Symphonic Band

Everything Old Is New Again

Shawn Vondran, conductor; Stromboli Brass Quintet (Sophie Urban and Lydia Hanje, trumpet; Katy Meffert, horn; Wesley Connor, trombone; Mitch Brady, tuba)

As Northwestern University Bands celebrate their centennial anniversary, the Symphonic Band takes a look back through music history. The program begins with Paul Dooley’s Fantasy of Colors, “inspired by Baroque artwork and the genre of musical fantasias of Johann Sebastian Bach,” according to the composer. The Bach focus continues with Samuel Barber’s Mutations from Bach and an arrangement of Bach’s Toccata, Adagio, and Fugue in C Major by former Northwestern University Director of Bands John Paynter. The program’s second half includes Peter Mennin’s monumental Canzona and a suite from Leonard Bernstein’s MASS.

Paul Dooley, Fantasy of Colors

Samuel Barber, Mutations from Bach

J. S. Bach (arr. John Paynter), Toccata, Adagio, and Fugue in C Major

Peter Mennin, Canzona

Leonard Bernstein (arr. Michael Sweeney), Suite from MASS