Episodes of WLRH Programs

Robert Jager was born in 1939 in Binghamton, New York, and graduated from the University of Michigan. He served 4 years in the U.S. Navy and was a staff arranger and composer at the Armed Forces School of Music. From 1971 to 2001, he was a professor of music and band director at Tennessee Technical University in Cookeville, Tenn. He has over 150 compositions to his credit for band, orchestra, and chorus. Today’s edition of Brass, Reeds, and Percussion opens with one of his most popular march compositions: “Stars and Bars.”

1. Stars and Bars
   Composer:  Robert Jager (1939- )
   Performer:  Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra
   Album:  Robert Jager and the Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra
    
2. Variations on a Theme of Robert Schumann
   Composer:   Robert Jager
   Performer:  Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra
   Album:  Robert Jager and the Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra
    
3. Sinfonia Nobilissima for Band
   Composer:  Robert Jager
   Performer:  Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra
   Album:  Robert Jager and the Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra
    
4. Zeitlos (Timeless)
   Composer:  Martin Scharnagl (1988- )
   Performer:  German Army Band Ulm
   Album:  Sympatria
    
5. Godfather of Seville
   Composer:  James Hosay (1959- )
   Performer:  German Army Band Ulm
   Album:  Sympatria
    
6. Sweet Caroline
   Composer:  Neil Diamond (1941- )
   Performer:  German Army Band Ulm
   Album:  Sympatria
    
7. Momentum
   Composer:  Martin Scharnagl
   Performer:  Washington Winds
   Album:  Momentum
    
8. Farmer's Tuba
   Composer:  Martin Scharnagl
   Performer:  Washington Winds
   Album:  Momentum
    
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10. Memoirs
    Composer:  Archibald Joyce (1873-1963)
    Performer:  Leningrad Military District Headquarters Band
    Album:  Russian Waltzes and Romances