ok...so everyone seems to be putting the same things in their lists...here's some things actually worth listening to
Watchman, Tell Us of The Night - Mark Camphouse
-this one is realllllll emotional and it gives you chills at times..he wrote it
as a tribute to the survivors of child abuse and neglect
La Fiesta Mexicana - H. Owen Reed
-1st movenment is a prelude and Aztec dance of opening religious ceremonies
-2nd movement is realll slow and it's a Mass, you can hear the church bells ring
throughout the movement
-3rd movement is the celebration after the ceremonies
Symphony No. 8, Allegro con Brio - Anton Dvorak
-varies between slow and fast, but very verryyyy lyrical and melodic
Overture to Colas Breugnon - Dmitri Kabalevsky
-The overture to "Colas Breugnon" is the prelude to an opera which
Kabalevsky wrote in 1937
Russlan & Ludmilla - Mikhail Glinka
-fast and very tecnhically challenging in the woodwind parts, particularly
clarinet; it still sounds beautiful and has a very catchy melody
Sinfonietta - Ingolf Dahl
-easily one of the best pieces ever written for concert band
-it was actually the first piece written solely for concert band, as all pieces
before it were written for orchestra
-it's very technically challenging, but keeps a very lyrical style throughout
hopefully get a chance to listen to these great pieces!
i'll try to put up recordings..they'll be under creekview if i do