Lindenwood University Spring Music Series, 2022

L INDENWOOD UNI VERS I TY A DREAM OF FLIGHT A Dream of Flight is an excerpt from the first movement of On Great White Wings by Greg Danner. On Great White Wings is a musical portrayal of four scenes in the quest for flight, a la the Wright Brothers. A Dream of Flight is a brass and percussion fanfare suggesting the noble spirit of those pioneers who dared to explore this frontier. ST. ANTHONY CHORALE AND VARIATION This famous melody of St. Anthony Chorale has been attributed to Haydn, but there is doubt as to whether he was the composer or simply quoted an older theme taken from an unknown source. Johannes Brahms wrote a famous set of variations based on this melody calling it Variations on a Theme by Joseph Haydn. This arrangement for brass and percussion is based on the theme and one variation. FLOURISH FOR WIND BAND Ralph Vaughan Williams, a highly respected English composer, wrote some of the earliest works for twentieth-century concert band, with many of his pieces considered pillars of band literature. Flourish for Wind Band was written as an overture to the pageant Music and the People performed in the Royal Albert Hall in 1939. The score was then lost, only to reappear in 1971. It was not made available to American bands until it was published in 1972. Flourish for Wind Band followed on the heels of Vaughan Williams’ great masterworks for band, English Folk Song Suite and Toccata Marziale. ENCANTO Encanto , Spanish for “charm,” is a very impressive composition by Robert W. Smith, opens with a distinctive full brass fanfare and evolves into an infectious rhythmic statement. The lyrical section presents a beautiful theme that defines the piece. The opening fanfare reappears at the end of the piece and leads decisively to a powerful ending.