Music Performed


November 4th, 2007




  • Morris Dance The Incidental Music From Shakespeare’s Henry VIII
    By Sir Edward German (in 1892)
    Arranged by Douglas E. Wagner
    Copyright 2002
    Sir Edward German was the music director for London’s Globe Theater where he composed incidental music for many productions. This song incorporates elements of traditional old English dance. Within a year (1892), the sheet music sold 30,000 copies.
  • Russian Folk Dances (Ukraine)
    By Dan Rager
    Copyright 2005
    Medley of Ukrainian dances. Starts with a slow, deliberate Cossak-style dance. Goes through a series of ever quickening tunes.
  • Wedding of the Winds (Concert Waltz)
    By John T. Hall
    Arranged by Walter Beeler
    Famous as a circus waltz.
  • Cool Blues for Trombones (Featuring the Trombone & Baritone Sections)
    By James D. Ployhar
    Copyright 2002
    Reminiscent of the Vaudeville and Dixieland styles, the composition is complete with trombone glissandos.
  • Baroque Hoedown
    Words and music by Jean Jacques Perrey and Gershon Kingsley
    Arranged by Paul Lavender
    Copyright 1967
    The composers were synthesizer pioneers. In the 1970s, the Walt Disney Company chose this tune to be the theme for the Electrical Parade. “It was extraordinary, I didn't know about it because the publishers said nothing to me. It was by chance, in 1980, that I went there and was so surprised to hear Baroque Hoedown arranged for a full orchestra."
  • Pink Panther
    By Henry Mancini
    Performed by the saxophone quartet
    Written for the 1963 movie. In 1964, it reached the Top 10 on the Billboard adult contemporary chart and won three Grammy Awards.