Roger Voisin
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Roger Louis Voisin was a French-born American classical trumpeter. In 1959, The New York Times
called him "one of the best-known trumpeters in this country."
performers and teachers of the twentieth century, Voisin joined the Boston Symphony Orchestra
as assistant principal trumpet in 1935 at age seventeen, and became principal trumpet in 1950. He performed in the Boston Symphony for 38 years, until 1973. During this period, he was also principal trumpet with the Boston Pops Orchestra
.
Voisin moved to the United States as a child when his father, René Voisin
(1893-1952), was brought to the Boston Symphony as fourth trumpet by Sergei Koussevitzky in 1928. He was initially a student of his father, but he later studied with the Boston Symphony's second trumpet Marcel LaFosse
(1894-1969) and principal trumpet Georges Mager
(1885-1950). He also studied solfege
with Boston Symphony contrabassist Gaston Dufresne
.
He is credited with premiere performances of many major works for trumpet including Paul Hindemith
's Sonata for Trumpet and Piano (with Hindemith at the piano), and Alan Hovhannes' Prayer of St. Gregory. He is also credited with the US premiere of Alexander Arutiunian
's Trumpet Concerto
, performing with the Boston Pops Orchestra in 1966. Leroy Anderson
's A Trumpeter's Lullaby
was written for Roger Voisin in 1949, and first recorded with Arthur Fiedler
conducting Voisin and the Boston Pops Orchestra in 1950. Leroy Anderson states that "(A Trumpeter's Lullaby) had its beginning backstage at Symphony Hall
in Boston
. In addition to composing and conducting, I was arranger for the Boston Pops Orchestra for a number of years --- and after one of the concerts I was sitting talking with the conductor Arthur Fiedler and the first trumpet of the Boston Pops, Roger Voisin. Suddenly Roger Voisin asked me why I didn't write a trumpet solo for him to play with the orchestra that would be different from traditional trumpet solos which are all loud, martial or triumphant. After thinking it over, it occurred to me that I had never heard a lullaby for trumpet so I set out to write one --- with a quiet melody based on bugle notes played by the trumpet and with the rest of the orchestra playing a lullaby background."
He has also been involved with many early recordings and performances of both solo and orchestral works including J. S. Bach's Brandenburg Concerto
#2, Béla Bartók
's Concerto for Orchestra
, Aaron Copland
's Quiet City
, Joseph Haydn
's Concerto for Trumpet in Eb, Alexander Scriabin
's The Poem of Ecstasy, Georg Philipp Telemann
's Concerto for Trumpet in D, and Antonio Vivaldi
's Concerto for Two Trumpets in C.
in 1940, and continued to serve on the faculty there, coaching the orchestral winds and teaching solfège
to the conducting class, until his death in 2008. He became chair of the New England Conservatory of Music
(NEC) brass and percussion
department in 1950 and was the primary trumpet teacher at NEC for nearly 30 years. In 1975 he became a full professor at Boston University
, teaching trumpet and chairing the wind, percussion and harp
department until his retirement in 1999. In 1989 Voisin donated much of his personal music library to Boston University, where it is housed in the Mugar Library's "Special Music Collections". He was awarded an honorary Doctorate from the New England Conservatory in 1991, along with legendary jazz
trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie
. He has served on the jury of the Maurice André
trumpet competition since 1988.
His students are found performing in orchestras and teaching at conservatories and universities throughout the world. A partial list follows:
George Kent (University of Rhode Island
, New England Conservatory, Chorus of Westerly
), Andrew Balio (Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
), Gilbert Blais (Conservatoire de musique de Saguenay
), Peter Chapman (Boston Symphony Orchestra
), Jon Paul Danté (Paramount Brass Quintet, Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra
), Russell Devuyst (Montreal Symphony Orchestra
), Kurt Dupuis ("The President's Own" U. S. Marine Band), Anthony DiLorenzo (Center City Brass, composer, recording artist), Albert DiPietro (Longy School of Music
), Joseph D. Foley (Atlantic Brass Quintet
, Wellesley College, Boston University
), William Harvey (Oakland East Bay Symphony
), Edward Hoffman (Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
, Peabody Institute
), Bruce Hopkins (College of the Holy Cross
), Paul Jackson (Alabama Symphony Orchestra
), Robert Lemons (Eastern Connecticut State University
), Louis Larouche ( Québec Symphony Orchestra), Steven Matera ("The President's Own" U. S. Marine Band) Timothy Morrison (Boston Symphony Orchestra
, Hollywood recording artist), Rodney Mack (Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia), Niel Mueller (North Dakota State University
), Dennis Najoom (Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra
), Gary Peterson (Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
, Grieg Academy), William Pfund (University of Northern Colorado
, Greeley Philharmonic Orchestra), Marc Reese (Empire Brass Quintet), Betty Barber Rines (Portland Symphony Orchestra
), Jay Rizzetto (California State University, San Francisco Ballet), John Schnell (Portland Symphony Orchestra
), David Scott (McNeese State University
), Lt Col Alan Sierichs (The United States Air Force Band
), Rolf Smedvig (Empire Brass Quintet), Thomas V. Smith (New York Philharmonic
, Manhattan School of Music
), Edward Tarr
(trumpet soloist, historian), James Thompson (Montreal Symphony Orchestra
, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
, Eastman School of Music
), Peter Voisin (Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra
), Linn Weeda (Anchorage Symphony Orchestra
, University of Alaska Anchorage
), Alan Wenger (Central Missouri State University), Mike Zonshine (Honolulu Symphony
) Earl Gaar (Top Brass Louisville KY).
VOISIN EDITIONS:
The New York Times
The New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...
called him "one of the best-known trumpeters in this country."
Performing career
Arguably one of the most influential trumpetTrumpet
The trumpet is the musical instrument with the highest register in the brass family. Trumpets are among the oldest musical instruments, dating back to at least 1500 BCE. They are played by blowing air through closed lips, producing a "buzzing" sound which starts a standing wave vibration in the air...
performers and teachers of the twentieth century, Voisin joined the Boston Symphony Orchestra
Boston Symphony Orchestra
The Boston Symphony Orchestra is an orchestra based in Boston, Massachusetts. It is one of the five American orchestras commonly referred to as the "Big Five". Founded in 1881, the BSO plays most of its concerts at Boston's Symphony Hall and in the summer performs at the Tanglewood Music Center...
as assistant principal trumpet in 1935 at age seventeen, and became principal trumpet in 1950. He performed in the Boston Symphony for 38 years, until 1973. During this period, he was also principal trumpet with the Boston Pops Orchestra
Boston Pops Orchestra
The Boston Pops Orchestra is an American orchestra based in Boston, Massachusetts, that specializes in playing light classical and popular music....
.
Voisin moved to the United States as a child when his father, René Voisin
René Voisin
René Louis Gabriel Voisin was a French trumpeter.Born in Angers, France, Voisin was a member of the Boston Symphony Orchestra trumpet section for 24 years, between 1928 and his death in 1952; he was also father and teacher to Roger Voisin, the trumpet player and pedagogue who would later become...
