Orff: Carmina Burana Suite / Bird: Serenade / Reed: La Fiesta Mexicana
2/28/2007, 20 Tracks, 1:14:12
Featuring
Harlan D. Parker
Peabody Conservatory Wind Ensemble
Carl Orff
Arthur Bird
Herbert Owen Reed
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Composer's Artistic Vision
La Fiesta Mexicana by Herbert Owen Reed depicts a religious festival dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary, representing its contrasts and contradictions.
Recording & Production
This album was recorded at the Griswold Hall in Baltimore, Maryland, across three dates in late 2000 and early 2001.
Performer Biography
Harlan Parker, the conductor of the Peabody Wind Ensemble, has served as the 2001-2003 President of the Conductors Guild, a service organization for conducting professionals.
Composition History
Herbert Owen Reed's La Fiesta Mexicana was written after he spent a year in Mexico on a Guggenheim Fellowship studying folk music.
Compositional Technique
The original Carmina Burana by Carl Orff calls for vocal soloists, three choirs, and a large orchestra, but this suite is an entirely instrumental arrangement for concert band.
Composition History
Arthur Bird's Serenade for Wind Instruments, Op. 40, won the Paderewski Prize in 1901 as the best chamber work by an American composer.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Carl Orff's Carmina Burana was inspired by an anthology of medieval songs and poems written by goliards, vagrant scholars, and wandering monks.
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