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FOSTERING BRASS CHAMBER MUSIC

​ABQ AUDIO PAGE #2
 27 Oct. 2020 with Post #32 to 25 Mar. 2021 with Post #75
Audio Bars on Audio Page #2 
27 Oct. 2020:
 (audio bar #48)  to Mar. 25 2021: (audio bar #126) 
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These recordings are not to be downloaded

25 MAR. 2021 POSTS #75
#This 100th posting is a 1984 broadcast recording of the Annapolis Brass Quintet and the Bavarian Radio Orchestra 
performing Elam Sprenkle's Quaker Bottom ​written in 1982 for the ABQ and the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra.  (a.b. 126)
To visit the web page and to listen Tap HERE.

This is a West German Radio broadcast recording of George Heussenstamm's Canonic Fanfare performed by the Annapolis Brass Quintet.  (a.b. 125)
To visit the web page and to listen Tap HERE.

24 MAR. 2021 POST #74
 Norwegian composer Yngve Slettholm's Elegy written for the ABQ in 1978.  This is a 1979 concert tour performance of the contemplative Elegy for brass quintet.  (audio bar 124)
To visit the web page and to listen Tap HERE.

22 MAR. 2021 POST #73
Ned Rorem: Diversions, a playful array of duos, trios and quartets in 14 movements, was performed by the ABQ in 
1990 at Anne Arundel Community College.  (a.b. 123)
To visit the web page and to listen Tap HERE.

18 MAR. 2021 POST #72
Two works by Czech-born American composer VACLAV NELHYBEL

The 1991 world premiere performance of Nelhybel's Divertimento by the Annapolis Brass Quintet and the  Salisbury Symphony Orchestra (Maryland).  
(a.b. 122)
To visit this web page and to listen  Tap HERE 
The 1978 Annapolis Brass Quintet touring performance of Vaclav Nelhybel:  Brass Quintet #1. 
(a.b. 121)
To Visit the web page and to listen Tap Here
​

15 MAR. 2021 POST #71
RUDY SHACKELFORD: INFOLIATIONS.
This work was commissioned by the Brass Chamber Music Society of Annapolis in 1984 for the ABQ and the Naked Feed Dance Company.  This recording was made by the ABQ for rehearsals by the dancers prior to the world premiere performance on February 21, 1988.  
(a.b. 120)
To visit the Shackelford web page and to listen to his
​INFOLIA​TIONS Tap 
 HERE​

11 MAR. 2021 POST # 70
ALLEN MOLINEUX: THREE WORKS FOR BRASS QUINTET.
​Scherzo Eccentrico (1987) - ABQ 1990 performance at St. John's College, Annapolis (a.b. 119)   
The ABQ April 17, 1985 world premiere of 
Maneuvers at the University of Maryland, Baltimore.  (a.b. 118)
This ABQ performance of his Encounter (1972) recorded in 1980 for Bavarian Radio. (a.b. 117)
 To this web page and to listen Tap HERE

08 MAR. 2021 POST #69
#90 The Annapolis Brass Quintet's 1980 Bavarian Radio broadcast recording of Robert Sanders' Quintet in B-Flat for brass instruments.  (a.b. 116)
To this web page and to listen Tap  HERE.
#89:  ABQ 1973 performance of ARTHUR CUSTER'S CONCERTO for brass quintet.
(a.b. 115)
To this web page and to listen Tap  HERE

04 MAR. 2021 POST #68
Selections from the 1985 ABQ Artists Series concert featuring harpsichordist Kenneth Cooper and the ABQ performing music by Bach (a.b. 114), Vivaldi (a.b. 113), Brant (a.b. 112), Cooper & Turpin Rags (a.b. 111)
To this webpage and to listen Tap HERE

01 MAR. 2021 POST #67
#84 "Other Voices" by Jacob Druckman was written for the American Brass Quintet in 1976. This 1985 performance by the Annapolis Brass Quintet was at the University of Maryland.
(audio bar 110) which links to ABQ video performances of Druckman's "Other Voices" and Polish composer Witold Lutoslawski's "Mini Suite, performed at a lecture/performance at Anne Arundel Community College.  (video bar 109)
To webpages & audio / video recordings Tap 
HERE