(1893-1952), was brought to the Boston Symphony as fourth trumpet by Sergei Koussevitzky in 1928. He was initially a student of his father, but he later studied with the Boston Symphony's second trumpet Marcel LaFosse
Marcel LaFosse
Marcel Lafosse was a French musician and trumpeter with the Boston Symphony Orchestra. He studied at the Conservatoire de Paris with Alexandre Petit, and was first Accésit in the Conservatory Prix in 1911. Petit wrote for him the last of the 12 Grandes Études. Conductor Sergei Koussevitzky brought...
(1894-1969) and principal trumpet Georges Mager
Georges Mager
Georges C. Mager was a French musician, and principal trumpet with the Boston Symphony Orchestra from 1919 until his death in 1950. He was a renowned trumpeter in Paris before the First World War, playing at the Paris Opera, Concerts Lamoureux, and the Concerts of the Society of the Conservatory...
(1885-1950). He also studied solfege
Solfege
In music, solfège is a pedagogical solmization technique for the teaching of sight-singing in which each note of the score is sung to a special syllable, called a solfège syllable...
with Boston Symphony contrabassist Gaston Dufresne
Gaston Dufresne
Gaston Dufresne was a contrabassist in the Boston Symphony Orchestra from 1927 to 1957 and a teacher of Solfege. Among his contrabass students are American composer Leroy Anderson and Boston Symphony principal trumpeter Roger Voisin. He also taught solfege to Voisin and to Boston Symphony hornist...
.
He is credited with premiere performances of many major works for trumpet including Paul Hindemith
Paul Hindemith
Paul Hindemith was a German composer, violist, violinist, teacher, music theorist and conductor.- Biography :Born in Hanau, near Frankfurt, Hindemith was taught the violin as a child...
's Sonata for Trumpet and Piano (with Hindemith at the piano), and Alan Hovhannes' Prayer of St. Gregory. He is also credited with the US premiere of Alexander Arutiunian
Alexander Arutiunian
Alexander Grigorevich Arutiunian , also known as Arutunian, Arutyunyan, Arutjunjan or Harutiunian Alexander Grigorevich Arutiunian (Arm. Ալեքսանդր Գրիգորի Հարությունյան), also known as Arutunian, Arutyunyan, Arutjunjan or Harutiunian Alexander Grigorevich Arutiunian (Arm. Ալեքսանդր Գրիգորի...
's Trumpet Concerto
Arutunian Trumpet Concerto
Alexander Arutunian’s Trumpet Concerto in A-flat major , also known as the Arutunian Trumpet Concerto, is the Armenian composer’s sixth major composition, a "virtuoso showpiece" composed in 1949-1950. It was written for the trumpet player Timofei Dokschitzer...
, performing with the Boston Pops Orchestra in 1966. Leroy Anderson
Leroy Anderson
Leroy Anderson was an American composer of short, light concert pieces, many of which were introduced by the Boston Pops Orchestra under the direction of Arthur Fiedler...
's A Trumpeter's Lullaby
A Trumpeter's Lullaby
A Trumpeter's Lullaby is a short composition for solo trumpet and orchestra, written by American composer Leroy Anderson in 1949. The two and a half minute piece was premiered on May 9, 1950 by the Boston Pops Orchestra with Arthur Fiedler conducting and French-born American Roger Voisin as trumpet...
was written for Roger Voisin in 1949, and first recorded with Arthur Fiedler
Arthur Fiedler
Arthur Fiedler was a long-time conductor of the Boston Pops Orchestra, a symphony orchestra that specializes in popular and light classical music. With a combination of musicianship and showmanship, he made the Boston Pops one of the best-known orchestras in the country...
conducting Voisin and the Boston Pops Orchestra in 1950. Leroy Anderson states that "(A Trumpeter's Lullaby) had its beginning backstage at Symphony Hall
Symphony Hall, Boston
Symphony Hall is a concert hall located at 301 Massachusetts Avenue in Boston, Massachusetts. Designed by McKim, Mead and White, it was built in 1900 for the Boston Symphony Orchestra, which continues to make the hall its home. The hall was designated a U.S. National Historic Landmark in 1999...
in Boston
Boston
Boston is the capital of and largest city in Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England" for its economic and cultural impact on the entire New England region. The city proper had...
. In addition to composing and conducting, I was arranger for the Boston Pops Orchestra for a number of years --- and after one of the concerts I was sitting talking with the conductor Arthur Fiedler and the first trumpet of the Boston Pops, Roger Voisin. Suddenly Roger Voisin asked me why I didn't write a trumpet solo for him to play with the orchestra that would be different from traditional trumpet solos which are all loud, martial or triumphant. After thinking it over, it occurred to me that I had never heard a lullaby for trumpet so I set out to write one --- with a quiet melody based on bugle notes played by the trumpet and with the rest of the orchestra playing a lullaby background."
He has also been involved with many early recordings and performances of both solo and orchestral works including J. S. Bach's Brandenburg Concerto
Brandenburg concertos
The Brandenburg concertos by Johann Sebastian Bach are a collection of six instrumental works presented by Bach to Christian Ludwig, margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt, in 1721 . They are widely regarded as among the finest musical compositions of the Baroque era...
#2, Béla Bartók
Béla Bartók
Béla Viktor János Bartók was a Hungarian composer and pianist. He is considered one of the most important composers of the 20th century and is regarded, along with Liszt, as Hungary's greatest composer...
's Concerto for Orchestra
Concerto for Orchestra (Bartók)
Concerto for Orchestra, Sz. 116, BB 123, is a five-movement musical work for orchestra composed by Béla Bartók in 1943. It is one of his best-known, most popular and most accessible works. The score is inscribed "15 August – 8 October 1943", and it premiered on December 1, 1944 in Boston Symphony...
, Aaron Copland
Aaron Copland
Aaron Copland was an American composer, composition teacher, writer, and later in his career a conductor of his own and other American music. He was instrumental in forging a distinctly American style of composition, and is often referred to as "the Dean of American Composers"...
's Quiet City
Quiet City (music)
Quiet City is a well-known composition for trumpet, cor anglais, and string orchestra by Aaron Copland.In 1940, Copland wrote incidental music for the play Quiet City by Irwin Shaw. The next year he knitted some of it into a ten-minute piece composition designed to be performed independently of the...
, Joseph Haydn
Joseph Haydn
Franz Joseph Haydn , known as Joseph Haydn , was an Austrian composer, one of the most prolific and prominent composers of the Classical period. He is often called the "Father of the Symphony" and "Father of the String Quartet" because of his important contributions to these forms...
