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​FOSTERING BRASS CHAMBER MUSIC

​ABQ AUDIO PAGE #1

Posts: #1 - #31
audio bars: #1- #47

These recordings are not to be downloaded

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​America's First Full Time Performing Brass Chamber Ensemble  
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1971 -1993
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PHASE ONE:  ​
31 Postings of 47 digitized audio recordings of
single and multiple works of music as well as
full concert and broadcast radio performances. 

 ABQ Digital Recordings Phase One:
POST # 31:
 Four of Douglas Allanbrook compositions
written especially for the Annapolis Brass Quintet
1. Invitation to the Sideshow  (a.b. 47)
2. Night and Morning Music (a.b. 46)
3. Commencement Exercises  (a.b. 45) Elliott Zuckerman's spoken tribute 
4. Seven for Seven (a.b. 44)
and

to Douglas Allanbrook  (a.b. 43)
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DOUGLAS ALLANBROOK Page

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Post # 30
FOUR WORKS BY ELAM SPRENKLE:
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1.  "An Aubade" (1988) by Elam Sprenkle (audio bar #42)

​Brass Chamber Music composed for the 20th International Assembly of Astrophysicists:  Baltimore, Maryland - 1988
Live concert - February 28, 1993 - 2nd Presbyterian Church, Baltimore 
Annapolis Brass Quintet -  Recorded by WBJC - FM


2.  "Three Sketches on a Southern Hymn Tune" (1981) by Elam Sprenkle 
1.  Allegro   2.  Andante   3.  Pasacalle 
  November 15, 1986 performance at Goucher College, Baltimore, Maryland by Annapolis Brass Quintet
(audio bars #41 & #40)

3.  "Sister Anne" (1988) by Elam Sprenkle​ (a.b. 39)
Brass Chamber Music Society of Annapolis  Artists Series Concert - October 15, 1989
Western Wind Vocal Ensemble & Annapolis Brass Quintet
 4. "Diversions on a Repeated Sequence" (1991) by Elam Sprenkle (a.b. 38)
Brass Chamber Music composed for the 8th International Congress of Human Genetics: Washington, DC - 1991 ​
Diversions on a Repeated Sequence by Elam Sprenkle.
BCMSA 1992 Performance by  Annapolis Brass Quin​tet.

Post # 29
​ "Music for Brass" (1975)
 by George T. Walker 
(a.b. 37)

1.  Invokation   2.  Dance I 3.  Chorale    4.  Dance II
1982 Concert by the Annapolis Brass Quintet at University of California, Davis.

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Post #28.
​"Combinazioni V" (1982) by Robert Hall Lewis 
(a.b. 36)
Composed for the Annapolis Brass Quintet, this ABQ November 15, 1986 performance was at Goucher College.
To visit the Robert Hall Lewis page 
click here

Post #27.
​ "Brass Quintet" (1983) by 
Gregory Pascuzzi (a.b. 35)
Composed in 1982-83 for the Pittsburgh Brass Quintet, this 1992 ABQ performance was broadcast by WBJC-FM 
To visit the Pascuzzi page 
 click here
Post #26.
​ "Parodie I" (1974) by Stanley Friedman 
(a.b. 34)

 PARODY I was written in 1974 and won the New Louisville Brass Quintet composition prize that year.  This work is based on source material from a 16th c. motet by Jacobus de Kerle.  To visit the Friedman page click here

Post #25.
​ "Prelude, Choral & Fugue" by Roger Boutry
 
(a.b. 33)

ABQ 1976 performances for broadcast by Austrian Broadcasting Corporation. Vienna
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Post #24.
​  "Four Frescoes" (1967) by W. Francis McBeth
 
(a.b. 32)

ABQ 1976 Performances for broadcast by Austrian Broadcasting Corporation, Vienna
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click here

 Post # 23.
​ BRASS UNDER GLASS: 
 The following four audio bars are the selected works from the April 5, 1992 "Great Music in Great Spaces" concert by Annapolis Brass Quintet, Philadelphia Brass and Tower Brass Quintet. 
To visit the BRASS UNDER BRASS page click here
 
​"Fanfare for the Anasazi" (1981) by Michael Mauldin 
(a.b.31)
  "Quindecilogues" (1984) by Bruce Clausen (a.b.30)
  "Nimrod" by Edward Elgar (a.b.29)
 German Antiphonal Music (a.b.28)
​"Nuptial Factae Sunt" (1591) by Hans Leo Hassler 
"Gesang der Drei Männer"
(1652) by Heinrich Schütz

Post #22.  
​Music by David W. Maves 
(a.b.27)

"Brass Quintet" by David Maves - 1974 ABQ Composition Contest Prize Winning Work
​To visit the IBQForum David Maves page click here

Post #21.  
​Music by Robert Lichtenberger 
(a.b.26)
​"Partita #2" by Robert Lichtenberger was written for the ABQ in 1982.
To visit the IBQForum Robert Lichtenberger page click here
Post #20.  
​Music by Errol Schlabach 
(a.b.25)
"Quintet for Sunshine" by Errol Schlabach was written for the ABQ in 1974.
To visit the BQForum Errol Schlabach page click here

 Post #19.  
​BYRD & BRASS Reprise 2000 
Charlie Byrd Memorial Concert.  

