2008 Fall Concert

50th Anniversary Season

Saturday, October 25, 2008

The Concord Band

Dr. William G. McManus, Music Director

Dr. Steven Grimo, Guest Conductor

Program
Dr. William G. McManus conducting
Parade of the Tall Ships	Jay A. Chattaway
Four Songs Without Words on Poems of Kleist	Michael H. Weinstein
Gluck Auf! Hymn An Die Sonne Ich will hinein Du bist mir die Kamille
Ye Banks and Braes O' Bonnie Doon	Percy Grainger
Boston Liberties	Julie Giroux
Boston Harbor Facts are Stubborn Things Granary Grounds A Penny a Ton
An Ellington Portrait	arr. Floyd E. Werle
Intermission
Dr. Steven Grimo, conducting
La Mezquita de Córdoba	Julie Giroux
Dr. William G. McManus conducting
Porgy and Bess Selection	George Gershwin; arr. Robert Russell Bennett
Dr. Steven Grimo, conducting
March Madness	arr. TSgt. John Bliss

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Parade of the Tall Ships

Parade of the Tall Ships is an exciting concert march composed by Jay Chattaway in commemoration of the 1976 Operation Sail, which was the largest gathering of tall sailing ships from all over the world. This historic event took place in New York Harbor on July 4, 1976, as part of America’s Bicentennial celebration. (WGM)

Four Songs Without Words on Poems of Kleist

The Concord Band is honored to present the world premiere of Four Songs Without Words on Poems of Kleist for Concert Band, an original work for concert band by Concord resident Michael Weinstein, who teaches composition at the New England Conservatory and Berklee College of Music. This work was inspired by four poems of German writer Heinrich Kleist. Discussing poety and musical composition, Weinstein writes, “I love poetry and am delighted at finding a good verse or two for a song setting—once I find something I like, it makes the composing easier for me (not as abstract an exercise as writing, say, a sonata or a symphony or concerto). A good poem suggests an immediate form and gives the mood of a composition.” (WGM)