Brass, Reeds, and Percussion: April 19, 2025

This edition of Brass, Reeds, and Percussion features the music of Joachim Raff, a German composer born in Switzerland. During the late 1800s, Raff was one of most popular of Romantic composers, ranked with Brahms and Wagner. Raff orchestrated many of Liszt’s early symphonic poems and is credited with influencing Richard Strauss. As the head of the Hoch Conservatory in Frankfurt, he allowed women to take courses in composition when women composers were definitely considered outré. As a matter of fact, Clara Schumann was one of his students. Today’s edition features a wind sinfonietta in four movements.

1. Sound Off (1885)
   Composer:  John Philip Sousa (1854-1932)
   Performer:  Eastman Wind Ensemble
   Album:  Fennell Conducts Sousa
     
2. Sinfonietta for Winds: Allegro (1873)
   Composer:  Joachim Raff (1822-1882)
   Performer:  Jena Philharmonic Wind Ensemble
   Album:  Wind Serenades
     
3. Sinfonietta for Winds: Allegro Molto
   Composer:  Joachim Raff (1822-1882)
   Performer:  Jena Philharmonic Wind Ensemble
   Album:  Wind Serenades
     
4. Sinfonietta for Winds: Larghetto
   Composer:  Joachim Raff (1822-1882)
   Performer:  Jena Philharmonic Wind Ensemble
   Album:  Wind Serenades
     
5. Sinfonietta for Winds: Vivace
   Composer:  Joachim Raff (1822-1882)
   Performer:  Jena Philharmonic Wind Ensemble
   Album:  Wind Serenades
     
6. Psalm XIX
   Composer:  Benedetto Giacomo Marcello (1686-1731)
   Performer:  Austrian Military Band Tyrol
   Album:  Festkonzert: 750 Jahre Stift Stams
     
7. Ave Verum
   Composer:  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
   Performer:  Austrian Military Band Tyrol
   Album:  Festkonzert: 750 Jahre Stift Stams
     
8. Ave Maria
   Composer:  Franz Schubert (1797-1928)
   Performer:  Austrian Military Band Tyrol
   Album:  Festkonzert: 750 Jahre Stift Stams
     
9. Pie Jesu
   Composer:  Andrew Lloyd Webber (1948- )
   Performer:  Austrian Military Band Tyrol
   Album:  Festkonzert: 750 Jahre Stift Stams
     
10. Canterbury Choral
    Composer:  Jan van der Roost (1956- )
    Performer:  Austrian Military Band Tyrol
    Album:  Festkonzert: 750 Jahre Stift Stams
      
11. Allen voran (Above all)
    Composer:  Carl Teike (1864-1922)
    Performer:  Royal Sweedish Navy Band
    Album:  Teike Marches, Vol. 1
      
12. Manhattan Beach (1893)
    Composer:  John Philip Sousa (1854-1932)
    Performer:  Eastman Wind Ensemble
    Album:  Fennell Conducts Sousa