Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama Wind Orchestra
Alan Hovhaness
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Composer's Artistic Vision
Hovhaness had a vision of 'music for all people… which is beautiful and healing,' fueled by a deep love for nature.
Compositional Technique
Hovhaness was a prolific composer, writing 67 symphonies as part of a corpus of over four hundred compositions.
Instruments
The Symphony No. 4 for Wind Orchestra uses an expanded symphony orchestra wind section, with extensive solo passages for instruments like bass clarinet, contrabassoon, and marimba/xylophone.
Performer Biography
John Wallace, the trumpet soloist, became Principal of the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in 2002 and performed at the Royal Wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Hovhaness's later career was influenced by Armenian sources and the Far East, before returning to Western traditions.
Composer Biography
Alan Hovhaness, the composer, was of Armenian and Scottish descent and studied at the New England Conservatory.
Recording & Production
Keith Brion, the conductor, first met Alan Hovhaness in 1964 and began recording his wind music in 1969 with the composer present.
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