Name: Concerto for Wind Ensemble - R. Spittal, World Premiere, NEC Wind Ensemble by Robert Spittal
Duration: 18 min 17 s
Description: Live recording of the world premiere of the three movement Concerto for Wind Ensemble by the New England Conservatory Wind Ensemble, Robert Spittal, conductor.

Composition for brass quintet, in a style of soundtrack, produced by Hauptstadtblech, in 2009.

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For Alto Saxophone, Violin, and Cello. Performed by Eugene Contemporary Chamber Ensemble at March Music Moderne in Portland, OR. 

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Live recording of the world premiere of the three movement Concerto for Wind Ensemble by the New England Conservatory Wind Ensemble, Robert Spittal, conductor.

Concerto for Wind Ensemble - R. Spittal, World Premiere, NEC Wind Ensemble

Composed for and premiered by flutist Debora Harris and the Concordia College 2015 HS Honor Band.  Prelude and Flight is a work of contrasting moods. The prelude is somber and molto serioso, but the mood of the “flight” lifts gradually over time as the darkly romantic music transforms into buoyant frivolity.
Grade 4-5 Published by the composer. 
Contact robertspittal@hotmail.com 


Prelude And Flight for Flute and Wind Ensemble

An Example of the song "Little Kitty" by Ictus

Little Kitty

An Example of the song "Escape Velocity" by Ictus

Escape Velocity

An example of the song "Downbeats" by Ictus

Downbeats

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Commissioned by Washington State Music Teachers Association
The piece is a divertimento in seven parts for trombone and piano.  A divertimento is a single piece made of  smaller, diverse movements, each one contrasting in character with the others.    In Blue Allusions, the diversions are unified in that within each, there is a "blue" element being alluded to by the music.  The idea that there is a link or correspondence between music and color is a very old and very persistent one. Plato linked the major second and perfect fifth to yellow and the perfect fourth to red, in an extension of the Pythagorean harmony of the spheres to encompass planets, tones and colors. Aristotle suggested a parallel between the harmony of colors and the harmony of musical intervals. Newton, when investigating the spectrum of light, linked the intervals  minor third, fourth, fifth, major sixth, minor seventh and octave to the colors red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet.  Musicians today frequently think of music in terms of color, and "blue" is a term frequently alluded to when musicians and listeners describe music.  “Blue” may describe a variety of feelingful expressions in a piece of music, or describe a listener’s emotional response to that expression.  But “blue” is also a technical term among musicians, used to describe a technical feature – a type of scale or harmony, a structural element, or a rhythmic style.  With poetic license, I explored these tangible and intangible meanings of “blue” in this piece.

Divertimento for Trombone and Piano: Blue Allusions in 7 Episodes

American conductor and composer of music for band, orchestra, chamber ensembles and electronic media.  His music has been described as "original","inventive and witty""intelligent" and "full of musicality" and is published by Shaba Road Music, Boosey & Hawkes Co., and Maestro and Fox Music.   Robert 's works have won favor with the finest
professional and academic  musicians in North America, Europe and Asia.
Robert is professor of music at Gonzaga University in Spokane, WA, USA.
Website: robertspittal.com

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