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Previous Performances
WHEREFORE ART THOU: Music inspired by the works, life and times of Shakespeare
Friday, May 30, 2008
Join the NC Wind Orchestra for an evening of music inspired by the life, times and works of William Shakespeare. Our "Wherefore art Thou" concert welcomes actor Jeffery West and conductor Kevin Geraldi, who will join our music director Michael Votta in performing works by Prokoffiev, Susato, Woolfenden and Kellogg.
Winds Noir
Sunday, January 27, 2008
Join the NCWO for an afternoon of wonderful music, presented in a format inspired by the great film noir movies of the 40s and 50s. Inspired by dramatic and musical elements from Monteverdi's "Orfeo" to Bogart's "The Big Sleep," Mark Kilstofte's "Ballistic Etude #3:Panic!" tells the story of a young detective who rescues his beautiful girlfriend from a mob kingpin. Michael Daugherty's "Niagara Falls" and Eric Whitacre's "Godzilla Eats Las Vegas" also tell somewhat nefarious stories--and all three of these works incorporate a large dose of musical virtuosity that showcases NCWO's critically-acclaimed performers.
Mark your calendar, and plan to join us for an afternoon of suspense, fun and great music. Trench coats are optional!
"Time and the Winds"
Sunday, June 3, 2007
Performing works by Johannes Brahms, Percy Grainger, Ralph Vaughan-Williams, Gordon Jacob, Ingolf Dahl, and Nigel Clarke.
20th Century Symphonic Dances
Friday, May 21, 2004
Henry: Intrada; Benson: The Solitary Dancer; Kuss: Mobile Music; Higdon: Fanfare Ritmico; Daugherty: Red Cape Tango (from Metropolis Symphony, arr. Mark Spede); Bernstein: Symphonic Dances (from West Side Story)
A "Grande" Concert
Sunday, January 11, 2004
Mike Kris, Trombone; Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks; Schmitt: Dionysiaques, Op. 62; Berlioz: Grande Symphonie Funebre et Triomphale, Op. 15
Pictures at Exhibition
Sunday, January 4, 2004
Holst: First Suite in Eb for Military Band, Op. 28, No. 1; Grainger: Three Miniatures; Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition (arr. Votta/Boyd)
Symphonics
Friday, May 23, 2003
Paul Hindemith: 20th Century Symphonist; Lindroth: Spin Cycle; Hindemith: Symphony in Bb,; Symphonic Metamorphosis on Themes of Carl Maria von Weber (arr. Wilson)
Chamber Concert
Sunday, October 27, 2002
W.A. Mozart: Overture to "The Magic Flute" (arr. Heidenreich); Alban Berg: Kammerkonzert (1925); W.A. Mozart: Serenade in C Minor, K. 388/384a
Funerals, Weddings and Other Tragedies
Friday, May 24, 2002
Hagen: Bandanna Overture; Maslanka: A Child's Garden of Dreams; Stucky: Funeral Music for Queen Mary; Hagen: Wedding Dances form Bandanna; Wagner: Elsa's Procession to the Cathedral (arr. Votta)
A Night in Old Mexico
Friday, January 11, 2002
Williams: Symphonic Dance No. 3 (“Fiesta”); Colgrass: The Winds of Nagual; Rodrigo: Adagio for Wind Orchestra; Reed: La Fiesta Mexicana
Featured Guests
Wednesday, May 23, 2001
Brian Doyle, saxophone; Fred Kameny, piano; Hahn: Le Bal de Beatrice d'Este; Dahl: Saxophone Concerto; Messiaen: Oiseaux Exotiques; Hailstork: American Guernica; Daugherty: Niagara Falls
Winter Concert
Saturday, January 13, 2001
Stravinsky: Circus Polka; Ives: The Alcotts; Dahl: Sinfonietta; Kurka: The Good Soldier Schweik; Grantham: Southern Harmony
American Masterworks
Friday, May 26, 2000
The Wind Music of Aaron Copland; Don Eagle, trumpet; Bo Newsome, English horn; Fanfare for the Common Man; Quiet City (arr. Hunsberger); Inaugural Fanfare; Variations on a Shaker Melody; El Salon Mexico (arr. Hindsley)
American Masterworks
Friday, January 14, 2000
Bernstein: Overture to Candide (arr. Beeler); Schuman: When Jesus Wept; Husa: Music for Prague 1968; Gabrieli: Canzone per Sonare 1-4; Mennin: Canzona; Cichy: Divertimento for Winds and Percussion
Voices of Spring
Sunday, May 23, 1999
Susan Dunn, soprano; Grainger: The Duke of Marlborough Fanfare; Strauss: Serenade, Op. 7; Grainger: Lincolnshire Posy; Strauss: Im Abendrot; Milhaud: Suite Francaise, Op. 228; Bergsma: March with Trumpets
Featured Artists
Sunday, May 31, 1998
Jim Miller, trombone; Vaughan Williams: Toccata Marziale; Bach: Fugue ala Gigue (arr. Holst); Holst: Hammersmith: Prelude and Scherzo, Op. 53; Bourgeois: Trombone Concerto, Op. 114b; Jacob: William Byrd Suite; Williams: Star Wars Trilogy (arr. Hunsberger)
Symphonic Concert
Sunday, January 18, 1998
Sparke: Celebration; Brahms: Chorale Preludes, Op. 122 (arr. Boyd); Schmitt: Dionysiaques; Premru: Divertimento; Holst: First Suite in Eb; Shostakovich: Youth Dance, Op.63 (arr. Reynolds)
Symphonic Concert
Sunday, June 1, 1997
Dukas: Fanfare to Precede La Peri; Bach: Fantasia in G Major (arr. Leist); Gould: Symphony No. 4; Adams: A Short Ride in a Fast Machine; Rodrigo: Adagio for Wind Orchestra; Woolfenden: Illyrian Dances; Grainger: Irish Tune from County Derry; Grainger: Shepherds Hey!; Gould: American Salute
Debut Performance
Sunday, November 3, 1996
Shostakovich: Festive Overture (arr. Hunsberger); Wagner: Trauermusik, WWV 73 (ed. Votta); Hindemith: Symphony in Bb; Vaughan Williams: Scherzo alla Marcia; Arnold: Scottish Dances (arr. Paynter); Trad.: Amazing Grace (arr. Ticheli); Elliott: British Eighth