Brass, Reeds, and Percussion: October 4, 2025

On September 20, Bob Jones High School hosted the Rocket City Marching Invitational. This edition of Brass, Reeds, and Percussion features comments from band members and band parents attending the contest. As a proud sponsor of this event, WLRH salutes—

• The Bob Jones High School (BJHS) Band director, her assistants, and band members for a well-managed contest.
• All the hard-working bands that participated.
• The band of the University of North Alabama for an excellent demonstration show as it prepares to participate in the 2025 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.
• All the band parents who support their children in band pursuits and especially the BJHS Band Boosters who also helped to manage the contest and to provide delicious food at the concession stand.

This edition also features music from the opera “La Molinara” by the Italian composer Giovanni Paisiello who lived from 1740 to 1816. Paisiello composed over 80 operas. Both Mozart and Beethoven were fans. “La Molinara” enjoyed international success After its first performance in Vienna in 1795, the opera was staged for 32 consecutive years throughout Germany and the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

1. Auf gut Gluck (Good Luck)
   Composer:  Carl Teike (1864-1922)
   Performer:  Royal Sweedish Navy Band
   Album:  Carl Teike Marches, Vol. 2
     
2. Music from opera "Molinara": Overture
   Composer:  Giovanni Paisiello (1740-1816), arrange by Johann Nepumuk Wendt (1745-1801)
   Performer:  Italian Classical Consort
   Album:  Chamber Music for Winds
     
3. Music from opera "Molinara": Nel cor piu non mi sento
   Composer:   Giovanni Paisiello (1740-1816)
   Performer:  Italian Classical Consort
   Album:  Chamber Music for Winds
     
4. Music from opera "Molinara": Oh il mio caro pupazetto
   Composer:  Giovanni Paisiello (1740-1816)
   Performer:  Italian Classical Consort
   Album:  Chamber Music for Winds
     
5. Music from opera "Molinara": Qual tromba rimbombante
   Composer:  Giovanni Paisiello (1740-1816)
   Performer:  Italian Classical Consort
   Album:  Chamber Music for Winds
     
6. Sing, Sing, Sing (1937 recording)
   Composer:  Louis Prima (1910-1978)
   Performer:  Benny Goodman &His Orchestra
   Album:  Only Big Band CD You'll Ever Need
     
7. It Don't Mean a Thing (1945 recording)
   Composer:  Duke Ellington (1899-1974) & Irving Mills (1894-1985)
   Performer:  Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
   Album:  Only Big Band CD You'll Ever Need
     
8. So Nice to Come Home To
   Composer:  Cole Porter (1891-1964)
   Performer:  Royal Tank Regiment Cambrai Band
   Album:  Challenge
     
9. Orchestral Suite "Scenes Napolitaines": La Dance (1876)
   Composer:  Jules Massenet (1842-1912), arranged by Eiji Suzuki (1965- )
   Performer:  Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Central Band
   Album:  New Arrangement Collections, Vol. 8
     
10. Orchestral Suite "Scenes Napolitaines": La Procession
    Composer:  Jules Massenet (1842-1912), arranged by Eiji Suzuki (1965- )
    Performer:  Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Central Band
    Album:  New Arrangement Collections, Vol. 8
      
11. Orchestral Suite "Scenes Napolitaines":La Fete (celebration)
    Composer:  Jules Massenet (1842-1912), arranged by Eiji Suzuki (1965- )
    Performer:  Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Central Band
    Album:  New Arrangement Collections, Vol. 8
      
12. Gewagt und Gewonnen (Dared and Won)
    Composer:  Carl Teike (1864-1922)
    Performer:  Royal Sweedish Navy Band
    Album:  Carl Teike Marches, Vol. 2
      
13. Zorba, the Greek
    Composer:  Miklos Theodorakis (1925-2021)
    Performer:  Vlaams Harmonieorchest
    Album:  Back to the Future