Atlantic Brass Quintet
2009-2010 Program Plans


NOTES:
1. All programs, including those here, must be approved through BesenArts before being considered confirmed.
2. Programs as of May 31, subject to change.

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For the 2009-2010 season, the Atlantic Brass Quintet will continue to expand the limits of brass chamber music performance with programs featuring original works for brass quintet, artistic adaptations of early music and modern orchestral works, and ear-catching selections from the Balkans.
  
Brass Band Music from Around the World Spotlight—Balkans!
For the 2009-2010 season’s Brass Band Music from Around the World repertory, the Atlantic Brass will put a spotlight on the Balkans.  The Balkan nations also have a great brass music tradition, which is less well-known here.  The product of a convergence of Christian, Jewish, and Muslim traditions, Balkan brass band musicians perform dizzyingly virtuosic and uniquely passionate music for life’s greatest celebrations.

Artistic Transcriptions and Early Music for Brass
The 2009-2010 season will feature music from one of J.S. Bach’s most admired accomplishments, the Preludes and Fugues of the Well-Tempered Clavier, as well as a spotlight on composers from the Venetian Renaissance, including Giovanni Gabrieli, Cesario Gussago, Claudio Merulo.  This season’s featured orchestral adaptation is Dances of Galánta of Zoltan Kodály

Original Music for Brass
The Atlantic Brass has long advocated the creation, performance, and recording of new works for brass quintet.  Programs for 2009-2010 will feature a powerful fanfare by Ira Taxin and a new work for the Atlantic Brass Quintet from Samuel Headrick.

Sample Program 1
Artistic Transcriptions and Original Music for Brass
Ira Taxin: Fanfare
J.S. Bach: Preludes and Fugues from The Well Tempered Clavier (arr. Hanzlik)
Zoltan Kodaly: Dances of Galánta (arr. Luke)
—Intermission—
Samuel Headrick: New Work (commissioned by the Atlantic Brass Quintet)
Gabrieli, Gussago, Merulo: Canzonas (ed. Hanzlik)
Traditional: Brass Band Music from Around the World — Spotlight: The Balkans! (arr. Albright/Hanzlik)

Sample Program 2
Artistic Transcriptions and Early Music for Brass
Gabrieli, Gussago, Merulo: Canzonas (ed. Hanzlik)
J.S. Bach: Preludes and Fugues from The Well Tempered Clavier (arr. Hanzlik)
Zoltan Kodaly: Dances of Galánta (arr. Luke)
—Intermission—
Claudio Monteverdi: Madrigals from Books IV and V (ed. Hanzlik)
Augustine Bassano: Dance Suite: Pavans & Galliards (ed. Hanzlik)
Traditional: Brass Band Music from Around the World — Spotlight: The Balkans! (arr. Albright/Hanzlik)