The
Milwaukee Festival Brass opens its 2013-2014 season with a concert titled,
“Road Trip.” Conjuring up memories of
excursions to destinations both far and near, this fun and enjoyable program
will recall the spirit of adventure and discovery inherent in every journey.
“Road
trips can bring us to the familiar, like a family cabin at the lake,” said
Music Director Mark A. Taylor, “or they can enter uncharted territory, opening
us up to new landscapes and new experiences.”
The
concert will include two arrangements by noted British brass composer Goff
Richards: his sparkling variations on Bill Bailey, Won’t You Please Come Home
and a soulful rendition of Hoagy Carmichael’s Georgia On My Mind. Also on the program will be a stirring
transcription of Respighi’s Pines of the Appian Way from The Pines of Rome, a classic British street march by William
Rimmer, and Howard Snell’s Latin-American travelogue, Postcard from Mexico.
Framing
the program will be two significant works that are recent additions to the
brass band repertoire. Rodney Newton’s Four Cities Symphony calls to mind the
Victorian-era “Grand Tour” of Europe, stopping in London, Paris, Rome, and
Moscow in turn. Alan Fernie’s lushly
romantic Landscape and Journey was
inspired by the composer’s idyllic vacations spent in the small Swiss village
of Gurtnellen, southeast of Lucerne.
The
Milwaukee Festival Brass will present “Road Trip” on Saturday, October 26, 2013
at 7:00 p.m. at Emanuel United Church of Christ, 110627 West Forest Home Avenue
in Hales Corners, WI. Tickets are $12,
or $9 for seniors and students. Group
rates are available. For more
information, please visit the band’s website at www.mfbrass.org.
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