Synergy : Rumbelow / Columbus State University Wind Ensemble

SYNERGY - Music for Wind Band

Michael Daugherty (b. 1954)
Brooklyn Bridge for Solo Clarinet and Symphonic Band (2004);

Michael Burritt (b. 1962)
Duo Concertante for Clarinet and Percussion (2006);

David Gillingham (b. 1947)
Concertino for Four Percussion and Wind Ensemble (1997);

J. M. David (b. 1978)
Fantasy Etudes, Book II for Clarinet, Basset Horn, and Chamber Winds (2007)

Scott Mcallister (b. 1969)
Black Dog for Solo Clarinet and Wind Ensemble (2003)

John Bruce Yeh - clarinet and basset horn
Teresa Reilly - clarinet
Molly Yeh - percussion
Columbus State University Wind Ensemble / Robert W. Rumbelow, conductor

Digital Recording: 03/2007

Three outstanding musicians join the Columbus State University Wind Ensemble for this thrilling addition to Naxos’s popular Wind Band Classics series, which exemplifies the theme of synergy (‘working together’). Described by the composer as ‘a panoramic clarinet concerto’, Daugherty’s Brooklyn Bridge pays tribute to the splendid view from this New York landmark. Burritt’s Duo Concertante, composed for John Yeh and his daughter Molly, shows the composer’s affinity with jazz and popular music. In his Concertino, Gillingham pits four percussionists against the wind ensemble, David’s Fantasy Etudes pay tribute to Stravinsky and Ligeti, while McAllister’s Black Dog rhapsodizes on the classic Led Zeppelin song. ( NAXOS )