Percy Grainger – Past Concerts near Seattle, WA

Brief Fling (Tharp/Colombier/Grainger)
Forgotten Land (Jiří Kylián/Britten)
Stravinsky Violin Concerto (Balanchine/Stravinsky)

Brief Fling (Tharp/Colombier/Grainger)
Forgotten Land (Jiří Kylián/Britten)
Stravinsky Violin Concerto (Balanchine/Stravinsky)

Brief Fling (Tharp/Colombier/Grainger)
Forgotten Land (Jiří Kylián/Britten)
Stravinsky Violin Concerto (Balanchine/Stravinsky)

Brief Fling (Tharp/Colombier/Grainger)
Forgotten Land (Jiří Kylián/Britten)
Stravinsky Violin Concerto (Balanchine/Stravinsky)

Shostakovich – Folk Dances (edited by Robert Reynolds)
Molinelli – Four Pictures from New York
Susato – Selections from The Danserye (arr. Patrick Dunnigan)
Grainger – Shepherd's Hey
Arnold – English Dances (arr. by Maurice Johnstone)
Márquez – Danzón No. 2 (trans. by Oliver Nickel)
Filmore – The Footlifter

Karel Husa – Music for Prague 1968
Samuel Hazo – Ride
Percy Grainger – Molly on the Shore
Frank Ticheli – Shenandoah
Alfred Reed – Armenian Dances
Klaus Badelt – Pirates of the Caribbean

Beethoven – Symphony No. 1, Op. 21 (1. Adagio molto; Allegro con brio)
Grainger – Molly on the Shore (arr. O. Langey)
Dvořák – Violin Concerto in A minor, Op. 53 (2. Adagio, ma non troppo)
Bruch – Romanze, Op. 85
Edward Elgar – In the South (Alassio), Op. 50

Songs of Shakespeare
Duets for soprano and mezzo-soprano
Works of Samuel Barber
Songs of the British Isles by Benjamin Britten

Higdon – Fanfare Ritmico
Schwantner – From a Dark Millennium
Newman – Moon by Night
Dello Joio – Fantasies on a Theme by Haydn
Grainger – Immovable Do
Respighi – Vetrate di Chiesa (Church Windows)
Sousa – The Gladiator

Highlights include the Northwest premiere of Joseph Schwantner’s Luminosity: Concerto for Wind Orchestra.

A musical journey through the history of wind band music featuring works by Mendelssohn, Holst, Grainger, Fillmore, Dello Joio and more.

R. Strauss – Vienna Philharmonic Fanfare
Debussy – The Engulfed Cathedral
Lynch – Were You There?
Mendelssohn – Overture for Winds
Grainger – My Robin is to the Greenwood Gone
Tull – Sketches on a Tudor Psalm
Hindemith – March from Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes by Carl Maria von Weber

Tchaikovsky – Dance of the Jesters
Respighi – Huntingtower: Ballad for Band
Milhaud – Suite Française
Holst – First Suite in E flat for military band
Florent Schmitt – Dionysiaques
Percy Grainger – Lincolnshire Posy

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

Ralph Vaughan Williams – English Folk Song Suite
Frank Ticheli – Symphony No. 2
Carolyn Bremer – Early Light
Leonard Bernstein – Danzon from Fancy Free
Percy Grainger – The Gum-Suckers March
Percy Grainger – Colonial Song
Daniel Barry – River of Doubt
Clifton Williams – Symphonic Dance No. 3, "Fiesta"
Edoardo Boccalari – Fantasia Di Concerto

Handbell soloist Nancy Kirkner and pianist Janet Anderson perform beloved carols, along with lesser known works by Percy Grainger, Ralph Vaughan Williams and John Ireland. Concert and museum admission are free.