Brass, Reeds, and Percussion: September 6, 2025

The Swedish equivalent to the American Fort Knox was the Boden Fortress located in the northeast corner of Sweden about 12 miles from the Gulf of Bothnia, the body of water that separates Sweden from Finland. Mostly completed by 1908, the fortress was originally built to protect Sweden from invasion by Russia by way of Finland. So it should come as no surprise that Viktor Widqvist, the Swedish Army’s bandmaster stationed there, wrote a march for the Boden Engineer Regiment. Vidqvist learned to play the violin and tuba when he was a child. He joined a Swedish military band at age 17, in which he played both the tuba and flute. Today’s edition of Brass, Reeds, and Percussion opens with Viktor Widqvist’s “Boden Engineer Regiment March” performed by the Royal Swedish Army Band.

1. Bodens ingenjorregementes marsch (Boden Engineer Regiment March)
   Composer:  Viktor Widqvist (1881-1952)
   Performer:  Royal Swedish Army Band
   Album:  Swedish Army Marches
     
2. Selections from "Turandot"
   Composer:  Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924)
   Performer:  Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Central Band
   Album:  New Arrangement Collections, Vol. 5
     
3. Dramatic Prelude
   Composer:  Carl T. Smith (1932-1987)
   Performer:  Tennessee Tech Wind Ensemble
   Album:  Music of Claude T. Smith: Vol. 1
     
4. Parthia in No. 3 in D Major: Allegro Assai
   Composer:  Georg Druschetzky (1745-1819)
   Performer:  Collegium Musicum Prague
   Album:  Music for Wind Instruments
     
5. Parthia in No. 3 in D Major: Menuetto
   Composer:  Georg Druschetzky (1745-1819)
   Performer:  Collegium Musicum Prague
   Album:  Music for Wind Instruments
     
6. Parthia in No. 3 in D Major: Andante
   Composer:  Georg Druschetzky (1745-1819)
   Performer:  Collegium Musicum Prague
   Album:  Music for Wind Instruments
     
7. Parthia in No. 3 in D Major: Rondo—Allegro molto
   Composer:  Georg Druschetzky (1745-1819)
   Performer:  Collegium Musicum Prague
   Album:  Music for Wind Instruments
     
8. Gota signalbataljoin marsch (Gota Signal Battalion March)
   Composer:  Oswald Brodin (1914-1987)
   Performer:  Royal Swedish Army Band
   Album:  Swedish Army Marches
     
9. Armens fallskarmsjagarsdolas marsch (Army Paratrooper School March)
   Composer:  Sven Samuelsson (1918-1996)
   Performer:  Royal Swedish Army Band
   Album:  Swedish Army Marches
     
10. Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves
    Composer:  Michael Kamen (1948-2003)
    Performer:  Royal Tank Regiment Cambrai Band
    Album:  Challenge