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​FAREWELL CONCERT
ANNAPOLIS BRASS QUINTET
​Saint John's College
​April 25, 1993

You are invited to listen to the following works selected from this historic farewell performance:

TAP:   Read John Bell's Pre-Concert Remarks

 1.  Anniversary Fanfare  (1991)
  ​Keith Snell (b. 1950) 
  ​Keith Snell  is a composer, arranger, educator and trumpeter in the Los Angeles area.  ​His fanfare was commissioned by Calvin and Paula Smith in honor of the 20th anniversary of the ABQ in June of 1991. 

In the composer's words, 
" My intent was to create a piece to reflect the great joy and spirit the quintet had brought to performing during its 20 year history".   

​​TO LISTEN TAP > of each Audio Bar selected 
(There may be 10 to 30 second delay before sound begins)

​2  Invitation to the Sideshow (1981) 
Douglas Allanbrook (1922 - 2003) 
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This work was inspired by the painting of the same name by the French pointillist Georges Seurat.  Many of the musical ideas in this short, spirited work are abstracted from various forms of popular music.  Opening with a gesture of articulated trumpets and bombastic circus trombones, this sassy sardonic piece beckons one to the sights, sounds
​and sensations of the sideshow. 

TAP:  More about Allanbrook and his work

3. Symphony for Brass Quintet (1993)
​
Michael Brown (b. 1962)
  1. "Allegro"    2. Chorale & Waltz     3. Finale
Commissioned by the Brass Chamber Music Society of Annapolis especially for this farewell concert

TAP:  Brown's comments on Symphony for BQ

4.  Canonic Fanfare (1981) 
George Heussenstamm (b. 1926) 
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​This wonderful little fanfare, composed for the Annapolis Brass Quintet in 1981 to be performed as an antiphonal entrance piece, quickly became a favorite of the ensemble and audiences alike.   Heussenstamm studied with composer Leonard Stein, and taught composition at several Los Angeles colleges.   Twenty-three of the more than eighty published works by Heussenstamm, were written for brass instruments.

5.  Dance  (1974) 
Wilke Renwick (1921 - 2014)
  In his lively Dance, Renwick ingeniously sets tuneful melodies over ever-changing meters to create a  relentlessly driving piece from its first note to last.  The composer studied at the New England Conservatory of Music and the Longy School of Music of Bard College.  As a professional horn player, Renwick held the position of principal horn with the Denver Symphony. Orchestra. READ MORE 
Robert Posten, bass trombone             David Cran, trumpet             Sharon Tiebert, horn             Wayne Wells, trombone              Robert Suggs, trumpet             
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6.  Five Dances from Terpsichore  (1612)
Michael Praetorius (1571 - 1621)
Michael Praetorius was the most versatile and prolific German composer of his generation.  His theoretical writing and illustrated texts on music instruments and performance practice are the most important sources for information about early 17th century German music.   Terpsichore Musarum,  is a large collection of four- and five-part instrumental dances in the French style. 

  "Elam Sprenkle's haunting evocation of Walt Whitman's poem 'Crossing Brooklyn Ferry' was  performed off-stage, more a closing benediction on the house than an encore."  ​
The above Excerpt is from Phil Greenfield's Baltimore Sun Review
 Interlude from Crossing Brooklyn Ferry
Elam Sprenkle (b. 1948)


Annapolis Brass Quintet plays its last respects
April 28, 1993 | By Phil Greenfield |Contributing Writer 
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