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
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 |