Brass, Reeds, and Percussion: June 27 and July 1, 2026

In Maine, the last Saturday of June is Robert Brown Hall Day in recognition of the March King of Maine. Born in 1858, Hall played the cornet in local bands as well as in a Boston Band. He eventually became the leader of numerous local bands in Maine as well as the Tenth Regiment Band of Albany, New York. His marches are played so frequently in Great Britain that the British assume he is a British composer. In Britain, his “Tenth Regiment March” is known as “Death or Glory” and is frequently used in band contests. This edition of Brass, Reeds, and Percussion opens with another Hall march popular in Britain: “The New Colonial March.”

1. 1. New Colonial March
      Composer:  Robert B. Hall (1858-1907)
      Performer:  Dallas Wind Symphony
      Album:  Marches I’ve Missed
   2. Awayday
      Composer:  Adam Gorb (1958- )
      Performer:  Band of Her Majesty’s Royal Marines (Commando Training Center)
      Album:  Action Front
   3. Overture from “ Cinderella“
      Composer:  Gioacchino Rossini (1792-1868)
      Performer:  Consortium Classicum
      Album:  Rossini Overtures Arranged for Wind
   4. Love Feast of the Apostles
      Composer:  Richard Wagner (1813-1883)
      Performer:  U.S. Marine Band
      Album:  One Nation Under God
   5. On the Quarterdeck (1917)
      Composer:  Maj. Fredrick Joseph Ricketts a.k.a. Kenneth J. Alford (1881-1945)
      Performer:  Dallas Wind Symphony
      Album:  Marches I’ve Missed
   6. I Am Who I Am
      Composer:  Jerry Herman (1931-2019)
      Performer:  Mark Reift Wind Orchestra
      Album:  Best of Broadway
   7. Don’t Cry For Me, Argentina
      Composer:  Andrew Lloyd Webber (1948- ) & Tim Rice (1944- )
      Performer:  Mark Reift Wind Orchestra
      Album:  Best of Broadway
   8. Lebenswert (waltz)
      Composer:  Martin Scharnagl (1988- )
      Performer:  Rundel Studio Wind Orchestra
      Album:  Lebenswert
   9. Unterm Freiheitsstern (Under the Star of Liberty)
      Composer:  Herman Blankenburg (1876-1956)
      Performer:  German Border Police Band of Berlin
      Album:  Herman Ludwig Blankenburg: Our March King