's Concerto for Trumpet in Eb, Alexander Scriabin
Alexander Scriabin
Alexander Nikolayevich Scriabin was a Russian composer and pianist who initially developed a lyrical and idiosyncratic tonal language inspired by the music of Frédéric Chopin. Quite independent of the innovations of Arnold Schoenberg, Scriabin developed an increasingly atonal musical system,...
's The Poem of Ecstasy, Georg Philipp Telemann
Georg Philipp Telemann
Georg Philipp Telemann was a German Baroque composer and multi-instrumentalist. Almost completely self-taught in music, he became a composer against his family's wishes. After studying in Magdeburg, Zellerfeld, and Hildesheim, Telemann entered the University of Leipzig to study law, but eventually...
's Concerto for Trumpet in D, and Antonio Vivaldi
Antonio Vivaldi
Antonio Lucio Vivaldi , nicknamed because of his red hair, was an Italian Baroque composer, priest, and virtuoso violinist, born in Venice. Vivaldi is recognized as one of the greatest Baroque composers, and his influence during his lifetime was widespread over Europe...
's Concerto for Two Trumpets in C.
Teaching career
Roger Voisin was with the Boston Symphony at the inception of the Tanglewood Music CenterTanglewood Music Center
The Tanglewood Music Center is an annual summer music academy in Lenox, Massachusetts, United States, in which emerging professional musicians participate in performances, master classes and workshops designed to provide an intense training and networking experience...
in 1940, and continued to serve on the faculty there, coaching the orchestral winds and teaching solfège
Solfege
In music, solfège is a pedagogical solmization technique for the teaching of sight-singing in which each note of the score is sung to a special syllable, called a solfège syllable...
to the conducting class, until his death in 2008. He became chair of the New England Conservatory of Music
New England Conservatory of Music
The New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, Massachusetts, is the oldest independent school of music in the United States.The conservatory is home each year to 750 students pursuing undergraduate and graduate studies along with 1400 more in its Preparatory School as well as the School of...
(NEC) brass and percussion
Percussion instrument
A percussion instrument is any object which produces a sound when hit with an implement or when it is shaken, rubbed, scraped, or otherwise acted upon in a way that sets the object into vibration...
department in 1950 and was the primary trumpet teacher at NEC for nearly 30 years. In 1975 he became a full professor at Boston University
Boston University
Boston University is a private research university located in Boston, Massachusetts. With more than 4,000 faculty members and more than 31,000 students, Boston University is one of the largest private universities in the United States and one of Boston's largest employers...
, teaching trumpet and chairing the wind, percussion and harp
Harp
The harp is a multi-stringed instrument which has the plane of its strings positioned perpendicularly to the soundboard. Organologically, it is in the general category of chordophones and has its own sub category . All harps have a neck, resonator and strings...
department until his retirement in 1999. In 1989 Voisin donated much of his personal music library to Boston University, where it is housed in the Mugar Library's "Special Music Collections". He was awarded an honorary Doctorate from the New England Conservatory in 1991, along with legendary jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie
Dizzy Gillespie
John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie was an American jazz trumpet player, bandleader, singer, and composer dubbed "the sound of surprise".Together with Charlie Parker, he was a major figure in the development of bebop and modern jazz...
. He has served on the jury of the Maurice André
Maurice André
Maurice André is a French trumpeter, active in the classical music field.-Biography:He is a classical virtuoso trumpeter, born in Alès, France in the Cévennes into a mining family. His father was an amateur musician....
trumpet competition since 1988.
His students are found performing in orchestras and teaching at conservatories and universities throughout the world. A partial list follows:
George Kent (University of Rhode Island
University of Rhode Island
The University of Rhode Island is the principal public research university in the U.S. state of Rhode Island. Its main campus is located in Kingston. Additional campuses include the Feinstein Campus in Providence, the Narragansett Bay Campus in Narragansett, and the W. Alton Jones Campus in West...
, New England Conservatory, Chorus of Westerly
Chorus of Westerly
Founded in 1959 by George Kent, the Chorus of Westerly is a 190 voice chorus based in Westerly, Rhode Island. It is one of the few choruses in the nation which has children singing alongside adults for every performance of its season...
), Andrew Balio (Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra is a professional American symphony orchestra based in Baltimore, Maryland.In September 2007, Maestra Marin Alsop led her inaugural concerts as the Orchestra’s twelfth music director, making her the first woman to head a major American orchestra.The BSO Board...
), Gilbert Blais (Conservatoire de musique de Saguenay
Conservatoire de musique de Saguenay
The Conservatoire de musique du Québec à Saguenay is a music conservatory located in Chicoutimi, Quebec, Canada. The conservatory was opened in 1967 and is part of a network of 9 conservatories in Quebec, the Conservatoire de musique et d'art dramatique du Québec , and was the seventh school in...
), Peter Chapman (Boston Symphony Orchestra
Boston Symphony Orchestra
The Boston Symphony Orchestra is an orchestra based in Boston, Massachusetts. It is one of the five American orchestras commonly referred to as the "Big Five". Founded in 1881, the BSO plays most of its concerts at Boston's Symphony Hall and in the summer performs at the Tanglewood Music Center...
), Jon Paul Danté (Paramount Brass Quintet, Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra
Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra
The Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra is a Malaysian orchestra, resident at the Dewan Filharmonik Petronas in Kuala Lumpur. The orchestra gives concerts throughout Malaysia and also in Singapore....
), Russell Devuyst (Montreal Symphony Orchestra
Montreal Symphony Orchestra
Orchestre symphonique de Montréal is a symphony orchestra based in Montréal, Québec, Canada, with Montréal's Place des Arts as its home.-History:...
), Kurt Dupuis ("The President's Own" U. S. Marine Band), Anthony DiLorenzo (Center City Brass, composer, recording artist), Albert DiPietro (Longy School of Music
Longy School of Music
The Longy School of Music of Bard College is a conservatory located near Harvard Square in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1915, it was one of the four independent degree-granting music schools in the Boston region along with the New England Conservatory, Berklee College of Music, and Boston...
), Joseph D. Foley (Atlantic Brass Quintet
Atlantic Brass Quintet
The Boston-based Atlantic Brass Quintet is a five-piece chamber music ensemble which was founded in 1985, by John Manning, Joseph Foley, John Faieta and Bob Rasmussen...
, Wellesley College, Boston University
Boston University
Boston University is a private research university located in Boston, Massachusetts. With more than 4,000 faculty members and more than 31,000 students, Boston University is one of the largest private universities in the United States and one of Boston's largest employers...
), William Harvey (Oakland East Bay Symphony
Oakland East Bay Symphony
The Oakland East Bay Symphony is a leading orchestra based in Oakland, California. The current music director and conductor is Michael Morgan, who has held the position since September 1990. The Paramount Theatre has been the home of the Symphony since the 1995. Bryan Nies has been Assistant...
), Edward Hoffman (Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra is a professional American symphony orchestra based in Baltimore, Maryland.In September 2007, Maestra Marin Alsop led her inaugural concerts as the Orchestra’s twelfth music director, making her the first woman to head a major American orchestra.The BSO Board...
