Brass, Reeds, and Percussion
Brass, Reeds, and Percussion is WLRH’s longest running program, started in 1976 by musician Darryl Adams, and as the name suggests—is a program about music for the wind band (as opposed to the orchestra). The program, now hosted by John Hightower, features music composed for the instruments of the typical American high school band or the typical American military band. Brass, Reeds and Percussion also provides information about local wind-band performances, players, and history.
Brass, Reeds, and Percussion airs every Saturday at 1 p.m. Follow Brass, Reeds and Percussion on Facebook.
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This edition of Brass, Reeds, and Percussion features the wind-band music of contemporary composer Kenneth Fuchs and marches of Edwin Franko Goldman. -
In recognition of the 250th anniversary of the United States Army, this edition of Brass, Reeds, and Percussion airs only performances by U.S. Army bands and only compositions by American composers.
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This edition features opera music and a big hit from 1941, but opens with "Colchester Castle March" by the British composer Alfred Young.
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This edition includes marches, opera music, arrangements of English folks songs. and a wind-band transcription of Maurice Ravel's “Spanish Rhapsody.”
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This edition of Brass, Reeds, and Percussion features somber and contemplative music in recognition of Memorial Day.
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This edition of Brass, Reeds, and Percussion features original Baroque wind-band music played on baroque oboes and bassoons and natural trumpets and horns.
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This edition features original Renaissance wind-band music played on cornetts and sackbuts.
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This edition of Brass, Reeds, and Percussion features an 1810 harmonie arrangement of the Beethoven’s Sonata 8, more frequently called the Sonata Pathetique.
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This edition of Brass, Reeds, and Percussion features John Philip Sousa’s first published march from 1873 and wind-band arrangements of Renaissance music by Thielman Susato.
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This edition of Brass, Reeds, and Percussion features the music of Joachim Raff, a German composer born in Switzerland. During the late 1800s, Raff was one of most popular of Romantic composers, ranked with Brahms and Wagner.
