2009 Winter Concert

50th Anniversary Concert

Saturday, March 14, 2009

The Concord Band

William M. Toland, Music Director Laureate

Dr. William G. McManus, Music Director Emeritus

James R. O'Dell, Music Director

Roger Cichy, Guest Conductor

Program
William M. Toland conducting
His Honor	Henry Fillmore; ed. Foster
Satiric Dances for a Comedy by Aristophanes	Norman Dello Joio
Allegro pesante Adagio mesto Allegro spumante
Dr. William G. McManus conducting
Armenian Dances, Part I	Alfred Reed
Maybe	Bevan Manson/Words by Amanda Carr; arr. McManus
Amanda Carr, vocalist
Cheek to Cheek	Irving Berlin; arr. Seeco
Amanda Carr, vocalist
Dixieland Live!	arr. Lewis J. Buckley
Lewis Buckley, trumpet
Intermission
James O'Dell conducting
Four Scottish Dances	Malcolm Arnold; arr. Paynter
Pesante Vivace Allegretto Con Brio
Allegro from Concerto in B-flat Major	W. A. Mozart; trans. Yeago
Nathaniel Hefferman, bassoon
The Phantom of the Opera	Andrew Lloyd Webber; arr. Barker
Roger Cichy conducting
Flowing Pens from Concord	Roger Cichy
Mosses from an Old Manse Little Women Walden Nature
World Premiere Performance

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His Honor

One of the most colorful bandsmen of the twentieth century, Henry Fillmore, probably wrote, arranged, and edited more band music over his 50-year career than any other composer/bandmaster in history. The march His Honor was dedicated to Mayor Russell Wilson of Cincinnati. (Source: William M. Toland)

Satiric Dances

Satiric Dances, the Concord Band’s first major commission, was written to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the events in Concord of 1775. The financing for the commission came from private donations and the Eastern National Park and Monument Association in cooperation with the National Park Service. Norman Dello Joio agreed to do the commission but stipulated it would be a piece he had used as background music for a comedy by Aristophanes. Dello Joio took a special interest in the commission and came to Band rehearsals to offer suggestions on the performance. After the scheduled first performance was rained out, Satiric Dances was premiered on July 17, 1975 at Minuteman National Park with Norman Dello Joio and his family in attendance. Satiric Dances was published shortly after that, and it has become one of the best selling and most performed pieces of the concert band repertoire. (Source: William M. Toland)