Significant European Composers of Wind Ensemble
An invitation to talk about significant wind ensemble music of the past fifteen years led me to talk about the three works featured in my Homepage for July 1st:
- GRAN DUO by Magnus Lindberg
- SONATAS by Poul Ruders
- MUSIC FOR WINDS by Stanislaw Skrowaczewski
These three works are in my estimation worthy to stand together with the Stravinsky Symphonies of Wind Instruments, and should be in the potential repertoire of any Symphony Orchestra and excellent wind ensemble.
I believe that there are three particularly fine composers of wind orchestral music who have in the past decade or so contributed massively to the repertoire. Browse on their names below to access their website and information about their music.
Adam Gorb
- Metropolis - 1993
- Scenes from Bruegel - 1994
- Bermuda Triangle - 1995
- Ascent - 1996
- Awayday - 1996
- Euphonium Concerto - 1997
- Yiddish Dances - 1998
- Awayday - 1996
- Elements - 1998
- Symphony No 1 in C - 2000
- Downtown Diversions - 2001
- Towards Nirvana - 2002
- Dances from Crete - 2003
- French Dances Revisited - 2004
- Adrenaline City - 2006
- Midnight in Buenos Aires - 2007
- Farewell - 2008
- Tranquility - 2009
- War of the Worlds - 2010
- Concertino for Alto Saxophone - 2010
- Eternal Voices - 2010
- Repercussions - 2011
- Rondo Burlesque (Mahler/Gorb) - 2011
- Love Transforming - 2013
- Bohemian Revelry - 2013
- Bells across the Atlantic - 2013
- Summer Dances - 2013
- Concerto for Cello - 2013
- Spring into Action - 2015
- Mantra 3 (Foulds / Gorb) - 2015
Kenneth Hesketh
- Danceries Set 1 - 1999
- Masque - 2000
- A Festive Overture - 2001
- Diaghilev Dances - 2002
- Infernal Ride - 2003
- Whirlegigg - 2003
- Vranjanka - 2005
- Cloud of Unknowing - 2005
- The Gilded Theatre - 2008
- Danceries Set 2 - 2011
- Autumn Elegy - 2013
Luis Serrano Alarcon
- Memorias De Un Hombre De Ciudad - 2003
- Concertango - 2004
- De Tiempo Y Quimera - 2005
- Marco Polo; the Silk Road - 2006
- Tramonto - 2007
- Preludio Y Danza Del Alba - 2007
- Las Hijas De Eris - 2007
- Peqena Suite - 2008
- La Dama Centinela - 2009
- Duende - 2010
- Marco Polo; the Cathay Years - 2011
- Symphony - 2012
- Marco Polo; the Book of India - 2013
- B-Side Concerto - 2014
- Three Sketches for Wind Ensemble - 2014
Xxii Significant European Wind Works of the 21st Century
There are of course many more works which I could have selected for this list, but I think that this gives a fair overview of European wind music of the past fifteen years which I might add to my programmes. Some of these I have not yet heard, and so I am assuming that the works are significant, judging from what I know of the composer in the past.
- 2000 - Gran Duo - Magnus Lindberg
- 2002 - Diaghilev Dances - Kenneth Hesketh
- 2003 - Euphonium Concerto - Stig Nordhagen
- 2003 - Dances from Crete - Adam Gorb
- 2004 - Concertango - Luis Serrano Alarcon
- 2005 - The Cloud of Unknowing - Kenneth Hesketh (revised 2015)
- 2005 - Vranjanka - Kenneth Hesketh
- 2006 - Marco Polo. The Silk Road ?- Luis Serrano Alarcon
- 2006 - Temples - Oliver Waespi
- 2006 - An Elegy for Ur - Edwin Roxburgh
- 2006 - Black Fire (violin concerto) - Nigel Clarke
- 2007 - Image in Stone - Stephen McNeff
- 2007 - Concerto for Trumpet - Marco P?tz
- 2007 - Concerto for Baritone Sax - Bernard van Beurden
- 2008 - Farewell ?- Adam Gorb
- 2009 - Music for Winds - Stanislaw Skrowaczewski
- 2009 - Horn Concerto - Axel Ruoff
- 2010 - Eternal Voices - Adam Gorb
- 2011 - Sonatas - Poul Ruders
- 2013 - New balls ?- Jonathan Lloyd
- 2011 - Marco Polo. The Cathay Years ?- Luis Serrano Alarcon
- 2013 - Marco Polo The Book of India ?- Luis Serrano Alarcon
- 2014 - Battles of Coronel &Falklands - Simon Dobson
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