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 Hungarian composers of wind-band music and arrangements of ballet music from the opera Macbeth. -
This edition of Brass, Reeds, and Percussion features marches composed by the Hungarian Franz Lehar.
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This edition of Brass, Reeds, and Percussion features opera music, movie music, Swedish Army marches, and original classical wind-band music composed by Georg Druschetzky.
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This edition of Brass, Reeds, and Percussion features the original classical wind-band music of Adalbert Gyrowetz, a Bohemian composer who lived from 1763 to 1850.
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This edition of Brass, Reeds, and Percussion features a wind-band arrangement from “Prince Igor,” an opera composed by a Russian doctor—namely, Alexander Borodin.
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This edition of Brass, Reeds, and Percussion features original classical wind-band music by the Polish-Austrian composer with an Italian last name: Antonio Casimir Cartellieri.
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This edition features the music of Merle Evans, conductor of the Ringling Bros. Barnum & Bailey Circus for 50 years.
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This edition features music composed by Morton Gould, Claude T. Smith, and Alan Silvestri. This edition opens with the theme from “Back to the Future,” composed by Silvestri.
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This edition features two new recordings of Carl Teike marches from album published by the Royal Swedish Navy Band.
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This edition features original classical wind-band music by Carl Stamitz and marches by Harry L. Alford.
