Nov 5 2017

Fall Concert: "A Potpourri of Colors"

• 3:00 PM
• Scottish Rite Masonic Museum (directions)

33 Marrett Road Lexington MA 02421 - free parking

Pre-Concert Talk 30 minutes prior to performance

[concert flyer: 2033k PDF]

Our Fall Concert is characterized by variety and different sounds, hence the Potpourri. Tomlinson's Suite of English Folk Song Dances is a wind band piece in the traditional sense; Copland's El Salon Mexico represents 20th century orchestral composition at its exciting best; Mason Bates' Mothership is a contemporary wind band composition whose title says it all; and the Finale to Dvorak's beloved New World Symphony needs no introduction to you, representing as it does the warmth of late 19thcentury romanticism. We will also have a visit by Captain Kenneth Megan, USCG(Ret.), Lew's successor as director of the Coast Guard Band. He will conduct two pieces in the first half and then will hilariously narrate the famed poem Casey at the Bat. He grew up in Boston, so to say he's a Red Sox fan puts it mildly!

Men of Ohio	Henry Fillmore
Suite of Old English Folk Dances	Ernest Tomlinson
Fanfare for Fenway Captain Kenneth Megan, conductor	John Williams
American Journey Mvt. 1 Captain Kenneth Megan, conductor	John Williams/arr.Lavender
El Salon Mexico	Copland/arr. Hindsley
Mothership	Mason Bates
Casey at the Bat Captain Kenneth Megan, narrator	Steven Reineke
New World Symphony Mvt. IV	Dvorak/arr. Leidzen