The final album for our “Music for Independence Day” Series once again features the wonderful Dallas Wind Symphony, this time conducted by Jerry Junkin on the album, “Strictly Sousa!” STRICTLY SOUSA Dallas Wind SymphonyJerry Junkin No marches are quite as inspired as those by America’s beloved March Master. Jerry Junkin leads the renowned Dallas Wind Symphony through the Constitution, the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights of every windband! Recorded by “Prof.” Johnson…
On American Public Media’s program “Composers Datebook”, Ron Nelson’s “Passacaglia (Homage on B-A-C-H)” was featured in celebration of Sunday being Bach’s birthday! The recording used during the program was Holidays and Epiphanies featuring the Dallas Wind Symphony. Click Play to listen to Composers Datebook Featuring Ron Nelson’s Passacaglia (Homage on B-A-C-H) Here is the written transcript from the show: One of the most serious — and daunting — of musical forms is the passacaglia, in…
In light of the new Dallas Wind Symphony Sampler being released next week, we thought it might be fun to share some reviews of the Lincolnshire Posy album by the Dallas Wind Symphony that was released in January. We will do one review per day as some of these are long! So here are some uncensored reviews: Classics Today: http://www.classicstoday.com/review.asp?ReviewNum=12149Review by David Hurwitz10/10 Review (10-Artistic Quality, 10-Sound Quality) There is no shortage of recordings dedicated…