, Peabody Institute
Peabody Institute
The Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University is a renowned conservatory and preparatory school located in the Mount Vernon neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland at the corner of Charles and Monument Streets at Mount Vernon Place.-History:...
), Bruce Hopkins (College of the Holy Cross
College of the Holy Cross
The College of the Holy Cross is an undergraduate Roman Catholic liberal arts college located in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA...
), Paul Jackson (Alabama Symphony Orchestra
Alabama Symphony Orchestra
- 1921-1955: Beginnings :The Alabama Symphony Orchestra can trace its beginnings to 1921, when on Friday, April 29, fifty-two volunteer musicians joined to perform at the Birmingham Music Festival at the Old Jefferson Theater...
), Robert Lemons (Eastern Connecticut State University
Eastern Connecticut State University
Eastern Connecticut State University is a public, coeducational liberal arts university and is a member of the Council of Public Liberal Arts Colleges. Eastern is located in Willimantic, Connecticut on . Founded in 1889, it is the second-oldest campus in the Connecticut State University System...
), Louis Larouche ( Québec Symphony Orchestra), Steven Matera ("The President's Own" U. S. Marine Band) Timothy Morrison (Boston Symphony Orchestra
Boston Symphony Orchestra
The Boston Symphony Orchestra is an orchestra based in Boston, Massachusetts. It is one of the five American orchestras commonly referred to as the "Big Five". Founded in 1881, the BSO plays most of its concerts at Boston's Symphony Hall and in the summer performs at the Tanglewood Music Center...
, Hollywood recording artist), Rodney Mack (Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia), Niel Mueller (North Dakota State University
North Dakota State University
North Dakota State University of Agriculture and Applied Sciences, more commonly known as North Dakota State University , is a public university in Fargo, North Dakota. NDSU has about 14,000 students and it is the largest university in North Dakota based on full time students and land size...
), Dennis Najoom (Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra
The Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra is an orchestra based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Its primary performing venue is the Marcus Center for the Performing Arts...
), Gary Peterson (Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
The Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra is one of the world's oldest orchestral institutions. It performs some 110 concerts a year, and is based at the 1,500-seat Grieg Hall in Bergen, Norway.-History:...
, Grieg Academy), William Pfund (University of Northern Colorado
University of Northern Colorado
-Organization:The University of Northern Colorado offers 100 undergraduate programs and more than 100 graduate programs. The university has a satellite campus in Denver, Colorado...
, Greeley Philharmonic Orchestra), Marc Reese (Empire Brass Quintet), Betty Barber Rines (Portland Symphony Orchestra
Portland Symphony Orchestra
The Portland Symphony Orchestra, established in 1923 in Portland, Maine, is a fully professional symphony that is recognized as being one of the top orchestras of its size in the country. The orchestra performs a wide variety of concerts, frequently featuring guest artists, at the Merrill...
), Jay Rizzetto (California State University, San Francisco Ballet), John Schnell (Portland Symphony Orchestra
Portland Symphony Orchestra
The Portland Symphony Orchestra, established in 1923 in Portland, Maine, is a fully professional symphony that is recognized as being one of the top orchestras of its size in the country. The orchestra performs a wide variety of concerts, frequently featuring guest artists, at the Merrill...
), David Scott (McNeese State University
McNeese State University
McNeese State University is a public university located in Lake Charles, Louisiana, in the United States. Founded in 1939 as a junior college, McNeese experienced growth due to economic activity in the region. It adopted its present name in 1970....
), Lt Col Alan Sierichs (The United States Air Force Band
The United States Air Force Band
'The Singing Sergeants' is the official chorus of the United States Air Force. It was formed in 1945 from members of The United States Air Force Concert Band, but is now composed entirely of professional vocalists who have been appointed by audition. The Singing Sergeants have appeared before every...
), Rolf Smedvig (Empire Brass Quintet), Thomas V. Smith (New York Philharmonic
New York Philharmonic
The New York Philharmonic is a symphony orchestra based in New York City in the United States. It is one of the American orchestras commonly referred to as the "Big Five"...
, Manhattan School of Music
Manhattan School of Music
The Manhattan School of Music is a major music conservatory located on the Upper West Side of New York City. The school offers degrees on the bachelors, masters, and doctoral levels in the areas of classical and jazz performance and composition...
), Edward Tarr
Edward Tarr
Edward Hankins Tarr , is an American trumpet player and musicologist. He has been a pioneer in the revival of Baroque and Romantic era trumpet performance practice....
(trumpet soloist, historian), James Thompson (Montreal Symphony Orchestra
Montreal Symphony Orchestra
Orchestre symphonique de Montréal is a symphony orchestra based in Montréal, Québec, Canada, with Montréal's Place des Arts as its home.-History:...
, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra is an American orchestra based in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. Robert Spano has been its music director since 2001...
, Eastman School of Music
Eastman School of Music
The Eastman School of Music is a music conservatory located in Rochester, New York. The Eastman School is a professional school within the University of Rochester...
), Peter Voisin (Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra
Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra
The Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra is an American orchestra based in Jacksonville, Florida. Widely recognized for its high artistic quality, the JSO ranks among the nation’s top 30 to 40 orchestras in terms of number of performances and population served...
), Linn Weeda (Anchorage Symphony Orchestra
Anchorage Symphony Orchestra
The Anchorage Symphony Orchestra is a semi-professional symphony orchestra located in Anchorage, Alaska. Randall Craig Fleischer is the director and conductor, and Linn Weeda is the assistant director and conductor....
, University of Alaska Anchorage
University of Alaska Anchorage
The University of Alaska Anchorage is the largest school of the University of Alaska System, with about 16,500 students, about 14,000 of whom attend classes at Goose Lake, its main campus in Anchorage....
), Alan Wenger (Central Missouri State University), Mike Zonshine (Honolulu Symphony
Honolulu Symphony
The Honolulu Symphony, also known as the Honolulu Symphony Orchestra, was founded in 1900. The Honolulu Symphony is the oldest symphony orchestra in the USA west of the Rocky Mountains. Originally housed in a clubhouse on the slopes of Punchbowl, the Honolulu Symphony now plays from the Neal S...
) Earl Gaar (Top Brass Louisville KY).
Editing career
Roger Voisin was also very active as an editor for International Music Company, providing over 45 editions for the company.VOISIN EDITIONS:
- Giuseppe AldrovandiniGiuseppe AldrovandiniGiuseppe Antonio Vincenzo Aldrovandini was an Italian Baroque composer. He is credited with writing over twenty operas and oratorios, including the 1696 opera Dafni, as well as many other instrumental compositions and arias.-External links:...
