![[USAFA Band] Festival Variations - Claude T. Smith (for concert band) @AndewMole](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Od1xCmymBCw/maxresdefault.jpg)
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Score: media.wingertjones.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2021/11/29214146/3011342-festival-variations-smith-Score-Preview.pdf
Audio: youtube.com/watch?v=RtfZl7flDsQ
United States Air Force Academy Band
Colonel Arnald D. Gabriel, conductor
Manuscript edition score video with NHK Symphony Orchestra: youtu.be/J_ishM4fHgY
Score: media.wingertjones.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2021/11/29214146/3011342-festival-variations-smith-Score-Preview.pdf
Audio: youtube.com/watch?v=RtfZl7flDsQ
United States Air Force Academy Band
Colonel Arnald D. Gabriel, conductor
Manuscript edition score video with NHK Symphony Orchestra: youtu.be/J_ishM4fHgY
![[USAFA Band] Festival Variations - Claude T. Smith (for concert band)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Od1xCmymBCw/mqdefault.jpg "[USAFA Band] Festival Variations - Claude T. Smith (for concert band)
Score: https://media.wingertjones.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2021/11/29214146/3011342-festival-variations-smith-Score-Preview.pdf
Audio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtfZl7flDsQ
United States Air Force Academy Band
Colonel Arnald D. Gabriel, conductor
Manuscript edition score video with NHK Symphony Orchestra: https://youtu.be/J_ishM4fHgY")
![[Score] Adam Schoenberg - Picture Studies (2012) for orchestra](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/OgPhLcQhVMY/mqdefault.jpg "[Score] Adam Schoenberg - Picture Studies (2012) for orchestra
Score: https://issuu.com/casaricordi/docs/schoenberg-picture_studies
Audio: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lBZv2lmwF6BVGHqHSKiwqJLnL4oCi1KI8
Kansas City Symphony
Michael Stern, conductor
In November of 2011, I received a commission from the Kansas City Symphony and the Nelson-Atkins Museum to write a 21st-century _Pictures at and Exhibition._ The idea seemed both intriguing and ambitious, and given my own interest in visual art, I welcomed the challenge. After conceptualizing the piece for six months, and visiting the Nelson-Atkins on three different occasoins, I decided to compose a series of studies.
Unlike Modest Mussorgsky, who set all of his movements to the work of Viktor Hartmann, my piece brings eight seemingly disparate works of art to musical life. In honor of Mussorgsky and his original work (for solo piano), four of the ten movements were conceived in the form of piano etudes and later orchestrated. My main objective was to create an architectural structure that connected each movement to the next while creating an overall arc for the entire piece.
The outcome is _Picture Studies,_ a 28-minute work for orchestra based on four paintings, three photographs, and one sculpture. Creating this series pushed me in a new direction and allowde me to grow as an artist in the most unexpected ways.
The following impromptu notes were jotted down from initial impressions and repeated viewings of the artwork, after my selectoins had been made. These original notes helped dictate the form, style, and musical arc of each movement, and ultimately the entire piece. - Adam Schoenberg, January 4, 2023
0:00 I. Intro
Ghost-like piano theme (using the piano to pay respect to Mussorgsky) that transports the listener to the inside of the Nelson-Atkins Museum.
0:47 II. Three Pierrots
Comedic, naïve, and excited. A triad will represent the three Pierrots, and throughout the movement the triad will be turned upside down, on its side, and twisted in every possible way. The form will be through-composed. End big.
2:34 III. Repetition
Four figures walking, and each person is clearly in his or her own world. The idea of repetition can lend itself to an ostinato. This is a photograph, a slice of life, and represents only one moment in time. Take this concept of time and manipulate it. Change the scenery (lighting, shade, color), so to speak, with a shutter click before returning to its original state. ABA form, with an abrupt switch to B to represent the shutter click.
7:16 IV. Olive Orchard
Extended impressionism. Colorful, full of love. Perhaps a meeting place for two lovers. Start thin, gradually build to an expansive texture, end colourful. ABC (C references A to show the organic growth of the piece).
12:29 V. Kandinsky
Geometrically fierce, angular, sharp, jagged, violent, jumpy, and complex. A battleground. Mustard yellow, encapsulates a sustained intensity. Block structures, cut and paste.
16:14 VI. Calders World
As if time has stopped, dangling metal, atmospheric, yet dark. Quasi-aleatoric gestures, perhaps improvised. Gradually fade to niente.
20:08 VII. Miró
Child-like, yet delirious. There appears to be a sexually ambiguous tone. Try something new, a saxophone or bombastic Eb clarinet solo. Something spontaneous, bouncy, tribal, and raw.
21:33 VIII. Interlude
Return of original Ghost-like piano theme with minimal additional orchestrations. Takes us to the final chapter to be played without pause until the end.
22:14 IX. Cliffs of Moher
Delicate and flowing, find a way to musically represent the ocean and cliffs in the most gentle and subtle means. A return to an ostinato.
23:01 X. Pigeons in Flight
Ive never looked at pigeons this way. There appears to be so much joy, beauty, and depth. This will be the longest and most expansive movement. Fly away.")
