Brass, Reeds, and Percussion: May 9 and 13, 2026

This edition of Brass, Reeds, and Percussion features marches composed by the French composer Camille Saint-Saëns, who lived from 1835 to 1921. He was also an organist, pianist, and conductor, who personally conducted the premier of his Symphony No. 3 (“Organ Symphony”) in London in 1888. During that same concert, he performed Beethoven’s Fourth Piano Concerto, with Sir Arthur Sullivan conducting the orchestra. In 1893 at Cambridge University, Saint-Saëns participated in a concert that also included the violist Max Bruch and Peter Tchaikovsky. We will begin today’s edition with a march Saint-Saëns composed for band in 1918 during WW I: “Towards Victory.”

1. 1. Vers la Victoire (Towards Victory)
      Composer:  Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921)
      Performer:  Band of the RAF College
      Album:  Saint-Saëns: Music For Wind Ensemble
   2. Orient et Occident
      Composer:  Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921)
      Performer:  Band of the RAF College
      Album:  Saint-Saëns: Music For Wind Ensemble
   3. Don Quixote (1869): Gypsy Dance
      Composer:  Leon Minkus (1826-1917), arranged by Hirokazu Fukushima
      Performer:  Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Central Band
      Album:  New Arrangements Collections, Vol. 9
   4. Don Quixote: Don Quixote Sleeps
      Composer:  Leon Minkus, arranged by Hirokazu Fukushima
      Performer:  Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Central Band
      Album:  New Arrangements Collections, Vol. 9
   5. Don Quixote: Spanish Dance
      Composer:  Leon Minkus, arranged by Hirokazu Fukushima
      Performer:  Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Central Band
      Album:  New Arrangements Collections, Vol. 9
   6. Suite Algerienne
      Composer:  Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921)
      Performer:  Band of the RAF College
      Album:  Saint-Saëns: Music For Wind Ensemble
   7. Marche religieuse
      Composer:  Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921)
      Performer:  Band of the RAF College
      Album:  Saint-Saëns: Music For Wind Ensemble
   8. Hail to the Flag of Freedom
      Composer:  Herman L. Blankenberg (1876-1956)
      Performer:  U.S. Navy Band
      Album:  Heritage of the March, Vol. 3
   9. Pas Redouble in B Flat Major
      Composer:  Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921)
      Performer:  Band of the RAF College
      Album:  Saint-Saëns: Music For Wind Ensemble
   10. Mona Lisa
       Composer:  Ray Evans (1915-2007) & Jay Livingston (1915-2001)
       Performer:  Ted Heath & His Orchestra
       Album:  Ted Heath: Six Classic Albums
   11. My Fair Lady (1956)
       Composer:  Frederick Loewe (1901-1988) & Alan Lerner (1918-1986)
       Performer:  Philharmonic Wind Orchestra
       Album:  Best of Broadway