(1671-1707), Sonata No. 1 for Two Trumpets (International Music Company) - Giuseppe Aldrovandini (1665-1707), Sonata No. 2 for Two Trumpets (International Music Company)
- Giuseppe Aldrovandini (1665-1707), Sonata No. 3 for Two Trumpets (International Music Company)
- Alexander ArutiunianAlexander ArutiunianAlexander Grigorevich Arutiunian , also known as Arutunian, Arutyunyan, Arutjunjan or Harutiunian Alexander Grigorevich Arutiunian (Arm. Ալեքսանդր Գրիգորի Հարությունյան), also known as Arutunian, Arutyunyan, Arutjunjan or Harutiunian Alexander Grigorevich Arutiunian (Arm. Ալեքսանդր Գրիգորի...
(b. 1920), Concerto for Trumpet (International Music Company) - Guillaume Balay (1871-1942), Contest Piece (International Music Company)
- Vassily BrandtVassily BrandtKarl Wilhelm Brandt was a Russian trumpeter, pedagogue, and composer.He became principal trumpet of the Bolshoi Theater in 1890 and became first cornet in 1903. He succeeded Friedrich Richter as the trumpet professor of the Moscow Conservatory in 1900, and also taught band orchestration there...
(1869-1923), Concertpiece No. 1, Op. 11 (International Music Company, 1963) - Henri Buesser (1872-1973), Concertpiece (International Music Company)
- Henri Buesser (1872-1973), Andante & Scherzo, Op. 44 (International Music Company)
- A. H. Chavanne ( ? -1926), 25 Characteristic Studies (International Music Company)
- Jeremiah ClarkeJeremiah ClarkeJeremiah Clarke was an English baroque composer and organist.Thought to have been born in London around 1674, Clarke was a pupil of John Blow at St Paul's Cathedral. He later became organist at the Chapel Royal...
(c. 1674-1707) (attributed to Henry PurcellHenry PurcellHenry Purcell – 21 November 1695), was an English organist and Baroque composer of secular and sacred music. Although Purcell incorporated Italian and French stylistic elements into his compositions, his legacy was a uniquely English form of Baroque music...
), Trumpet Voluntary (International Music Company) - Michel CorretteMichel CorretteMichel Corrette was a French organist, composer and author of musical method books.-Life:Corrette was born in Rouen, Normandy. His father, Gaspard Corrette, was an organist and composer. Corrette served as organist at the Jesuit College in Paris from about 1737 to 1780. It is also known that he...
(1709-1795), Two Divertimenti, Op. 7. (International Music Company) - Gaston DufresneGaston DufresneGaston Dufresne was a contrabassist in the Boston Symphony Orchestra from 1927 to 1957 and a teacher of Solfege. Among his contrabass students are American composer Leroy Anderson and Boston Symphony principal trumpeter Roger Voisin. He also taught solfege to Voisin and to Boston Symphony hornist...
Develop Sight Reading (Charles Colin Music) - Ernst August Friese, 10 Studies For Trumpet (International Music Company, 1970)
- Domenico GabrielliDomenico GabrielliDomenico Gabrielli was an Italian Baroque composer and virtuoso cello player. He was apparently not related to the Venetian Gabrielis....
(1651-1690), 6 Sonatas, Op. 11 Volumes I & II (International Music Company) - Domenico Gabrielli (1651-1690), Sonata for Two Trumpets (International Music Company)
- André GedalgeAndré GedalgeAndré Gedalge , was an influential French composer and teacher.- Biography :André Gedalge was born at 75 rue des Saints-Pères, in Paris, where he first worked as a bookseller and editor specializing in livres de prix for public schools...
(1856-1926), Contest Piece (International Music Company) - Reinhold GlièreReinhold GlièreReinhold Moritzevich Glière was a Russian and Soviet composer of German–Polish descent.- Biography :Glière was born in Kiev, Ukraine...
, Concerto (International Music Company) - Johann Christoph Graupner (1683-1760), Concerto No. 1 in D (International Music Company)
- George Frideric HandelGeorge Frideric HandelGeorge Frideric Handel was a German-British Baroque composer, famous for his operas, oratorios, anthems and organ concertos. Handel was born in 1685, in a family indifferent to music...
(1685-1759), Concerto in G min. (International Music Company) - George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) Concerto in F minor (International Music Company)
- George Frideric Handel (1685-1759), Sonata No. 3 (International Music Company)
- Joseph HaydnJoseph HaydnFranz Joseph Haydn , known as Joseph Haydn , was an Austrian composer, one of the most prolific and prominent composers of the Classical period. He is often called the "Father of the Symphony" and "Father of the String Quartet" because of his important contributions to these forms...
(1732-1809), Concerto in E flat maj. Edited & provided with Cadenzas by Roger Voisin (International Music Company) - Georges HüeGeorges HüeGeorges Adolphe Hüe was a French composer of classical music.-Biography:Hüe was born in Versailles into a noted family of architects. His musical education included studies with Charles Gounod and César Franck. In 1879, he won the Prix de Rome with his cantata Médée...
(1858-1948), Contest Piece (International Music Company) - Johann Nepomuk HummelJohann Nepomuk HummelJohann Nepomuk Hummel or Jan Nepomuk Hummel was an Austrian composer and virtuoso pianist. His music reflects the transition from the Classical to the Romantic musical era.- Life :...
(1778-1837), Concerto for Trumpet (International Music Company) - Giuseppe Maria Jacchini (c.1663-1727), Sonata (International Music Company)
- Aram KhachaturianAram KhachaturianAram Ilyich Khachaturian was a prominent Soviet composer. Khachaturian's works were often influenced by classical Russian music and Armenian folk music...
(1903-1978), Four Dances from the ballet "Gayane" (International Music Company) - Georg KoppraschGeorg KoppraschGeorg Kopprasch was a German composer and horn player. Very little is known about his life, except that he was born sometime before 1800 and continued his career as a horn player at least until 1832. Kopprasch is mainly known for his second set of Horn etudes, op. 6. This set of 60 etudes is often...
, 60 Studies Volumes I & II (International Music Company) - Francesco ManfrediniFrancesco ManfrediniFrancesco Onofrio Manfredini was an Italian Baroque composer, violinist, and church musician.He was born at Pistoia to a trombonist. He studied violin with Giuseppe Torelli in Bologna, then a part of the Papal States, a leading figure in the development of the concerto grosso...
(1684-1762), Concerto in C Major for Two Trumpets (International Music Company) - Georges MartyGeorges MartyGeorges-Eugène Marty was a French conductor and composer associated with both major opera houses in Paris.-Career:...
(1860-1908), Chorale (International Music Company) - Orchestral Excerpts from Classical and Modern Works Volumes VI, VII, VIII, IX, X (International Music Company)
- Ernst Paudert (c.1899- ? ), Six Duets (International Music Company)
- Ernst Paudert (c.1899- ? ), 24 Studies (International Music Company)
- Giocomo Perti (1661-1756), Serenade (International Music Company)
- Henry PurcellHenry PurcellHenry Purcell – 21 November 1695), was an English organist and Baroque composer of secular and sacred music. Although Purcell incorporated Italian and French stylistic elements into his compositions, his legacy was a uniquely English form of Baroque music...
