Gary Gackstatter's arrangement of Tschesnokoff's most famous hymn, "Salvation is Created," is lovely and accessible.Program NotesPavel Tschesnokoff (1877-1944) was a leading composer of Russian church music until the formation of the Soviet Union in 1917, at…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Tschesnokoff, Gary Gackstatter
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Melting Clocks is a quirky romp through Salvador Dalí’s painting 'The Persistence of Memory.' Quotes of the commissioning school’s fight song and alma mater are synthesized with bending melodies, tick-tocking elements, and a unique harmonic language.Program…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Chad Heiny
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
(Memories of the Alhambra)
Composed in 1886, the tremolo study Recuerdos de la Alhambra is without doubt Tarrega's best-known piece. This wonderful arrangement for marimbas evokes memories of the Moorish citadel located on a hill in the Spanish Granada. An…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Steven Mathiesen, Tárrega
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Scored for percussion quintet with optional offstage percussionist(s), Thundersnow is mysterious, mesmerizing, bold, but also extremely delicate at times: much like the storms themselves.Program NotesIt’s rather ironic that I wrote Thundersnow for a…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Chad Heiny
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications