Robert Russell Bennett: Symphonic Songs for Band (Deluxe Edition): Concert Band:

Opening on Broadway in 1951 and garnering multiple awards for the 2015 revival few musicals can boast as many lasting and memorable songs as this Rodgers and Hammerstein masterpiece. Drawing on the classic orchestrations by Robert Russell Bennett here is a fabulous medley for the symphonic stage. Includes: Something Wonderful I Whistle a Happy Tune I Have Dreamed The March of the Siamese Children Getting to Know You and Shall We Dance?

Suite No. 1 for Symphonic Band Christmas Concert Series. Par SHAW ROBERT. This all-new setting of Robert Russell Bennett's enchanting Many Moods of Christmas, Suite No. 1 for wind band alone, consists of approximately eight of the original twelve minutes of the original suite for band with chorus. It is the third offering in an ongoing series which will bring all four of these suites to the repertory of band conductors. This arrangement includes Sinfonia (fanfare) and Good Christian Men, Rejoice, Silent Night, Pat-a-pan, concluding with a rousing rendition of O Come, All Ye Faithful. / Date parution : 2023-07-31/ Répertoire / Concert Band

This enduring perennial ? one of a pair of Bennett works popularized by Frederick Fennell's influential Eastman Wind Ensemble ? is at last available in a Deluxe Edition including full score. Celebrating the goldenanniversary of the work's 1957 premiere this new publication allows conductors to rehearse with maximum effectiveness and appreciate fully the mastery of Bennett's scoring technique. Prepared by Bennett biographer George Ferencz the score includes introductory notes and a complete errata list for the original set of parts. (14:30)Recorded by the Keystone Wind Ensemble ? Jack Stamp conductor