, Sonata for Trumpet in Bb or C (International Music Company) - Domenico ScarlattiDomenico ScarlattiGiuseppe Domenico Scarlatti was an Italian composer who spent much of his life in the service of the Portuguese and Spanish royal families. He is classified as a Baroque composer chronologically, although his music was influential in the development of the Classical style...
, Sonata No. 17 (International Music Company) - Matthias Spiegler (1595-c.1634), Canzone I for Trumpet, Bass Trombone & Piano (International Music Company)
- Matthias Spiegler (1595-c.1634), Canzone II for 2 Trumpets, Bass Trombone & Piano (International Music Company)
- John StanleyJohn Stanley (composer)Charles John Stanley was an English composer and organist.-Biography:Stanley, who was blind from an early age, studied music with Maurice Greene and held a number of organist appointments in London, such as St Andrew's, Holborn from 1726...
, (1713-1786) Concerto i C Major (Füssl-Voisin) (International Music Company) - Giuseppe TartiniGiuseppe TartiniGiuseppe Tartini was an Italian baroque composer and violinist.-Biography:Tartini was born in Piran, a town on the peninsula of Istria, in the Republic of Venice to Gianantonio – native of Florence – and Caterina Zangrando, a descendant of one of the oldest aristocratic Piranian families.It...
(1692-1770), Adagio and Allegro for two trumpets (Orvid-Voisin) (International Music Company) - Georg Philipp TelemannGeorg Philipp TelemannGeorg Philipp Telemann was a German Baroque composer and multi-instrumentalist. Almost completely self-taught in music, he became a composer against his family's wishes. After studying in Magdeburg, Zellerfeld, and Hildesheim, Telemann entered the University of Leipzig to study law, but eventually...
(1681-1767), Concerto in D major (International Music Company) - Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767), Concerto in B flat major (orig. in D for Clarino) (Füssl-Voisin)(International Music Company)
- Georg Philipp TelemannGeorg Philipp TelemannGeorg Philipp Telemann was a German Baroque composer and multi-instrumentalist. Almost completely self-taught in music, he became a composer against his family's wishes. After studying in Magdeburg, Zellerfeld, and Hildesheim, Telemann entered the University of Leipzig to study law, but eventually...
(1681-1767), Concerto for Two Trumpets (International Music Company) - Francis ThoméFrancis ThoméFrancis Thomé , was a French pianist and composer. He studied at the Paris Conservatoire with Jules Laurent Duprato and Ambroise Thomas. After leaving the Conservatoire he became well known as a composer of salon pieces and was in demand as a pianist and teacher...
(1850-1909), Fantasy (International Music Company) - Giuseppe TorelliGiuseppe TorelliGiuseppe Torelli was an Italian violist, violinist, teacher, and composer.Torelli is most remembered for his contributions to the development of the instrumental concerto Giuseppe Torelli (April 22, 1658 – February 8, 1709) was an Italian violist, violinist, teacher, and composer.Torelli is most...
(1658-1709), Concerto in C major (International Music Company) - Roger Voisin (b.1918), Album of 12 Classical Pieces (BeethovenLudwig van BeethovenLudwig van Beethoven was a German composer and pianist. A crucial figure in the transition between the Classical and Romantic eras in Western art music, he remains one of the most famous and influential composers of all time.Born in Bonn, then the capital of the Electorate of Cologne and part of...
, GriegEdvard GriegEdvard Hagerup Grieg was a Norwegian composer and pianist. He is best known for his Piano Concerto in A minor, for his incidental music to Henrik Ibsen's play Peer Gynt , and for his collection of piano miniatures Lyric Pieces.-Biography:Edvard Hagerup Grieg was born in...
, HandelGeorge Frideric HandelGeorge Frideric Handel was a German-British Baroque composer, famous for his operas, oratorios, anthems and organ concertos. Handel was born in 1685, in a family indifferent to music...
, MendelssohnFelix MendelssohnJakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Barthóldy , use the form 'Mendelssohn' and not 'Mendelssohn Bartholdy'. The Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians gives ' Felix Mendelssohn' as the entry, with 'Mendelssohn' used in the body text...
, MozartWolfgang Amadeus MozartWolfgang Amadeus Mozart , baptismal name Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart , was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical era. He composed over 600 works, many acknowledged as pinnacles of symphonic, concertante, chamber, piano, operatic, and choral music...
, SchubertFranz SchubertFranz Peter Schubert was an Austrian composer.Although he died at an early age, Schubert was tremendously prolific. He wrote some 600 Lieder, nine symphonies , liturgical music, operas, some incidental music, and a large body of chamber and solo piano music...
, WeberCarl Maria von WeberCarl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber was a German composer, conductor, pianist, guitarist and critic, one of the first significant composers of the Romantic school....
, et al.) (International Music Company) - Roger Voisin (b. 1918), 24 Daily Exercises (International Music Company)
- Roger Voisin (b. 1918), 11 Studies (International Music Company, 1963)
- Wilhelm Wurm (1826-1906), 40 Studies (International Music Company)
Discography
- The Modern Age of Brass (Kapp "Unicorn" monaural recording)
- Hindemith, "Morgenmusik"
- Dahl, Music for Brass Instruments
- Berezowsky, Brass Suite
- Sanders, Quintet in B flat
- Roger Voisin / Music for Trumpet & Orchestra (Vol 1) (Kapp "Unicorn" recording)
- Haydn, Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra in E flat
- Antonio VivaldiAntonio VivaldiAntonio Lucio Vivaldi , nicknamed because of his red hair, was an Italian Baroque composer, priest, and virtuoso violinist, born in Venice. Vivaldi is recognized as one of the greatest Baroque composers, and his influence during his lifetime was widespread over Europe...
, Concerto for Two Trumpets and Orchestra in C - Henry PurcellHenry PurcellHenry Purcell – 21 November 1695), was an English organist and Baroque composer of secular and sacred music. Although Purcell incorporated Italian and French stylistic elements into his compositions, his legacy was a uniquely English form of Baroque music...
, Tune and Air for Trumpet and Orchestra in D - Henry Purcell, Voluntary for Two Trumpets in C
- Henry Purcell, Voluntary for Two Trumpets in C
- Henry Purcell, Trumpet Voluntary in D
- Henry Purcell, Sonata for Trumpet and Strings in D
- Roger Voisin & John Rhea Trumpets / Trumpet Impressions 2
- Girolamo Fantini, Chiamata no. 3
- Henry PurcellHenry PurcellHenry Purcell – 21 November 1695), was an English organist and Baroque composer of secular and sacred music. Although Purcell incorporated Italian and French stylistic elements into his compositions, his legacy was a uniquely English form of Baroque music...
