Brass, Reeds, and Percussion: May 2 and 6, 2026

The baroque composers Johan Sebastian Bach and George Frederick Handel were almost exact contemporaries, both being born in 1685. But there is a third baroque composer who was born before Bach and Handel and died after them: Georg Philipp Telemann, who lived from 1681 to 1767. All three composers knew each other. Bach and Handel even bought music published by Telemann to study. And Telemann was the godfather of Bach’s son Carl Phillip Emanual Bach. Telemann was a prolific composer who also composed wind music, which you will hear on this edition of Brass, Reeds, and Percussion right after an opening march by the Czech composer František Kmoch.

1. 1. Hoj Vzhuru (Go Uphill)
      Composer:  František Kmoch (1848-1912)
      Performer:  Kolin City Band Frantesek Kmoch
      Album:  145 Anniversary
   2. Overture a 5 in F Major: Overture
      Composer:  Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767)
      Performer:  L’Orfeo Blasensemble
      Album:  Telemann: Wind Overtures, Vol. 1
   3. Overture a 5 in F Major: Le riz (The Rice)
      Composer:  Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767)
      Performer:  L’Orfeo Blasensemble
      Album:  Telemann: Wind Overtures, Vol. 1
   4. Overture a 5 in F Major: Les droles (The Happy Ones)
      Composer:  Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767)
      Performer:  L’Orfeo Blasensemble
      Album:  Telemann: Wind Overtures, Vol. 1
   5. Overture a 5 in F Major: Espagnole en rondeau (Spanish Woman’s Rondo)
      Composer:  Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767)
      Performer:  L’Orfeo Blasensemble
      Album:  Telemann: Wind Overtures, Vol. 1
   6. Overture a 5 in F Major: Fanfare
      Composer:   Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767)
      Performer:  L’Orfeo Blasensemble
      Album:  Telemann: Wind Overtures, Vol. 1
   7. Solemn Overture for the Twentieth Anniversary of the October Revolution
      Composer:  Reinhold Glière (1875-1956)
      Performer:  Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra
      Album:  Russian Wind Band Classics
   8. Palladio
      Composer:  Karl Jenkins (1944- )
      Performer:  Kolin City Band Frantesek Kmoch
      Album:  145th Anniversary
   9. Roller Coaster
      Composer:  Otto M. Schwarz (1967- )
      Performer:  Johan Willem Friso Band (Netherlands Army Band
      Album:  Best of Otto M. Schwarz
   10. Fanfare from “To Walk With Wings”
       Composer:  Julie Giroux (1961- )
       Performer:  U.S. Air Force Band
       Album:  75 Years
   11. They Touched the Sky
       Composer:  Julie Giroux (1961- )
       Performer:  U.S. Air Force Band
       Album:  75 Years
   12. Oye Negra
       Composer:  Noro Morales (1911-1964) & Johnnie Camacho
       Performer:  Terry Snyder
       Album:  Mambo Fever
   13. Mamma Mia: ABBA Golden Hits
       Composer:  Benny Anderson (1946- ) & Bjorn Ulvaeus (1945- )
       Performer:  Philharmonic Wind Orchestra
       Album:  Best of Broadway