Episodes of WLRH Programs

One hundred years ago today because of WW I, American soldiers were in Siberia. To commemorate this little known story about WW I, this edition of Brass, Reeds, and Percussion features Russian music. But why were American soldiers in Siberia during WW I? To rescue the Czeckoslovak Legion , a group of Czecks and Slovaks that volunteered to fight in the Russian Army during WW I in hopes of freeing their homelands from the Austro-Hungarian Empire. When the Russian Revolution occurred, they used the Trans-Siberian railroad to escape to eastern Russia.

More information about the Siberian Intervention.

More information about the American Expiditionary Force, North Russia.

1. Farewell to Slavonic Girl
   Composer:  Vasily Agapkin (1884-1964)
   Performer:  Leningrad Military District Headquarters Band
   Album:  Winners' Marches
    
2. Tchaikovsky Highlights
   Composer:  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893), arranged Wil van der Beek (1949- )
   Performer:  Antwerp Winds
   Album:  Winds on Fire
    
3. Captain Gastello March
   Composer:  Pavel Ivanov-Radkevich (1878-1942)
   Performer:  Leningrad Military District Headquarters Band
   Album:  Winners' Marches
    
4. Autumn Dream
   Composer:  Archibald Joyce (1873-1963)
   Performer:  Leningrad Military District Headquarters Band
   Album:  Russian Waltzes and Romances
    
5. Parade March
   Composer:  Semyon Chernetsky
   Performer:  Leningrad Military District Headquarters Band
   Album:  Winners' Marches
    
6. Morning in Finland
   Composer:  F. Maltsev
   Performer:  Leningrad Military District Headquarters Band
   Album:  Russian Waltzes and Romances
    
7. Spring of Victory March
   Composer:  Grigory Kalinkovich (1917-1992)
   Performer:  Leningrad Military District Headquarters Band
   Album:  Winners' Marches
    
8. In the City Garden
   Composer:  Matvey Blanter (1903-1990)
   Performer:  Leningrad Military District Headquarters Band
   Album:  Russian Waltzes and Romances
    
9. Battle Near Port Aurthur
   Composer:  E. Efanov
   Performer:  Leningrad Military District Headquarters Band
   Album:  Triumph of the Winners
    
10. Shine, Shine, My Star
    Composer:  Pyotr Bulakhov (1822-1885)
    Performer:  Central Band of Defense Ministry of Russian Federation
    Album:  Historical Reconstruction of Concerts for Disabled
     
11. March of Preobrazhensky Regiment
    Composer:  Unknown, circa 1775
    Performer:  Leningrad Military District Headquarters Band
    Album:  Triumph of the Winners