Robert Ward

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vandermolen

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May 20, 2018, 10:54:38 PM
Quote from: arpeggio on May 20, 2018, 02:18:45 PM
The Band Junkie Strikes.

He composed some nice works for concert band.  The most famous, which I have performed a few times, the Prairie Overture .

Link to a nice performance by one of the Air Force Bands:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GioN4sw1_Po

Video not available here.
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"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm" (Churchill).

'The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability to explain why it is good' (Stanley Kubrick).

Cato

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May 21, 2018, 06:06:04 PM
"Meet Miss Ruth Sherwood, from Columbus, Ohio, the Middle of the Universe!"

- Brian Aherne introducing Rosalind Russell in  My Sister Eileen (1942)

vandermolen

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May 22, 2018, 12:21:34 AM
Quote from: Cato on May 21, 2018, 06:06:04 PM
Will this work?

https://www.youtube.com/v/GioN4sw1_Po
No - but many thanks Leo  :)

Today I've listened to Ward's very enjoyable Piano Concerto and Symphony 2, possibly the best of his symphonies although I was very happy to discover Symphony 1 recently. The Piano Concerto reminded me of the one by Howard Hanson which I also enjoy. William Strickland conducts both performances, the Symphony 2 with the Japanese PO. Their recording of Samuel Barber's First Symphony was my introduction to the work in the days of LP and it remains my favourite version of that great symphony.
"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm" (Churchill).

'The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability to explain why it is good' (Stanley Kubrick).
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