, Symphony From The Fairy Queen - Alessandro StradellaAlessandro StradellaAlessandro Stradella was an Italian composer of the middle baroque. He enjoyed a dazzling career as a freelance composer, writing on commission, collaborating with distinguished poets, producing over three hundred works in a variety of genres.-Life:Not much is known about his early life, but he...
, Sonata For Trumpet and Two String Orchestras - Jean-Baptiste LullyJean-Baptiste LullyJean-Baptiste de Lully was an Italian-born French composer who spent most of his life working in the court of Louis XIV of France. He is considered the chief master of the French Baroque style. Lully disavowed any Italian influence in French music of the period. He became a French subject in...
, Carousel Music - Girolamo Fantini, Chiamata no. 6
- Claudio MonteverdiClaudio MonteverdiClaudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi – 29 November 1643) was an Italian composer, gambist, and singer.Monteverdi's work, often regarded as revolutionary, marked the transition from the Renaissance style of music to that of the Baroque period. He developed two individual styles of composition – the...
, Sinfonia da Guerra - Johann Caspar Ferdinand FischerJohann Caspar Ferdinand FischerJohann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer was a German Baroque composer...
, Le Journal de Printemps: Suite no. 8 - Christian Pezold, Sonata no. 30 "Hora Decima"
- John StanleyJohn Stanley (composer)Charles John Stanley was an English composer and organist.-Biography:Stanley, who was blind from an early age, studied music with Maurice Greene and held a number of organist appointments in London, such as St Andrew's, Holborn from 1726...
, Trumpet Tune - Henry Purcell, The Yorkshire Feast Song: Symphony
- Henry Purcell, The Duke of Gloucester's Birthday Ode: Overture
- Henry Purcell, Trumpet Overture From "The Indian Queen"
- Henry Purcell, Trumpet Tune And Air "The Cebell"
- C. P. E. Bach, Marche For Three Trumpets And Timpani "Fur Die Arche"
- Roger Voisin: The Baroque Trumpet - Disc One
- Antonio VivaldiAntonio VivaldiAntonio Lucio Vivaldi , nicknamed because of his red hair, was an Italian Baroque composer, priest, and virtuoso violinist, born in Venice. Vivaldi is recognized as one of the greatest Baroque composers, and his influence during his lifetime was widespread over Europe...
, Concerto in E flat major for two Trumpets and Strings - ManfrediniManfredini-People:*Aparicio Méndez , Uruguayan politician, birth name Aparicio Mėndez Manfredini*Christian Manfredini , Côte d'Ivoire-Italian footballer*Francesco Manfredini , Italian Baroque composer, violinist, and church musician...
, Concerto in D major for Two Trumpets and Orchestra - BiberCarl Heinrich BiberCarl Heinrich Biber was a late Baroque violinist and composer.He was the sixth son of Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber. He got his first musical education from him. In 1704, he made a study trip to Venice and Rome, important centers of the music...
, Sonata a Six for B flat Trumpet and Strings - G. P. Telemann, Concerto in D major for Trumpet in D, Two Oboes, and Continuo
- John StanleyJohn Stanley (composer)Charles John Stanley was an English composer and organist.-Biography:Stanley, who was blind from an early age, studied music with Maurice Greene and held a number of organist appointments in London, such as St Andrew's, Holborn from 1726...
, Trumpet Tune - Henry PurcellHenry PurcellHenry Purcell – 21 November 1695), was an English organist and Baroque composer of secular and sacred music. Although Purcell incorporated Italian and French stylistic elements into his compositions, his legacy was a uniquely English form of Baroque music...
, Yorkshire Feast - Henry Purcell, Duke of Gloucester's Birthday Ode: Overture
- Henry Purcell, Indian Queen: Trumpet Overture
- Henry Purcell, The Cebell
- C. P. E. Bach, March for Three Trumpets and Timpani
- Legrenzi, Sonata La Buscha
- G. P. Telemann, Concerto in D for Trumpet, Strings and Continuo
- Antonio Vivaldi
- Roger Voisin: The Baroque Trumpet - Disc Two
- J. E. Altenburg, Conceto for Seven Trumpets and Timpani
- Henry PurcellHenry PurcellHenry Purcell – 21 November 1695), was an English organist and Baroque composer of secular and sacred music. Although Purcell incorporated Italian and French stylistic elements into his compositions, his legacy was a uniquely English form of Baroque music...
, Symphony from "The Fairy Queen" - Alessandro StradellaAlessandro StradellaAlessandro Stradella was an Italian composer of the middle baroque. He enjoyed a dazzling career as a freelance composer, writing on commission, collaborating with distinguished poets, producing over three hundred works in a variety of genres.-Life:Not much is known about his early life, but he...
, Sonata for Trumpet and Two String Orchestras - Claudio MonteverdiClaudio MonteverdiClaudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi – 29 November 1643) was an Italian composer, gambist, and singer.Monteverdi's work, often regarded as revolutionary, marked the transition from the Renaissance style of music to that of the Baroque period. He developed two individual styles of composition – the...
, Sinfonia da Guerra - J. K. F. Fischer, Le Journal de Printemps" (Suite No. 8)
- Alessandro StradellaAlessandro StradellaAlessandro Stradella was an Italian composer of the middle baroque. He enjoyed a dazzling career as a freelance composer, writing on commission, collaborating with distinguished poets, producing over three hundred works in a variety of genres.-Life:Not much is known about his early life, but he...
, Sinfonia to II Barcheggio - Domenico ScarlattiDomenico ScarlattiGiuseppe Domenico Scarlatti was an Italian composer who spent much of his life in the service of the Portuguese and Spanish royal families. He is classified as a Baroque composer chronologically, although his music was influential in the development of the Classical style...
, Sinfonia No. 2 - Fux, Serenada
- Music of Jubilee - Johann Sebastian Bach: E. Power BiggsE. Power BiggsEdward George Power Biggs , more familiarly known as E. Power Biggs, was a British-born American concert organist and recording artist.-Biography:...
, organ; Richard BurginRichard BurginFor the American writer, see Richard Burgin Richard Burgin was a Polish-American violinist, best known as associate conductor and the concertmaster of the Boston Symphony Orchestra .-Early life:...
, Conductor; Columbia Chamber Orchestra; Recorded in Symphony Hall, Boston; Solo Trumpets: Roger Voisin and Marcel LaFosse- Sinfonia to Cantata No. 29
- Chorale Prelude: In Dulci Jubilo
- Chorale Prelude: Rejoice, Beloved Christians
- Concerto and Chorale "Alleluia" - Cantata No. 142
- Chorale: Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring - Cantata No. 147
- Chorale Prelude: Fantasia on "In Dulci Jubilo"
- Chorale: Now Christ Doth End in Triumph - Christmas Oratorio
- Duet: My Spirit be Joyful - Easter Cantata No. 146
- Sheep May Safely Graze - Birthday Cantata No. 208
- Chorale: Now Thank We All Our God - Cantata No. 79
- Sonata to Cantata No. 182
- Chorale: Awake Thou Wintry Earth - Cantata No. 129
- Fugue in G Minor ("Little")
- Passacaglia and Fugue in C Minor
- Fugue in C Major ("Fanfare")
- Toccata and Fugue in D Minor
- The Old South Brass, Organ and Timpani; Frederick MacArthur, Organ; Roger Voisin, Conductor
- Chucherbutty Fanfare
- Edward ElgarEdward ElgarSir Edward William Elgar, 1st Baronet OM, GCVO was an English composer, many of whose works have entered the British and international classical concert repertoire. Among his best-known compositions are orchestral works including the Enigma Variations, the Pomp and Circumstance Marches, concertos...
