Yale Concert Band Welcomes Dr. James Chesebrough, Visiting Music Director for 2005-2006 Season

Yale Concert Band Welcomes Dr. James Chesebrough, Visiting Music Director for 2005-2006 Season – Fall Concert to Feature Music “From New Haven to the World”

Friday, October 7, 2005, 8:00 PM, Free Admission
Woolsey Hall, College & Grove Streets, New Haven

• Qui Transtulit Sustinet (1997), by Thomas C. Duffy, Director of Yale Bands (currently on leave to serve as Acting Dean of the Yale School of Music.) The motto of the state of Connecticut, this title translates to “He, who transplanted, sustains” and refers to the sentiment of those early Americans who traveled to New England from abroad, and, in spite of unfavorable odds, flourished.
• Asuka (1994 revision) by Tetsunosuke Kushida describes the ancient landscape of the same name, a region in Japan. Inspired by Japanese folk melodies, this delicate yet noble work beautifully captures a sense of antiquity.
• Later On (2000) was composed by Norwegian Torgrim Sollid, whose compositions often draw upon the idioms of folk tunes and jazz. This lively march was inspired by New Orleans’ street parades and Latin American samba bands, with a nod to rock and funk styles.
• Illyrian Dances (1986) by Guy Woolfenden. As Head of Music to London’s Royal Shakespeare Company, Woolfenden adapted this piece from music he originally wrote for a RSC production Shakespeare’s comedy Twelfth Night, the setting for which is the geographically ambiguous land of Illyria. He invented this suite of dances for this “far-away, make-believe place.”

Other repertoire:
Finale from “The New World Symphony” (Antonin Dvorak, trans. Erik W.G. Leidzen), Irish Tune from Country Derry (Percy Grainger, ed. Jeffrey H. Renshaw), The Circus Band March and Here’s to Good Old Yale (Charles Ives), Second Company March (D.W. Reeves, ed. James Chesebrough), and March, “Hello Sunshine” (Yoshio Matsuo).

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