Morton Gould – Past Concerts near Seattle, WA

Program includes works by John Stafford Smith, Kimberly Archer, Arthur Frackenpohl, Omar Thomas, Traditional, Herbert L. Clarke, Samuel Barber, Sammy Nestico, Morton Gould, Jack Norworth, Albert Von Tilzer, Aaron Copland, Various, and John Philip Sousa.

José Pablo Moncayo — Sinfonietta
Jean Coulthard — A Prayer for Elizabeth
Camargo Guarnieri — Piano Concerto No. 1 (Sophie Lippert, piano)
Antonio Estévez — Mediodía en el Llano
Morton Gould — Concerto for Orchestra

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — March in D major, K. 249 “Haffner”
François-Joseph Gossec — Marche lugubre, RH 617
Anton Bruckner — March in D minor, WAB 96
Morton Gould — American Salute
Sky Macklay — Dissolving Bands
Jean Sibelius — Symphony No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 82

George Frideric Handel — Messiah, HWV 56 (selected choruses from Parts I & II)
Morton Gould — Serenade of Carols
Ernö Rapée — Christmas Bells (A Yuletide Fantasy)
Arthur Harris — Christmas: A Medley of Well-Known Carols

Franz Joseph Haydn — Overture to Windsor Castle, Hob. 1a:3 ("Overture to an English Opera")
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco — Guitar Concerto No. 1 in D major, Op. 99
Ralph Vaughan Williams — Two Hymn-Tune Preludes
Morton Gould — Elegy for String Orchestra
Emil Hartmann — Serenade, Op. 43

Franz Joseph Haydn — Overture to Windsor Castle, Hob. 1a:3 ("Overture to an English Opera")
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco — Guitar Concerto No. 1 in D major, Op. 99
Ralph Vaughan Williams — Two Hymn-Tune Preludes
Morton Gould — Elegy for String Orchestra
Emil Hartmann — Serenade, Op. 43

Johann Sebastian Bach — Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major, BWV 1048
Ralph Vaughan Williams — Oboe Concerto in A minor (Mary Lynch VanderKolk, oboe)
Morton Gould — Harvest
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Serenade No. 6 for Orchestra in D major K. 239 "Serenata notturna"

Clare Longendyke performs as soloist on L.v. Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 2, in this program that also features P.I. Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 3 & Morton Gould's Symphonette No. 2.

A program honoring all veterans and active-duty military personnel for their service to our nation, featuring multi-media and narrated works of remembrance, military salutes, patriotic favorites and well-known marches.

A birthday celebration for America featuring festive and patriotic music by John Williams, Duke Ellington, Aaron Copland, Morton Gould, Leonard Bernstein, and John Philip Sousa.

Gould – American Salute
Copland – Variations on a Shaker Melody
Gershwin – Songs from the Great American Songbook
Bernstein – Selections from West Side Story

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

The University of Washington Concert and Campus Bands perform works by prize-winning composers:

Percy Grainger — Faeroe Island Dance
Percy Grainger — Shepherd's Hey
Johan Halvorsen /arr. Fennell — Entry March of the Boyars
W. Francis McBeth — Chant and Jubilo
Morton Gould — Ballad for Band

Copland – Rodeo: Four Dance Episodes
Kubik – Music for Dancing
Gould – Tap Dance Concerto, Alex Dugdale, tap dancer
Stern – Spirits of the Dead (world première)
Herrmann – Suite, The Devil and Daniel Webster

Copland – Rodeo: Four Dance Episodes
Kubik – Music for Dancing
Gould – Tap Dance Concerto, Alex Dugdale, tap dancer
Stern – Spirits of the Dead (world première), Edmund Stone, speaker
Herrmann – Suite, The Devil and Daniel Webster