25 FEB. 2021 POST #66
# 83 ​Richard Strauss' "Feierlicher Einzug" for organ and brass quintet performed in 1991 by Michael Barone, organ, & Annapolis Brass Quintet. (a.b. 108)
To webpage and to listen Tap HERE
  #82 a "Elegie" &  #82b "Varieties" by Belgian composer Peter Cabus performed by the ABQ. (a.b. 107)
To webpage and to listen Tap HERE

   # 81 Emil Hungarian composer Emil Petrovics' Cassazione performed by the ABQ.  (a.b. 106)
To webpage and to listen Tap HERE

22 FEB. 2021 POST #65
#80 Elliott Carter "Brass Quintet:"  Audio by Bavarian Radio of a 1979 Annapolis Brass Quintet performance in Hercules Hall, Munich, and  a 1985 Video of ABQ's informal lecture / performance at Anne Arundel Community College, Arnold, Maryland.
(audio bar 105)  (video bar 104)
To webpage and to listen tap HERE

18 FEB. 2021 POST #64
 #79 Edward Greyson: Quintet for Brass, ABQ April 4, 1977 performance in San Mateo, California. (a.b. 103) 
To webpage and to listen tap 
HERE

15 FEB. 2021 POST  #63
 "Canzon primi toni" and "Canzon duodecimi toni" from "Sacrae Symphoniae" (1597)
From a March 1991 performance by Donald Sutherland, organ and the Annapolis Brass Quintet in Baltimore's Old St. Paul's Church.i  
 (a.b. 102)
 David Ashley White: Triptych, 1979 and two Gabrieli Canzoni. (a.b. 101)
To webpage and to listen ​Tap Here.

11 FEB. 2021 POST #62
​# 76 French composer Georges Delores 1976 work for brass quintet entitled "Vitrail" (English, "Stained Glass") performed by the ABQ at Southeastern Oklahoma State University in 1990. (a.b. 100)
To webpage and to listen Tap Here

# 75 The Annapolis Brass Quintet performing Daniel Pinkham's 1969 "Prelude, Adagio and Chorale" as recorded in Cologne, Germany by West German Radio (WDR) in 1977 or in 1979. (a.b. 99)
To webpage and to listen Tap Here

08 FEB. 2021 POST #61
In April 1987 Daniel Pinkham was commissioned by the Unitarian Universalist Association 
 to write a work for soprano, small chorus, brass quintet and harp.  The resulting work, "Getting To Heaven," is a setting of Emily Dickinson poems which was premiered in Boston in October 1987.  This recording is of a March 14, 1992 Goucher College performance by Margaret Genovese, soprano; the Baltimore Choral Arts directed by Tom Hall; the Annapolis Brass Quintet; and Deborah Fleisher, harp.  (a.b. 98)
To visit Web Page and listen Tap Here

04 FEB. 2021 POST
#60
​Four works written for the ABQ:

Jack Gallagher: Toccata, 1970. To visit & listen tap HERE. (a.b. 97)

#72: Hermann Delago: Bläserquintett, 1979.  To visit & listen tap HERE. (a.b. 96)


#71: C. Scott Sharnetzka: Anthem, 1972,   To visit & listen tap HERE. (a.b. 95)

​# 70:  Robert Lichtenberger: Partita Miniature, 1977.  To visit & listen tap HERE. (a.b. 94)

01 FEB. 2021 POST #59
Ronald Roseman was an internationally acclaimed oboe soloist, chamber musician, and composer whose career spanned over 40 years.  In 1987 he composed his "DOUBLE QUINTET" for woodwinds and brass.
The Annapolis Brass Quintet and the New York Woodwind Quintet performed Roseman's work on the ABQ Artists Series February 19, 1989 concert.
(a.b. 93) 
​To visit the Web Page and to listen tap HERE. 

 28 JAN. 2021 POST #58
Victor Ewald's Brass Quintet No. 3, Op. 7 in D-flat major, ca. 1912.  This ABQ performance is from a February 21, 1986 performance at, the former, Mary Washington College. (now, University of Mary Washington)  This work is one four quintets Ewald composed for brass. 
(a.b. 92)
​To visit the Web Page and to listen Tap  HERE.

