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Concert

There and Back Again

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Where:
Lafayette High School
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Free and open to the public
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About this concert

Join me in our first performance of the season as we take you on a musical journey around the world and to other worlds! We are thrilled to feature our Principal Clarinet Brian Do, who will perform Pablo de Sarasate's exciting 'Carmen Fantasie' and John Williams' 'Viktor's Tale' from the film The Terminal. The concert will feature Gioachino Rossini's overture 'L'italiana in Algeri', two movements of Johan de Meij's incredible Symphony No. 1, 'Lord of the Rings', and more. Your flight to go there and back again, now boarding!

— Dr. Tyler Austin, CBWE Music Director & Conductor

Program

  1. 'L'Italiana in Algeri' — Sinfonia

    Gioachino Rossini · arr. Theo. Moses-Tobani · 8:00

    The Dey of Algiers is bent on capturing the heart of Isabella, the beautiful Italian girl found on an abandoned vessel by the Dey's captain of Corsairs. The Dey has a difficult problem ridding himself of his wife, Elvira, but he believes he has solved it by his plan to marry her off to Lindoro, Isabella's fiancé. Elira, proving herself the wilier, manages to arrange the escape of Isabella and Lindoro from the Dey's domains and at the same time retain the affection of her unsuspecting spouse. - Program Note from publisher The Italian Girl in Algiers, an opera buffa, was the second of Rossini's works to achieve great success. It was produced in Venice in 1813. Like most of Rossini's operas it is no longer in the repertoire, but the sparkling melodies of the overture have made it a favorite on band and orchestra programs. - Program Note from Program Notes for Band

  2. Carmen Fantasie for Clarinet and Band

    Georges Bizet · arr. Pablo de Sarasate

    Dr. Brian Do, Clarinet Soloist

  3. Viktor's Talefrom The Terminal

    John Williams · arr. Paul Lavender · 4:05

    Dr. Brian Do, Clarinet Soloist

  4. Music in the Air!

    Alfred Reed

  5. Western One-Stepfrom 'Suite of Old American Dances'

    Robert Russell Bennett

  6. Symphony No. 1, 'Lord of the Rings'II. Lothlórien · V. Hobbits

    Johan de Meij

  7. Pathfinder of Panama

    John Philip Sousa · arr. Frank Byrne · 3:25

    The completion of the Panama Canal in 1915 was celebrated by the Panama-Pacific Exposition World’s Fair held in San Francisco. (This expo also served as the host city’s “coming out party” following the frenetic re-construction which commenced soon after the devastating 1906 earthquake.) As he was so many times before, perennial American composer John Philip Sousa was approached to compose an original march in honor of the world’s fair. The resulting march, The Pathfinder of Panama, is the March King’s most charming composition cast in march form. Here is another classic example of Sousa’s knack for casting personality upon what otherwise is dismissed as a perfunctory genre of music; The Pathfinder of Panama is no ordinary march — it possesses the craft and character of a classical symphony economized into a brief three-minute foray of turn-of-the-century nostalgia. The contemporary performance edition of this Sousa march was completed by retired U.S. Marine Band captain Frank Byrne. - Program note by Lawrence Stoffel Shortly after the completion of the Panama Canal in 1914, the Sousa Band was invited to perform at the 1915 Panama-Pacific Exposition, held in San Francisco. At the request of Walter Anthony, a reporter for the San Francisco Call, Sousa composed The Pathfinder of Panama march to commemorate the opening of the Panama Canal and dedicated it to the exposition as well. The “Pathfinder” in the title of the march refers not to an individual, but to the Panama Canal itself, an engineering marvel that shortened the ocean voyage between San Francisco and New York by approximately 8,000 miles and continues to have an incalculable impact on the shipping of goods and passengers worldwide. – Program Note from the United States Marine Band