Yale Brass Ensemble Showcase, December 11, 2017

Robert Blocker, Dean

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Yale Brass Ensemble

Monday, December 11, 2017 • 7:30 pm Morse Recital Hall

Yale School of Music

Yale Brass Ensemble December 11, 2017 • Morse Recital Hall

Dmitri Shostakovich 1906–1975 arr. Johannes C. Schott

Jazz Suite No. 1 (1934) Waltzer Polka Foxtrott (blues) Oscar Mason, trumpet Eric Rizzo, trumpet Esteban Garcia, horn Gram Lee, trombone Jacob Fewx, tuba

Anton Bruckner 1824–1896 arr. Ralph Sauer

Three Motets I. Vexhilla Regis II. Locus Iste III. Pange Lingua Bonus Trombone Quartet Grant Futch, Hillary Simms, William Wortley, trombone Zachary Haas, bass trombone

arr. Jim Self b. 1943

Two Duos for Tuba VIII. W. A. Mozart XI. Luigi Boccerini Jacob Fewx, tuba Joseph Guimaraes, tuba

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Brass Ensemble

Maurice Ravel 1875–1937 arr. Leigh Martinet

Pavane pour une infante défunte (1899)

David Sampson b. 1951

Morning Music (1986) Ashley Hale, trumpet Chloe Swindler, trumpet Gabriel Mairson, horn William Wortley, trombone Daniel Vaitkus, bass trombone

Joshua Thompson, Esteban Garcia, Steven Harmon, Antonia Chandler, Leah Meyer, Scott Leger, Stephen Newberry, Gabriel Mairson, horn Luke Baker, conductor

Intermission Claudio Monteverdi 1567–1643 arr. Ray Mase

Four Madrigals I. Si ch’io vorrei morire II. Non piu guerra, pietate III. Ah, dolente partita IV. Quel augellin che canta Theo van Dyck, trumpet Jonathan Shadle, trumpet Antonia Chandler, horn Hillary Simms, trombone Zachary Haas, bass trombone

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Saskia Apon b. 1957

Quartet No. 1 I. Erste deel II. Deel twee Bonus Trombone Quartet

Gunther Schuller 1925–2015

Duets for Unaccompanied Horns (1962) I. Molto lento II. Vivace III. Andante moderato IV. Allegro volante Luke Baker, horn Scott Leger, horn

Giovanni Gabrieli 1557–1612 ed. Robert King

Canzon septimi toni No. 2 (1597) Choir I Chloe Swindler, trumpet Oscar Mason, trumpet William Wortley, trombone Daniel Vaitkus, bass trombone Choir II Eric Rizzo, trumpet Esteban Garcia, horn Gram Lee, trombone Jacob Fewx, tuba

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