San Jose Wind Symphony in partnership with San Jose State University Wind Ensemble present "Common Threads" both led by conductor Dr. David Vickerman. At its core, music is about connection-between composer and performer, performer and listener, and among the works themselves. This special partnership celebrates the common threads that bind our musical community together!
The San Jose State University Wind Ensemble opens with Ron Nelson's Resonances I, a bold and colorful work that showcases the palette of the modern wind ensemble. Leonard Bernstein's spirited Slava! adds humor and exuberance, while Lili Boulanger's D'un matin de printemps offers a glimpse of her luminous style in one of her final works. Jake Runestad's Let My Love Be Heard provides a moment of reflection and hope, and Gustav Holst's First Suite in E-flat closes the set as a landmark piece that helped define the concert band as we know it today.
The San Jose Wind Symphony continues the afternoon with Gordon Jacob's An Original Suite, another early cornerstone of the repertoire, before turning to Frank Ticheli's Rest, a contemporary work of serene beauty. Michael Gandolfi's Vientos y Tangos infuses the program with rhythm and motion, and Paul Hindemith's March from Symphonic Metamorphosis delivers a brilliant and energetic finale.
Concert Program*:
San Jose State University Wind Ensemble
Resonances I - Nelson
Slava! - Bernstein, arr. Grundman
D'un matin des printemps - Boulanger, arr. Branciard
Let My Love Be Heard - Runestad
First Suite in E-flat - Holst
San Jose Wind Symphony
An Original Suite - Jacob, arr. Heidenreich
Rest - Ticheli
Vientos y Tangos - Gandolfi
"March" from Symphonic Metamorphosis - Hindemith, arr. Wilson
Free - $25.