City of London Winds

[Highams]

October concert programme details announced;

http://www.clsw.org.uk/events.htm

CB

[OldsRecording]

Sounds like a nice program(me?), but they seem to suffer the same ailment that American wind bands (the Marines, etc.) suffer from- transcriptions, transcriptions, transcriptions! I know transcriptions of stuff people already know sell better, but I would like to see more original band works.

[Highams]

This is getting way too deep for me. All I want to do is enjoy playing the music (whoever wrote it) with a fine band!

CB

[OldsRecording]

This is getting way too deep for me. All I want to do is enjoy playing the music (whoever wrote it) with a fine band!
CB

Hear, Hear! Personal philosophy notwithstanding, this Wagner chap did write some killer low brass stuff.

[Highams]

No problem. The group is very much aware of the needs of both the players and the people who come to listen.

Repertoire to date:

Arnold English Dances
Bach/Stokowski Chorale Preludes
Berlioz Symphonie Funebre et Triomphale
Bernstein Candide Overture
Bernstein West Side Story
Bridge Pageant of London
Britten Russian Funeral
Copland Rodeo
Glinka Russlan and Ludmilla
Hindermith Symphony in Bb
Holst Suite in Eb
Lloyd Forest of Arden
Miserendino Concertante for Euphponium and Wind Orchesta (soloist Charley Brighton)
Orr Trombone Concerto (soloist David Read)
Prokofiev March op.99
Rimsky-Korsakov Variations for Oboe and Wind Orchestra (soloist Sue Treherne)
Shostakovich Festive Overture
Shostakovich Hamlet Suite
Strauss Serenade in Eb
Woolfenden Illyrian Dances

CB