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Brass, Reeds, and Percussion: October 5, 2024

Aram Khachaturian, the Armenian composer, wrote the score for the 1949 Soviet war film The Battle of Stalingrad, which depicts the World War II battle of the same name. The film score vividly depicts aspects of the battle, which has been described as one of the single biggest and bloodiest battles in military history. The low estimates for the deaths on both sides exceed 1.1 million soldiers. This edition of Brass, Reeds, and Percussion features a wind-band arrangement of the movie score performed by the Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra.

  1. Royal Decree March
    Composer:  Walter P. English (1867-1916)
    Performer:  Washington Winds
    Album:  Circus Days
      
  2. Battle of Stalingrad: City on the Volga
    Composer:  Aram Khachaturian (1903-1978)
    Performer:  Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra
    Album:  Russian Wind Band Classics
      
  3. Battle of Stalingrad: Invasion
    Composer:  Aram Khachaturian
    Performer:  Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra
    Album:  Russian Wind Band Classics
      
  4. Battle of Stalingrad: Stalingrad in Flames
    Composer:  Aram Khachaturian
    Performer:  Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra
    Album:  Russian Wind Band Classics
      
  5. Battle of Stalingrad: Enemy Is Doomed
    Composer:  Aram Khachaturian
    Performer:  Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra
    Album:  Russian Wind Band Classics
      
  6. Battle of Stalingrad: Into Battle for Motherland
    Composer:  Aram Khachaturian
    Performer:  Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra
    Album:  Russian Wind Band Classics
      
  7. Battle of Stalingrad: Eternal Fame to Heroes
    Composer:  Aram Khachaturian
    Performer:  Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra
    Album:  Russian Wind Band Classics
      
  8. Battle of Stalingrad: Forward to Victory
    Composer:  Aram Khachaturian
    Performer:  Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra
    Album:  Russian Wind Band Classics
      
  9. Battle of Stalingrad: Cliff on the Volga
    Composer:  Aram Khachaturian
    Performer:  Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra
    Album:  Russian Wind Band Classics
      
  10. Serenade in Blue (1942)
    Composer:  Harry Warren (music, 1893-1981) & Mac Gordon (lyrics, 1904-1959)
    Performer:  BBC Big Band Orchestra
    Album:  Best of the Big Bands, Vol. 3
      
  11. March from "Die Eselshaut)
    Composer:  Johann Nepomuk Hummel (1778-1837), arranged by Wenzel Sedlak
    Performer:  Albion Ensemble
    Album:  Classical Harmonie
      
  12. Ritual Fire Dance from "Bewitched Love"
    Composer:  Manuel de Falla (1876-1946), arranged by Jirka Kadlec
    Performer:  Marc Reift Orchestra
    Album:  Ritual Fire Dance
      
  13. You Are the Sunshine of My Life (1973)
    Composer:  Stevie Wonder (1950- )
    Performer:  Marc Reift Orchestra
    Album:  Ritual Fire Dance
      
  14. Broadway One Step
    Composer:  Karl L. King (1891-1971)
    Performer:  Washington Winds
    Album:  Circus Days
      
  15. French March No. 3
    Composer:  Anton Wranitzky (1761-1820)
    Performer:  Netherland Wind Ensemble
    Album:  Little Marches for Wind by Great Composers
      
Born in Natchez, Mississippi, in 1951, John moved to Huntsville in 1975, where he worked for a communications training firm. From 1997 to 2022, John worked for the Lanier Ford law firm. During his tenure, He served as Lanier Ford's law librarian, marketing specialist, trainer, and professional recruiter. While in college and law school, John worked in professional radio in Starkville and Oxford, Mississippi.