As I prepare for Brass, Reeds, and Percussion, I audition many band works. From time to time, I come across a march that I haven’t encountered before, but that really excites me. It immediately becomes my new favorite march. And today’s edition of Brass, Reeds, and Percussion opens with one of those: “The March of the Olympians,” written for the opening of the 1960 Olympics. There are two composers: Tommy Walker and Robert Linn. I haven’t been able to locate any information about Tommy Walker, but Robert Linn was the head of the Composition Department at the University of Southern California for 17 years and a prolific composer. Today’s edition of Brass, Reeds, and Percussion opens with the U.S. Navy Band performing “The March of the Olympians.”
- March of the Olympians
Composer: Tommy Walker & Robert Linn
Performer: U.S. Navy Band
Album: Three Hit Albums from the U.S. Military Bands
- Overture to a Winter Festival
Composer: James Curnow (1943- )
Performer: Johan Willem Friso Military Band
Album: Christmas Collage
- Finale for a Winter Festival
Composer: James Curnow
Performer: Band of the Belgian Navy
Album: Christmas Collage
- Music from "Ben Hur"
Composer: Miklos Rozsa (1907-1995)
Performer: Philharmonic Wind Orchestra
Album: Movie and Light Music Highlights
- Columbus Stockade Blues
Composer: Tom Darby (1891-1971) & Jimmie Tarlton (1892-1979)
Performer: Pete Fountain
Album: Best of Pete Fountain
- Franklin Street Blues (1927 recording)
Composer: Louis Dumaine (1890-1949) & Eddie Jackson
Performer: Louis Dumaine's Jazzola Eight
Album: New Oreleans: Great Original Perforemance 1918 to 1934
- Suite 1: Symphonic Movement
Composer: Oliver Waespi (1971- )
Performer: Portuguese Symphonic Band
Album: Hamlet
- Suite 1: Nocturne
Composer: Oliver Waespi
Performer: Portuguese Symphonic Band
Album: Hamlet
- Suite 1: Toccata
Composer: Oliver Waespi
Performer: Portuguese Symphonic Band
Album: Hamlet
- Then Time Stopped
Composer: Peteris Vasks (1946- )
Performer: Signum Saxophone Quartet
Album: Echoes
- National Anthem of Macedonia
Composer: Todor Skalovski (1909-2004)
Performer: Band of the Republican Guard
Album: European National Anthems