![[Full Score] Richard Rodney Bennett - Summer Music (1982/1984) for orchestra](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/OsMaUevZBEs/mqdefault.jpg "[Full Score] Richard Rodney Bennett - Summer Music (1982/1984) for orchestra
Audio: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kIx7g_hYB3Jw2bl5ZGhePqZGssoJhtqQ8
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
John Wilson, conductor
0:00 I. Allegro tranquillo
3:16 II. Siesta. Lento e dolce
6:53 III. Games. Vivo")
![[Score] Shostakovich - Ballet Suite No. 1 (1950), Op. 84](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/PHrm5HuUgtE/mqdefault.jpg "[Score] Shostakovich - Ballet Suite No. 1 (1950), Op. 84
Score: https://issuu.com/scoresondemand/docs/shostakovich_balletsuite_no1_fs
Audio: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mDbTRnWVPp5LtTC5JVXEKrfvxvM6sEV6A
Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Neeme Järvi, conductor
Compilation by Levon Atovmyan (1949) of items from ‘The Limpid Stream’, Op. 39, with the exception of No. 5, which is taken from ‘The Bolt’, Op. 27, and No. 1, which is a recycled version of ‘Waltz’ from ‘Suite for Jazz Orchestra No. 1’.
0:00 1. Lyrical Waltz (Tempo moderato di valse)
2:17 2. Dance (Allegro non troppo. Giocoso)
3:58 3. Romance (Moderato)
7:04 4. Polka (Tempo di polca)
8:57 5. Waltz-Joke (Vivace ma non troppo)
11:57 6. Galop (Allegro)")
![[Score] Bob Chilcott - A Little Jazz Mass (2004) for choir, piano, bass and drum kit](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/PWsjDqMde9o/mqdefault.jpg "[Score] Bob Chilcott - A Little Jazz Mass (2004) for choir, piano, bass and drum kit
Score: https://jorgealvesbarbosa.pt/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/BOB-CHILCOTT_A-Litle-Jazz-Mass.pdf
Audio: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nCrWSRWstzPebQCk5zXSQfFJLIY7JWvUg
Wellensian Consort
Will Todd Trio
Christopher Finch, conductor
0:00 1. Kyrie
1:53 2. Gloria
4:50 3. Sanctus
6:22 4. Benedictus
7:31 5. Agnus Dei")
![[Score] Ned Rorem - Eagles (1958) for orchestra](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/R6qIZqmzz30/mqdefault.jpg "[Score] Ned Rorem - Eagles (1958) for orchestra
Score: https://www.boosey.com/cr/perusals/score?id=1026
Audio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txCwCINmceQ
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Louis Lane, conductor")
![[Score] Benjamin Britten - Original Mvt. 3 from Piano Concerto (1938) Recitative and Aria](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/RGupecvnbGo/mqdefault.jpg "[Score] Benjamin Britten - Original Mvt. 3 from Piano Concerto (1938) Recitative and Aria
Audio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QH-DWqIg5_o
Steven Osborne, piano
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Ilan Volkov, conductor")
![[Full Score] Ravel orch. Yan Pascal Tortelier - Piano Trio in A minor (1914)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/RJoR1BVAASs/mqdefault.jpg "[Full Score] Ravel orch. Yan Pascal Tortelier - Piano Trio in A minor (1914)
Audio: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_maMM3RlRgUpSleInsTu6Od2NjB3CTsscI
Ulster Orchestra
Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor
0:00 I.
9:16 II. Pantoum
13:55 III. Passacaille
20:24 IV. Final")
![[Score] Richard Rodney Bennett - Anniversaries (1982) for orchestra](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/RMXCMmCtVnU/mqdefault.jpg "[Score] Richard Rodney Bennett - Anniversaries (1982) for orchestra
Score: https://issuu.com/scoresondemand/docs/anniversaries_8174
Audio: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mcTIDH45_we0VUNwsporScKzC2G7WqAoU
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
John Wilson, conductor
0:00 I. Vivo e declamato
1:21 II. Episode 1 (Woodwind): Leggiero e fantastico
2:29 III. Con fuoco
4:28 IV. Episode 2 (Tuned Percussion, Piano, Harp): Drammatico
6:03 V. Arioso
7:54 VI. Episode 3 (Strings): Appassionato
9:34 VII. Tranquillo
11:21 VIII. Episode 4 (Percussion): Con brio
12:21 IX. Brilliante
14:20 X. Episode 5 (Brass): Strepitoso
15:53 XI. Finale: Vivo e declamato")
![[Score] John Rutter - Fancies (1971) for choir and chamber orchestra](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/RznCDBpurQE/mqdefault.jpg "[Score] John Rutter - Fancies (1971) for choir and chamber orchestra
Audio: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mUq-6wQxF7Msb6PGvoqf0ckA0oNoqmA3E
Cambridge Singers
Simon Davies, baritone
City of London Sinfonia
John Rutter, conductor
0:00 I. Tell me where is fancy bred (words: William Shakespeare, from The Merchant of Venice)
1:47 II. There is a garden in her face (words: Thomas Campion)
5:44 III. The urchins song (words: anon.)
7:48 IV. Riddle song (words: 15th century)
11:05 V. Midnights bell (words: Thomas Middleton)
13:26 VI. The bellmans song (words: Robert Herrick)")