The following five audio pieces were selected from this performance
To visit the BQForum BYRD & BRASS Reprise page click here
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"Canzona Bergamasca" (1621) by Samuel Scheidt (audio bar #24)
"Moonlight In Vermont" by Karl Suessdorf;  John Blackburn (a.b.23)
 "I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day" by J.B. Calvin; H.W. Longfellow (a.b.22)
"The Christmas Song" by Robert Wills; Mel Tormé (a.b. 21)
"Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas" by Hugh Martin (audio bar #20)

 Post #18.
BYRD & BRASS CONCERT
​Live NPR Broadcast 
(a.b.19) Full Concert

 January 11, 1987 Reston, Virginia Concert--NPR American Jazz Radio Festival
To visit BQForum Byrd & Brass Live NPR page click here
[ recording: 52 minutes ]

Post #17.
​"Byrd & Brass" (1984) by C. Warren Kellerhouse 
(a.b.18)
World Premier Performance - BCMSA April 28, 1985 ABQ--Charlie Byrd Trio Concert
To visit BQForum Premiere Byrd & Brass page click here

Post #16.
Six Spanish Renaissance Dances 
(a.b. 17)
Set for Guitar and Brass for Guitarist Charlie Byrd & ABQ
To visit BQForum BYRD & BRASS page click here

Post #15.
"Salutations" (1965) by Jack End 
(a.b.16)
To visit BQForum BYRD & BRASS page​ click here
Post #14.
"
Divertimenti" (1970) by  Frédéric Devreese (a.b.15)
ABQ's Belgian Radio Recording Session - SYMPHONIC BRASS CD
To visit BQForum Frédéric Devreese page 
click here
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Post #13.
"Homage to James Ensor" (1980) by Frédéric Devreese 
(a.b.14)
Live Annapolis Brass Quintet performance
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 June 3, 1982, Inaugural Season of the Rockport Chamber Music Festival 


Post #12.
"ABQ Encore" (1991) by Tom Alonso 
(a.b.13)
Live ABQ & synthesizer + prerecorded 12 brass, percussion 
To visit BQForum Tom Alonso page ​click here
October 20, 1991, BCMSA Artists Series Concert World Premiere of "ABQ Encore" 
Post #11.
​TWO WORLD PREMIERES (1991) by Tom Alonso  
 "Full Circle" (1991) by Tom Alonso (a.b. 12)
ABQ - TOM ALONSO, synthesizers + electronic components 
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October 20, 1991- BCMSA Artists Series Concert World Premiere of "Full Circle" by ABQ & Alonso

Post #10.
​"Three Choral Fanfares" (1983) by Wilfried 
Westerlinck (a.b. 11)
To visit BQForum Wilfred Westerlinck page click here
​ABQ's Belgian Radio Recording - Music of Westerlinck Libra CD

​Post #9.
"Flight" (1980) for brass quintet by Lawrence Moss

To visit BQForum "Flight" by Lawrence Moss page click here

(A)1982 Live ABQ Concert Performance - University of California, Davis (audio bar 10)
​(B)  1983 ABQ Washington, DC - AmCam Recording ​(audio bar 9)

Post #8.
​"Symphonies" (1977)  by Lawrence Moss

for brass quintet & chamber orchestra (a.b. 8)
To visit BQForum "Symphonies" by Lawrence Moss page click here
Annapolis Brass Quintet & American Camerata for New Music John Stephens, Conducting
 Symphonies was recorded in the National Presbyterian Church, Washington, D.C. in September 1978

Post #7.
​"Sextet" (1965) for brass quintet & percussion by Elie Siegmeister
(a.b. 7) 

To visit BQForum Siegmeister Percussive Brass page click here
Live Performance ABQ and percussionist Barry Dove  
February 23, 1992 - BCMSA Artist Series - Pascal Center for the Performing Arts

Post #6.
​Farewell Concert (1993) as Performed
(a.b. 6)
To visit BQForum "Farewell Concert" full concert page  click here
Live ABQ Farewell Concert - Full Concert
25 April 1993 - Key Auditorium, St. Johns College, Annapolis, Maryland

Post #5.
​ABQ Farewell Concert (1993) Selected Works
 
(audio bar 5)
To listen to selected works from "Farewell Concert" click here
25 April 1993 - ABQ Farewell Concert - St. Johns College, Annapolis, Maryland

Post #4.
​"Annapolis Suite" (1982) for brass quintet & harp 
(a.b. 4)
Live  March 23, 1983 - World Premiere Performance
ABQ and harpist Heidi Lehwalder - Washington's Kennedy Center Terrace 
To visit ABQ with Harp and listen to Starer's 
Annapolis Suite 
To Listen Tap HERE​

Post #3.
​"Evanescence" (1980) for brass quintet 
(a.b. 3)

To visit BQForum "Evanescence" page click here  
Live Performance  June 3, 1982 - Inaugural Season of Rockport Chamber Music Festival

 Post #2.
​"Interlude" from "Crossing Brooklyn Ferry" (1993) by Elam Sprenkle 
(a.b. 2)
To visit BQForum "Crossing Brooklyn Ferry" page click here  
Live Performance ABQ Farewell Concert April 25, 1993 - Key Auditorium St. John's College,  Annapolis, MD


​Post #1
​​"Anniversary Fanfare" (1991) by Keith Snell 
(a.b.1)

   To visit BQForum "Anniversary Fanfare" page click here
Live Performance ABQ Farewell Concert April 25, 1993 - Key Auditorium St. John's College, Annapolis, MD ​

​A Most Sorrowful Note
11 June 2020:

ABQ Founding Member ​Robert (Rip) Posten
died peacefully in his home
10 June 2020

The following music by Elam Sprenkle was posted
In Loving memory of our beloved Rip.

To visit the Robert Posten Memorial Webpage, 
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