Uploaded March 2022 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Frank Ticheli"s "Songs of Love and Life" for Soprano and Small Wind Ensemble was commissioned jointly by the Alpha Iota Chapter of Kappa Kappa Psi and the University of Colorado at Boulder Department of Bands in honor of conductor Allan McMurray.
Frank Ticheli wrote about the text:
"The poems chosen for Songs of Love and Life —all written by contemporary American poets—were discovered slowly, after a painstakingly long and careful search. Indeed, the only poem I had decided upon when I began composing the work was Leland Kinsey’s Swinging into the Night with its beautiful depiction of a boy being pushed on a swing by an exhausted but grateful parent. After several more weeks of searching, I stumbled upon two more stunningly powerful poems that further strengthened the themes of love and life—Philip Booth’s delicate First Lesson, about a daughter being taught to trust, and Steve Scafidi’s touching and witty Prayer for Marriage. But it took yet another two months to find the poem that would end the song cycle. David Budbill’s vivid depiction of a man at the beginning of his old age—expressing nothing more than simple gratitude for being alive—struck me like a thunderbolt. I knew I’d found the perfect poem for my finale."
COMPOSER: Frank Ticheli
CONDUCTOR: Eugene Migliaro Corporon
SOPRANO: Patty Goble
BAND: University of North Texas Wind Symphony
TRACKLIST:
0:00 - I. Swinging into the Night
7:00 - II. First Lesson
13:33 - III. Prayer for a Marriage
19:27 - IV. Winter - Tonight - Sunset
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Frank Ticheli"s "Songs of Love and Life" for Soprano and Small Wind Ensemble was commissioned jointly by the Alpha Iota Chapter of Kappa Kappa Psi and the University of Colorado at Boulder Department of Bands in honor of conductor Allan McMurray.
Frank Ticheli wrote about the text:
"The poems chosen for Songs of Love and Life —all written by contemporary American poets—were discovered slowly, after a painstakingly long and careful search. Indeed, the only poem I had decided upon when I began composing the work was Leland Kinsey’s Swinging into the Night with its beautiful depiction of a boy being pushed on a swing by an exhausted but grateful parent. After several more weeks of searching, I stumbled upon two more stunningly powerful poems that further strengthened the themes of love and life—Philip Booth’s delicate First Lesson, about a daughter being taught to trust, and Steve Scafidi’s touching and witty Prayer for Marriage. But it took yet another two months to find the poem that would end the song cycle. David Budbill’s vivid depiction of a man at the beginning of his old age—expressing nothing more than simple gratitude for being alive—struck me like a thunderbolt. I knew I’d found the perfect poem for my finale."
COMPOSER: Frank Ticheli
CONDUCTOR: Eugene Migliaro Corporon
SOPRANO: Patty Goble
BAND: University of North Texas Wind Symphony
TRACKLIST:
0:00 - I. Swinging into the Night
7:00 - II. First Lesson
13:33 - III. Prayer for a Marriage
19:27 - IV. Winter - Tonight - Sunset
Please be aware that all of the music (and images) featured in this video belong to their respective owners, and I or this channel does not claim any right over them. I upload these solely for archiving purposes, and for the sharing and enjoyment of great music. Monetization is not enabled. If you are the rightful owner of copyrighted material used and would like the video removed from YouTube, please, instead of reporting/striking my channel, leave a comment below with your statement and I will take the video down effective immediately.
![Andrew Rindfleisch — The Lunatic (2015) [w/ score]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/7zZPWwjl8eQ/mqdefault.jpg "Andrew Rindfleisch — The Lunatic (2015) [w/ score]
Andrew Rindfleisch writes in the program notes:
Composed in 2015 for clarinetist Pat OKeefe, The Lunatic, for solo bass clarinet, was inspired by the then current American social/political conservative movement and its seemingly strange and rapid descent into the bigoted, enraged, anti-intellectual hysteria of extremist ideology. The works conception came from two questions I kept asking myself: What if one of these lunatics could play bass clarinet? What would it sound like? The Lunatic attempts to answer those questions. Although the piece was mostly inspired by a certain someone who eventually became president, in the end, the piece does not represent a single person or identity, but rather reflects a more general sense of the hysterical right-wing communicator found in any age, time, or place.
COMPOSER: Andrew Rindfleisch
BASS CLARINET: Pat OKeefe
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