Ferenc Farkas, the Hungarian composer, lived from 1905 to 2000. He composed 700 works for orchestra, opera, ballet, musicals, operetta, choir, and films. He also wrote chamber music, sacred music, and wind-band music. Today’s edition of Brass, Reeds, and Percussion will feature an octet for two oboes, two clarinets, two bassoons, and two horns, the instrumentation of the harmoniemusik, the wind band popular from approximately 1775 to 1825. But the music sounds as though it comes from the late 1600s to early 1700s.
- Fanfare of Daffodils
Composer: Gareth Wood (1950-2023)
Performer: Band of His Majesty's Royal Marines Plymouth
Album: The King, Our Captain General
- Contrafacta Hungarica: Basse Danse
Composer: Ferenc Farkas (1905-2000)
Performer: Ensemble Prisma Wind Octet
Album: Dances from Hungaria and Bohemia
- Contrafacta Hungarica: Gagliarda
Composer: Ferenc Farkas (1905-2000)
Performer: Ensemble Prisma Wind Octet
Album: Dances from Hungaria and Bohemia
- Contrafacta Hungarica: Passamezzo
Composer: Ferenc Farkas (1905-2000)
Performer: Ensemble Prisma Wind Octet
Album: Dances from Hungaria and Bohemia
- Contrafacta Hungarica: Saltarello
Composer: Ferenc Farkas (1905-2000)
Performer: Ensemble Prisma Wind Octet
Album: Dances from Hungaria and Bohemia
- Contrafacta Hungarica: Andante
Composer: Ferenc Farkas (1905-2000)
Performer: Ensemble Prisma Wind Octet
Album: Dances from Hungaria and Bohemia
- Contrafacta Hungarica: Heiduckentanz
Composer: Ferenc Farkas (1905-2000)
Performer: Ensemble Prisma Wind Octet
Album: Dances from Hungaria and Bohemia
- Jugend Heraus (Youth Out)
Composer: Carl Teike (1864-1922)
Performer: Royal Sweedish Navy Band
Album: Carl Teike Marches, Vol. 1
- Unter Waffengefahrten (Among Comrades in Arms)
Composer: Carl Teike (1864-1922)
Performer: Royal Sweedish Navy Band
Album: Carl Teike Marches, Vol. 1
- Magic of Streisand
Composer: Various
Performer: Band of His Majesty's Royal Marines Plymouth
Album: The King, Our Captain General
- Caravan
Composer: Juan Tizol (1900-1984 ) & Duke Ellington (1899-1974)
Performer: BBC Big Band Orchestra
Album: Best of the Big Bands, Vol. 3
- Jailhouse Rock
Composer: Jerry Leiber (1933-2011) & Mike Stoller (1933- )
Performer: Marc Reift Orchestra
Album: Ritual Fire Dance
- Pomp andCircumstance March 3
Composer: Edward Elgar (1857-1934)
Performer: Band of His Majesty's Royal Marines Collingwood
Album: Colingwood Spirit
- 2x Wien und Zuruck
Composer: Franz Gerstbrein (1959- )
Performer: Original Woodstock Musikanten
Album: Musikantenstreiche
- March in G Major
Composer: C. P. E. Bach (1714-1788)
Performer: Netherlands Wind Ensemble
Album: Little Marches for Wind by Great Composers