25 Jan. 2021 Post #57
Victor Ewald's Brass Quintet No. 2, Op. 6 in E-flat major, ca. 1905.  This ABQ performance is from a 1990 concert at Tennessee Tech.  Victor Ewald, a Russian civil engineer, 'cellist, composer, was one of the most active members of a small group of remarkable late 19th century St. Petersburg musicians known as "The Mighty Handful." Ewald composed a series of quintets for brass  in the Russian Romantic style. (a.b. 91)
To visit the Web Page and/or to listen Tap Here 

21 Jan. 2021 Post #56
Four Russian brass works (ca. 1880 to 1972)
#66: Igor Stravinsky's Fanfare (1964) for opening of NY State Theatre at Lincoln Center. (a.b. 90)
#65: Quatuor (ca. 1880) by Anton Simon, French born composer (a.b. 89)
#64: Brass Quintet op 105 by Russian composer Alexander Tcherepnin (a.b. 88)
#63: Polka written by Dmitri Shostakovich in 1930 for the Golden Age Ballet. (a.b. 87)
To visit the Web Page - listen Tap Here.

18 Jan. 2021 Post #55
Bernard Heiden's Sextet for piano and brass quintet. Pianist Virginia Reinecke and ABQ in 1987 performance at St. Timothy's School in Pikesville, Maryland.
(a.b. 86)
To Web Page and to listen Tap  Here.

14 Jan. 2021 Post #54
#61. Werner Rottler's Scherzo Malinconico (1981) 
(a.b. 85)
#60. Robert Macht's Brass Quintet (1985) (a.b. 84)
#59. Carol Nethen's Three Reflections (1986 world premier performance) (a.b. 83)
ABQ and guest artists.  
​
To Web Page and To Listen Tap Here

11 Jan. 2021 Post #53
(This was the first post of
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Igor Stravinsky's Octet for Wind Instruments (1922-23) as performed on April 20, 1986 by ABQ members: Robert Suggs & David Cran, trumpets; Wayne Wells and Robert Posten, trombones; and guest artists: Timothy Day, flute; Steven Barta, clarinet; Phillip Kolker and Carolyn Fedderly, bassoons. 
(a.b. 82)
​To Web Page and To Listen Tap Here

Three Digital Recording posts of music for Christmas and the Holidays:
15 Dec.,  17 Dec.,  22 Dec. 

17 Dec. Post #52
Selections from the ABQ Artists Series Concert: Festive Music for the Holiday Season
from the December 22, 1985 performance by the Annapolis Brass Quintet in St. Anne's Church,
​Annapolis, Maryland.  
(audio bars: 81, 80, 79, 78, 77. 76. 76 ,74)
To Web Page and To Listen Tap Here

15 Dec. Post #51
Renaissance and Baroque music by Speer (a.b. 73), Holborne (a.b. 72), de Kerle (a.b. 71), Guam (a.b. 70), Locke (a.b. 69), Susato, Scheidt and Pezel (a.b. 68).
Performed by the ANNAPOLIS BRASS QUINTET with the
NEW YORK WOODWIND QUINTET and the BAVARIAN RADIO ORCHESTR
A.

To Web Page and To Listen Tap Here

10 Dec. Post #50
Philip Glass's Brass Sextet written in 1962-64 is one of few pre-minimalist Glass works that escaped being withdrawn by the composer.  This ABQ performance utilizes 2 trumpets, horn, 2 trombones, and bassoon. Web Page: ​Tap Here
To listen Tap[ > on Audio Bar below 
(a.b. 67)
Duration: 06:23
10 Dec. Post #49
Robert Washburn's Five Miniatures for Five Brasses was written on commission by the
Annapolis Brass Quintet in 1979.  Web Page: Tap Here
​
To listen Tap > on Audio Bar below 
(a.b. 66)
Duration: 08:57​

08 Dec. Post #48
Michael Brown's The Wall (1990) for brass quintet and organ
Annapolis Brass Quintet and organist Donald Sutherland
10 March 1991 World Premiere performance at
Baltimore's Old St. Paul's Church.  
Web Page: Tap Here
To listen Tap > on Audio Bar below 
(a.b. 65)

Duration: 19:22

03 Dec. Post #47
Joseph Holovitz's Music Hall Suite (1964) in five movements
Annapolis Brass Quintet 1980 Munich performance
​recorded for broadcast by Bavarian Radio.  Web Page: Tap Here
​
To listen Tap > on Audio Bar below 
(a.b. 64)

Duration: 09:10 

03 Dec. Post #46
Witold Lutoslawski's Mini Overture Annapolis Brass Quintet
1980 University of Maryland, College Park.  Web Page: Tap Here
To listen Tap > on Audio Bar below 
(a.b. 63)
Duration: 02:46
01 Dec. Post #45
Jiri Pauer's Charaktery (1977) for brass quintet
Annapolis Brass Quintet 1983 Munich performance
​recorded for broadcast by Bavarian Radio. Web Page: Tap 
 Here
​
To listen Tap > on Audio  Bar below 
(a.b. 62)

