Starts off just like Hajj, and with the same notes.  Freakin sweet!

this would make a great jazz ballad for a marching show

Live recording of "Wine-Dark Sea: Symphony for Band" by John Mackey.
Performed by the University of Texas Wind Ensemble, conducted by Jerry Junkin.
Program note and full score available here:
http://ostimusic.com/WineDarkSea.php

Wine-Dark Sea: 1. Hubris

Live recording of "Wine-Dark Sea: Symphony for Band" (2014) by John Mackey.
Performed by the University of Texas Wind Ensemble, conducted by Jerry Junkin.
Program note and full score available here:
http://ostimusic.com/WineDarkSea.php

Wine-Dark Sea: 3. The attentions of souls

"The Ringmaster's March" by John Mackey
Movement 4 of the suite, "The Soul Has Many Motions."
view the full score here: http://ostimusic.com/Ringmasters-media.php
Performed by the University of Texas at Arlington Wind Symphony, conducted by Doug Stotter

John Mackey: The Ringmaster's March

Only very few piano works have become as popular as this theme with twelve variations. It already caught on soon after Mozart’s death, as witnessed by the numerous handwritten copies and prints. Although nothing is known with any certainty regarding its genesis, we can now conclusively date “Ah, vous dirai-je Maman” to 1781. At that time Mozart wanted to make his way as a prominent piano teacher in Vienna. His variations still prove to be excellent teaching material.

Mozart - 12 Variations on Ah, vous dirai-je Maman, KV. 265

NEC Orchestra conducted by Richard Hoenich perform excerpts of Holst's The Planets in Jordan Hall, Boston, MA.

Holst - The Planets -  Jupiter, The Bringer Of Jollity

Bartok String Quartet No.4 - V. Allegro molto

Epic Orchestra

Symphony No. 9  Op. 95 "New World Symphony" IV. Allegro Con Fuoco

THIS CRUEL MOON
by John Mackey

performed by the University of Texas Wind Ensemble
conducted by Jerry Junkin

This piece is an adaptation of the middle movement of "Wine-Dark Sea: Symphony for Band." The full symphony tells the tale of Odysseus and his journey home following his victory in the Trojan War. But Odysseus' journey would take as long as the war itself. Homer called the ocean on which Odysseus sailed a wine-dark sea, and for the Greek king it was as murky and disorienting as its name; he would not find his way across it without first losing himself.

"This Cruel Moon" is the song of the beautiful and immortal nymph Kalypso, who finds Odysseus near death, washed up on the shore of the island where she lives all alone. She nurses him back to health, and sings as she moves back and forth with a golden shuttle at her loom. Odysseus shares her bed; seven years pass. The tapestry she began when she nursed him becomes a record of their love.

But one day Odysseus remembers his home. He tells Kalypso he wants to leave her, to return to his wife and son. He scoffs at all she has given him. Kalypso is heartbroken.

And yet, that night, Kalypso again paces at her loom. She unravels her tapestry and weaves it into a sail for Odysseus. In the morning, she shows Odysseus a raft, equipped with the sail she has made and stocked with bread and wine, and calls up a gentle and steady wind to carry him home. Shattered, she watches him go; he does not look back.

for score and other info, please visit:http://ostimusic.com/ThisCruelMoon.php

MACKEY : This Cruel Moon

Continuing its 13th season, ROCO presented “Courageous Catalysts”, featuring a new commission by Michael Gandolfi. The new work, entitled "Houston: September 12, 1962", celebrated the 100th birthday of President John F. Kennedy and the courage of people who fight for change. Conducted by Michael Stern, the program also included Jean Sibelius’ Symphony No. 7 in C major, op. 105, the composer’s final published symphony, and Bruce Adolphe’s I Will Not Remain Silent, a violin concerto inspired by the life of German-American rabbi and civil rights leader, Joachim Prinz. Throughout the concerto, the violin, played by ROCO concertmaster and featured soloist, Scott St. John, represented the voice of Prinz, while the orchestra represents opposing forces – Nazi Germany in the first movement and America during the Civil Rights era in the second movement. Performed November 11, 2017, at The Church of St. John the Divine, Houston, TX.

Sibelius, Symphony No. 7 in C major, op. 105, I. In einem satze (in one movement)

"Until the Scars" by John Mackey
(adapted from "Wine-Dark Sea: Symphony for Band")
performed by the Florida State University Symphonic Band
Patrick Dunnigan, conductor
Full score here: http://johnmackey.com/UntilTheScars.php

MACKEY: Until The Scars

The Swan - Saint Saens

John Mackey is a composer currently based in Cambridge, Massachusetts.  He's also lived in New York, Austin, Los Angeles, and Ohio, but he prefers not to talk about Ohio.

As a frequent collaborator, John has worked with a diverse range of artists, from the Santa Clara Vanguard Drum and Bugle Corps to choreographer David Parsons, from the Alvin Ailey Dance Company to the US Olympic Synchronized Swim Team. (The team won a bronze medal in the 2004 Athens Olympics performing to Mackey's work for clarinet and percussion, "Damn.")

John has served as a Meet-The-Composer/American Symphony Orchestra League Composer In Residence with the Greater Twin Cities Youth Symphony and with the Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestra. He has been Composer In Residence at the Vail Valley Music Festival in Vail, Colorado, and in 2005, at the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music.  He returns to Cabrillo this summer for  performances of his trombone concerto, "Harvest," conducted by Marin Alsop, with trombonist Joseph Alessi of the New York Philharmonic.

John holds degrees from The Juilliard School and The Cleveland Institute of Music, where he studied with John Corigliano and Donald Erb, respectively.

To entertain himself while procrastinating on commissions, John enjoys photography and road cycling (but not at the same time). You can hear his music and see his photography (mostly of food, and the backs of conductors’ heads) on his website: www.ostimusic.com

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