JULY 22, 2003 @ 7:30 PM
The Empire Brass
Rolf Smedvig & Marc Reese, Trumpets
Michelle Perry, French Horn
Mark Hetzler, Trombone
Kenneth Amis, Tuba
Steve Wilkes, Drums
Tylman Susato (ca.1500-ca.1652)
Basse Dance Bergeret
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)
Morning dance / Troika
Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767)
Concerto in G Major
Antonín Dvorák (1841-1904)
Slavonic Dance No.1 Op.46
Peter Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
Dance Russe
Manuel de Falla (1876-1946)
Ritual Fire Dance
Wolfgang A .Mozart (1756-1791)
Rondo Alla Turka
Traditional Irish (14th Century)
Kesh Jig
Anthony Holborne (1560-1602)
Gigue
Tomaso Albinoni (1671-1751)
Introduction and Allegro
MUSIC FROM AMERICA:
Aaron Copland (1900-1954)
Empire Brass – Simple Gifts, Traditional
Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990)
Somewhere, from West Side Story
Meredith Willson (1902-1984)
76 Trombones, from The Music Man
George Gershwin (1898-1937)
Piano Prelude No. 2
Traditional / Herbert L. Clarke (1867-1945) / Smedvig
Carnival of Venice
George Gerswin (1898-1937)
Summertime, from Porgy and Bess
Duke Ellington (1899-1974)
It Don’t Mean a Thing if it Ain’t Got That Swing
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
The Empire Brass enjoys an international reputation as North America’s finest brass ensemble, renowned for its brilliant virtuosity and the unparalleled diversity of its repertoire. The six musicians, all of whom have held leading positions with major American orchestras, perform over 100 concerts a year. In addition to playing across the United States, the Empire Brass has toured the Far East thirteen times and performs regularly in Europe – twice in Rome within the past eighteen months. The Empire Brass has played to standing-room crowds in the former Soviet Union where its concerts were broadcast on television. The ensemble has performed with major symphony orchestras such as the Chicago Symphony, Boston Symphony, the Philadelphia Orchestra, the New York Philharmonic, Toronto Symphony, Detroit Symphony, Cincinnati Symphony and Zurich’s Tönhalle Orchester. They regularly visits leading summer festivals including Ravinia, Tanglewood, Caramoor, Saratoga and Chautauqua. Their discography is considerable and their best selling records on the Telarc label have introduced an even larger worldwide audience to the excitement of brass music ranging from Bach and Handel to jazz and Broadway. The Empire Brass is the first brass ensemble to win the Walter W. Naumburg International Competition in 1976.