream of Life
Steven Bryant — Radiant Joy
Jessica McCutchen — C.A.L.M. (world premiere)
Gustav Holst — Second Suite in F for Military Band, Op. 28, No. 2 (ed. Colin Matthews)

Johan de Meij — Symphony No. 1 "The Lord of the Rings" ("I. Gandalf (The Wizard)")
Eric Whitacre — October
John Williams — Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone ("Harry's Wondrous World")
Paul Hindemith — Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes by Carl Maria von Weber ("IV. Marsch")
Igor Stravinsky — The Firebird Suite

Kimberly Archer — Symphony No. 3 "For David"
Alfred Reed — El Camino Real
Percy Grainger — Handel in the Strand
Julie Giroux — One Life Beautiful
Leonard Bernstein — West Side Story (selection)

Aaron Copland — "The Promise of Living" from The Tender Land (arr. James Curnow)
Omar Thomas — Of Our New Day Begun
Gustav Holst — First Suite in E-flat major for Military Band, Op. 28, No. 1 (rev. Colin Matthews)
Percy Grainger — Children's March: Over the Hills and Far Away (ed. R. Mark Rogers)

Kit Mills – Beyond the Desert Sands
Kevin M. Walczyk – Eloi, Eloi

Frank Ticheli – Blue Shades
John Barnes Chance – Variations on a Korean Folk Song
Derek M. Jenkins – We Seven
Donald Grantham – Southern Harmony

Julie Giroux – Symphony No. V "Elements"
Eric Whitacre – Sleep
Satoshi Yagisawa – Machu Picchu: City in the Sky
Felix Mendelssohn – Overture for Winds (arr. John Boyd)
Josef Rheinberger – Abendlied ("Evening Song") (arr. Shelley Hanson)
Philip Sparke – Music of the Spheres

Clifton Williams – Caccia and Chorale
Yasuhide Ito – Festal Scenes
Jodie Blackshaw – Peace Dancer
David Maslanka – California
Martin Ellerby – Cane River Murals
John Williams (arr. Calvin Custer) – Theme from Schindler's List
Nick Omiccioli – [fuse]

Leonard Bernstein (arr. Clare Grundman) – Overture to Candide
Martin Ellerby – Paris Sketches
Julie Giroux – Riften Wed
Lewis Norfleet – Shogun
Carl Orff (arr. John Krance) – Carmina Burana

A delightful assortment of musical Americana for wind band.

Michael Markowski – joyRiDE Aaron Copland (trans. Merlin Patterson) – Down a Country Lane David Maslanka – Traveler George Gershwin (arr. Jerry Brubaker) – An American in Paris Giuseppe Verdi (trans. R. Mark Rogers) – Overture to La Forza del Destino Julie Giroux – Symphony No. IV, "Bookmarks from Japan"

Jack Stamp – Gavorkna Fanfare
Johan de Meij – UFO Concerto
Clifton Williams – Symphonic Dance No. 3, "Fiesta"
Scott McAllister – Black Dog
Gregory Youtz – Frederick Street

Vaughan Williams – English Folk Song Suite
Persichetti – Symphony for Band No. 6, Op. 69
John Mackey – This Cruel Moon
John Barnes Chance – Symphony No. 2

Program includes Adam Gorb's Awayday, Brahms' "Blessed Are They" from A German Requiem , and Grainger's Sussex Mummers' Christmas Carol (score Goldman) .

Emilio José González – El Chupacabra
Andrew Boss – A La Machaut
Paul Dukas (trans. Mark Hindsley) – The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Peter Van Zandt Lane – Hivemind
Malcom Arnold (arr. John P. Paynter) – Tam O'Shanter Overture
Frank Ticheli – Wild Nights!

We end the season on a reflective note by paying homage to the memory of those who gave their lives to protect our freedom.