Bandstand in the park

Series
The Music of Don Gillis II
Air Date
1964-05-12
Duration
00:29:35
Episode Description
This program features performances of Don Gillis compositions written for band.
Series Description
This series features the works of Don Gillis; hosted by the composer himself. Most of the performances are conducted by the composer.
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Geographic Region(s)
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Time Period
1961-1970
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You're listening to music by Don give us and this is Don Gill is your host on this microphonic
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session who welcomes you to program number nine of our series brought to you each week by
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the national educational radio network. And as I told you last week we're
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going to gather around the bandstand in the park to hear music written especially
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for the band. For a long time the band didn't have a very sizeable literature of its
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own but the last two generations of American composers and a tremendous
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growth in the numbers of bands has changed all this. My publisher friends tell me that in
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1064 alone for instance over 600 new works were published were banned.
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And if you figure this is an average for the past 10 years well you can imagine the tremendous
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number of compositions which are now available for a band. Of course one can't
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expect to find even the smallest percentage of them works of art yet is it reasonable
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to believe that out of all of this effort there will gradually materialize a repertoire
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as solidly conceived and as artistically valid as the literature
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which now exists for symphony orchestra. Unfortunately the bands
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themselves are still not accepted by the musically elite as quote artistic
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performance units in the same way say as the symphony orchestra is. But that
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too will change when conductors and composers bring the maturity to podium and score along with
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the real dignity and purpose to the band's artistic life. Now all of this
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talk wasn't even necessary to get down to the spot where I announced the first number. But I do like to
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express opinions now and then and perhaps my words will cause you to think a bit more appreciatively about
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this indigenous art form the band which has developed so unobtrusively in our
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midst that most of us neglect thinking about its merits if indeed we ever consider it as
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a musical unit at all. End of editorial as it were and now
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beginning of music. And while I hasten to say that I do not set myself up as the great
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voice of American band music I do write for a band and I do respect
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the band and right now I'd like to have you enjoy in my band music with me
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beginning with this March we're about to hear called the Eunice trout.
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Yes.
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Thank.
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Us. Disc.
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Disc. Us.
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The unit strap March played by the National High School band of Interlochen conducted by the president of
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the American Band masters Association Dr. George C. Wilson.
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Music by Don give us continues now with a short tone poem played for us by the University of Indiana
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band conducted by Dr. Ronald Gregory. It's title moon mist.
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Was.
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Saying.
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The.
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Thing.
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With.
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The music was Moon mist played by the University of Indiana band with Dr. Ronald
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Gregory conducting. Our own give us all band concert continues now with
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music played by still another university band the University of Illinois band conducted by
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Everett kissing the score we're going to hear came into being as a result of the
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commission to celebrate the centennial of the state of Colorado. It was originally
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conceived as a symphony for a band but because of the commission titles and subtitles were
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added to the music. If I suggest to you that it is my third symphony for a
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band you will hear it with one attitude. But if I tell you what the title has been along with the
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individual movement titles you will hear it in still another way. And so just as an
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experiment I'm not going to say anything more except that we will now hear a four movement
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work for a band written by Don Gere was played for us by the University of Illinois regimental
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bands conducted by Everett Kissinger.
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You're.
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You're.
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Hey hey. Hey. Hey.
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Hey. Hey. Hey. Hey. Hey.
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Hey. Hey.
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It was.
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A I am.
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A I am.
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A.
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Why.
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Will.
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And.
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When.
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THE BORG.
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Thank. You.
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With. The music you have just heard
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written on the occasion of the centennial of the state of Colorado and commissioned by Dr. Robert
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Hawkins was performed for us by the regimental bands of the University of Illinois
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conducted by Everett Kissinger. The music originally conceived as my third symphony for a band has
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had as its pre-publication title saga of a pioneer next week we're
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going to hear two works for orchestra in my symphonic poem The Alamo and the slogan
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from my symphony number five. I hope you can join us. Music by Don
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Gillis is produced for the national educational radio network by Riverdale productions and is
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directed by Keith Donaldson. This is Don Gillis saying thanks for listening and
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so long until next week. This is the national educational
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radio network.
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