MUSIC FOR WIND ENSEMBLE by Philip Westin |
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Symphony for Band 1st Movement (8:05) 2nd Movement (2:37) 3rd Movement (7:10)
California State University Larry Curtis, Conductor (Live Performance, 1973 Symphony for Band was commissioned by the Larry Curtis and the California State University Long Beach Symphonic Wind Ensemble. It was completed in 1973 and premiered by that organization with Larry Curtis conducting. The CSULB Symphonic Band played the work as a centerpiece of their tour of Switzerland and Austria with Curtis conducting later that year. The work is in three movements. Copyright 1973 © by Philip Westin --------------------------------------------------------------------- In Memoriam Ingolf Dahl (11:20)
California Wind Symphony Philip Westin, Conductor (Studio Recording, 1972) Commissioned by the California Wind Symphony, In Memoriam Ingolf Dahl was completed in 1972 and premiered by that organization at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion of the Los Angeles Music Center with Philip Westin conducting. Scored for large symphonic wind ensemble, the piece is an ode for Westin's friend and mentor, Ingolf Dahl. Copyright 1972 © by Philip Westin “Your own composition, In Memoriam Ingolf Dahl, ~ Composer Lukas Foss, --------------------------------------------------------------------- Ballet for Bubbles: An Ode to a Liberated Hippo
1. The Escape (5:34) 2. The Pursuit (4:30) 3. An Evening Stroll (3:14) 4. Epilogue (6:22) California State University Story by Ellisha Westin Larry Curtis, Conductor (Studio Recording, 1978) Ballet for Bubbles was arranged for symphonic band, based upon music from Westin's Brass Quintet as a commission from Larry Curtis and the Idyllwild School of Music and the Arts (ISOMATA). It was premiered by the ISOMATA Wind Ensemble later that year. This recording was made a year later by the CSU Long Beach Symphonic Band with Larry Curtis conducting. The piece is based upon a news story that gained national attention about a hippopotamus that escaped from a wild animal park in Irvine, California in February 1978. Finding refuge in a rain-filled pond, she eluded capture for 19 days. Bubbles was finally taken down with tranquilizer darts; but tragically, she collapsed in an unnatural position, and died from suffocation. The work is in four movements: 1. The Escape; 2. The Pursuit; 3. An Evening Stroll; and 4. Epilogue. In 2005, Ellisha Westin wrote a story to be narrated with the piece. Copyright 1978 © by Philip Westin ---------------------------------------------------------- The Sixth Day (7:55)
California State University Larry Curtis, Conductor (Studio Recording, 1974) The Sixth Day was commissioned by the Larry Curtis and the California State University Long Beach Symphonic Wind Ensemble. It was completed in 1974 and premiered by the CSULB Wind Ensemble with Curtis conducting. The piece was inspired by Genesis 1:26-31: “...And God said, Let us make man in our image, ... So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. ... And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.” Copyright 1974 © by Philip Westin --------------------------------------------------------------------- To Marcel with Love (3:09)
CSULB Symphonic Band Larry Curtis, Conductor (Studio Recording, 1974) To Marcel with Love was written in 1974 while Westin was on a tour of Switzerland and Austria with Larry Curtis and the CSU Long Beach Wind Ensemble performing some of his music. Because Marcel, the tour guide, was such a caring individual, Westin composed this short piece while sitting in the bus traveling to the final concert in order for the Wind Ensemble to say “thank you” to him at that concert. Upon return to the US, the piece was recorded by Curtis and the CSULB Wind Ensemble. Copyright 1974 © by Philip Westin ---------------------------------------------------------------------
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