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Originally Posted by John P  Band/Wind Ensemble - Again, toss up: Robert Russel Bennett's "Suite of Old American Dances" (I know, I'm a big nerd) |
(Pssssssst, John....in the
Wind Ensemble Reperptoire category I am big fan of this piece as well. We played it and these others in my high school wind ensemble and three summers in Governer's Honors wind ensembles. My band director, a gifted trombone player, took weeks to beat the 'swing' into the clarinets. LOL. That piece is sooooo much fun to play!) Percy Grainger's
Lincolnshire Posy and
Colonial Song are big favorites too......but then I can't leave out the
Holst Suites either. Soooo, I guess that makes me a major league nerd. I spent my high school days listening to Eastman Wind Ensemble recordings too.
(and I simply adore
Four Scottish Dances by Sir Malcom Arnold! To this day I can't sit still when I hear that piece.)