Duration: 14:32


25 Nov. Post #44
"Virtual Thanksgiving Day 2020 Concert" music by Bach, Billings, Foster
ABQ & Western Wind Vocal Sextet performance to be shared
with family & friends unable to gather together for Thanksgiving Day 2020. Web Page: 
Tap HERE
​Music by J. S. Bach; Stephen Foster; William Billings
​ + America the Beautiful 
(a.bs. 61)

24 Nov. Post #43
Jindrich Feld's 1972 Quintette for brass
Annapolis Brass Quintet 1975 Munich performance
recorded for broadcast by Bavarian Radio.  Web Page:
Tap HERE
Duration: 13:11
​
To listen Tap > on Audio bar below (a.b. 60)
19 Nov. Post 42
Eugene Zádor's 1973 Quintet for Brass

Annapolis Brass Quintet 1978 Munich performance
recorded for broadcast by Bavarian Radio.  Web Page: Tap HERE

Duration: 17:44
​
To listen Tap > on Audio bar (a.b. 59)
17 Nov. Post #41
 1. Anthony Plog  Mini Suite (1972)
2. Four Sierra Scenes (1976) Lila Deis, soprano & ABQ: Web Page: Tap HERE
​
Duration: 1) 02:37          Duration: 2) 06:59
To Listen Tap > on Audio Bars Below To listen Tap > on Audio bar below (a.b. 58, 57 )
12 Nov. Post #40
George Heussenstamm's Ensemble for Brass Quintet  
1976 Winning Composition of the Louisville Brass Quintet Composers' Competition
This 1979 Munich performance was recorded by Bavarian Radio: Web Page: Tap 
HERE
​Duration: 14:26
To listen Tap > on Audio bar below (a.b. 56)
12 Nov. Post #39
Herman Stein's Mock March Web Page: Tap HERE

Duration: 01:50
To listen Tap > on Audio bar below (a.b. 55)
10 Nov. Post #38
Leonard Lebow Suite for Brass in Three Movements
​1. March  2. Blues  3. Reel: Web Page: Tap HERE

Duration: 07:08
To listen Tap > on Audio bar below (a.b. 54)
10 Nov. Post #37
Leonard Bernstein's  Dance Suite 
Written in 1989 this is Bernstein's only work for brass quintet
and his last compassion:  Web Page: Tap HERE

Duration: 04:19
To listen Tap > on Audio bar below (a.b. 53)
5 Nov. Post #36
41b. C. Warren Kellerhouse's transcription of 
Duke Ellington's I'm Gonna Go Fishin': Web Page: Tap HERE

Duration: 02'48"
To listen Tap > on Audio bar below (a.b. 52)
5 Nov. Post #35
41a. William Schmidt's Suite #4 for brass quintet

William Schmidt Suite #4 Web Page: Tap HERE
Inscribed with a dedication to the Annapolis Brass Quintet Suite #4 
was given its world premiere in this 12 March 1980 ABQ performance.

Duration: 13' 22"
To listen Tap > on Audio bar below (a.b. 51)
3 Nov. Post #34:
​40. William Schmidt's Music for Scrimshaws for harp & brass quintet
William Schmidt Scrimshaws Web Page: Tap HERE
​Heidi Lehwalder, harp & ABQ 1984 Embassy Concert Series at Italian Embassy - WETA TV Broadcast Video
​Duration: 12' 14"

To watch & hear this TV Video (video bar 50)
​Tap HERE
 29 Oct. Post #33:
​39.  William Schmidt's Concertino for piano & brass quintet (1969)
William Schmidt Concertino Web Page: Tap HERE
18 February 1990 BCMSA performance by pianist Ernest Ragogini & the ABQ recorded by Baltimore's WBJC-FM
Duration 08' 31"

To listen Tap > on Audio bar below​​ (a. b.  49)
27 Oct. 2020 First Post #32
​38.  Ingolf Dahl's Music for Brass Instruments (1944)  

 Ingolf Dahl  Web Page: Tap HERE

 ABQ 1984 Munich performance recorded by Bavarian Radio  
​Duration: 14' 31"​  
To listen Tap > on Audio bar below​ 
(audio bar 48)
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