Pomp and Circumstance Military March No. 1, Opus 39 - Arr. George Faxon - George Faxon Adagio from Miniature Suite For String Quartet
- George Faxon Fanfare No. 2
- Karg-Elert Praise The Lord With Drums And Cymbals, Opus 101
- McKinley Hymn Tune Fantasie On "St. Clement"
- Perry Christos Patterakis
- John Phillip Sousa The Stars & Stripes Forever - Arr. George Faxon
- TchaikovskyPyotr Ilyich TchaikovskyPyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (Russian: Пётр Ильи́ч Чайко́вский ; often "Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky" in English. His names are also transliterated "Piotr" or "Petr"; "Ilitsch", "Il'ich" or "Illyich"; and "Tschaikowski", "Tschaikowsky", "Chajkovskij"...
1812 Overture - Arr. George Faxon - The Star-spangled BannerThe Star-Spangled Banner"The Star-Spangled Banner" is the national anthem of the United States of America. The lyrics come from "Defence of Fort McHenry", a poem written in 1814 by the 35-year-old lawyer and amateur poet, Francis Scott Key, after witnessing the bombardment of Fort McHenry by the British Royal Navy ships...
(National Anthem) - Arr. George Faxon - Traditional Auld Lang SyneAuld Lang Syne"Auld Lang Syne" is a Scots poem written by Robert Burns in 1788 and set to the tune of a traditional folk song . It is well known in many countries, especially in the English-speaking world; its traditional use being to celebrate the start of the New Year at the stroke of midnight...
- Arr. George Faxon - VierneLouis VierneLouis Victor Jules Vierne was a French organist and composer.-Life:Louis Vierne was born in Poitiers, Vienne, nearly blind due to congenital cataracts, but at an early age was discovered to have an unusual gift for music. Louis Victor Jules Vierne (8 October 1870 – 2 June 1937) was a French...
Carillon De Westminster from Pièces De Fantaisie, Troisième Suite, Opus 54 - Arr. George Faxon - Vierne March Triomphale Centenaire De Napoléon I, Opus 16
- Richard WagnerRichard WagnerWilhelm Richard Wagner was a German composer, conductor, theatre director, philosopher, music theorist, poet, essayist and writer primarily known for his operas...
The Ride Of The Valkyries - Arr. George Faxon
- Koussevitzky Conducts Bach (Boston Symphony Orchestra)
- The Six Brandenburg ConcertosBrandenburg concertosThe Brandenburg concertos by Johann Sebastian Bach are a collection of six instrumental works presented by Bach to Christian Ludwig, margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt, in 1721 . They are widely regarded as among the finest musical compositions of the Baroque era...
- The Four Orchestral Suites
- The Six Brandenburg Concertos
- BernsteinLeonard BernsteinLeonard Bernstein August 25, 1918 – October 14, 1990) was an American conductor, composer, author, music lecturer and pianist. He was among the first conductors born and educated in the United States of America to receive worldwide acclaim...
, conducts Stravinsky and Ravel- Igor StravinskyIgor StravinskyIgor Fyodorovich Stravinsky ; 6 April 1971) was a Russian, later naturalized French, and then naturalized American composer, pianist, and conductor....
, "Histoire du SoldatHistoire du soldatHistoire du soldat , composed by Igor Stravinsky, is a 1918 theatrical work "to be read, played, and danced" . The libretto, which is based on a Russian folk tale, was written in French by the Swiss universalist writer C.F. Ramuz...
" - Igor Stravinsky, Octet for Wind Instruments
- Maurice RavelMaurice RavelJoseph-Maurice Ravel was a French composer known especially for his melodies, orchestral and instrumental textures and effects...
, Piano Concerto in G
- Igor Stravinsky
- Pierre MonteuxPierre MonteuxPierre Monteux was an orchestra conductor. Born in Paris, France, Monteux later became an American citizen.-Life and career:Monteux was born in Paris in 1875. His family was descended from Sephardi Jews who came to France in the wake of the Spanish Inquisition. He studied violin from an early age,...
Conducts the BSO: Debussy; Liszt; Scriabin- Franz LisztFranz LisztFranz Liszt ; ), was a 19th-century Hungarian composer, pianist, conductor, and teacher.Liszt became renowned in Europe during the nineteenth century for his virtuosic skill as a pianist. He was said by his contemporaries to have been the most technically advanced pianist of his age...
, Les PréludesLes Préludes (Liszt)Les préludes is the third of Franz Liszt's thirteen symphonic poems. Directed by Liszt himself, in April 1856 the score, and in January 1865 the orchestral parts, were published by Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig. Among Liszt's symphonic poems, Les préludes is the most popular...
(Symphonic Poem No. 3); Pierre Monteux/Boston SO - Alexander ScriabinAlexander ScriabinAlexander Nikolayevich Scriabin was a Russian composer and pianist who initially developed a lyrical and idiosyncratic tonal language inspired by the music of Frédéric Chopin. Quite independent of the innovations of Arnold Schoenberg, Scriabin developed an increasingly atonal musical system,...
, Le Poeme De L'extase, Op. 54; Roger Voisin - Havanaise, Op. 83 - Leonid Kogan
- Claude DebussyClaude DebussyClaude-Achille Debussy was a French composer. Along with Maurice Ravel, he was one of the most prominent figures working within the field of impressionist music, though he himself intensely disliked the term when applied to his compositions...
La MerLa Mer (Debussy)La mer, trois esquisses symphoniques pour orchestre , or simply La mer , is an orchestral composition by the French composer Claude Debussy. It was started in 1903 in France and completed in 1905 on the English Channel coast in Eastbourne...
- Pierre Monteux/Boston SO
- Franz Liszt
- Saint-SaënsCamille Saint-SaënsCharles-Camille Saint-Saëns was a French Late-Romantic composer, organist, conductor, and pianist. He is known especially for The Carnival of the Animals, Danse macabre, Samson and Delilah, Piano Concerto No. 2, Cello Concerto No. 1, Havanaise, Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso, and his Symphony...
: Symphony No.3/Debussy: La Mer/Ibert: Escales, Boston Symphony, Charles MünchCharles MünchCharles Munch was an Alsatian symphonic conductor and violinist. Noted for his mastery of the French orchestral repertoire, he is best known as music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra.-Biography:...