Chicago Brass Quintet Sample Programs
The Chicago Brass Quintet's repertoire includes nearly 400 works. It reaches from the renaissance to today and includes original works for brass, commissions and arrangements for the Chicago Brass Quintet alone and with Symphony Orchestra, Wind Ensemble, Organ, Piano, and The Brown Singers Gospel Quintet. The following programs include a sampling of performances given within the past five years.
“Bach to Stravinsky”
La MourisqueTylman Susato ( 1500- 1564)
The Music of BachJohann Sebastian Bach ( 1685-1750)
Choralearr. Samuel Adler
Boureearr. James Mattern
Sonatinearr. Jan Bach
Fuguearr. Irving Rozenthal
Suite DebussyClaude Debussy (1862-1918)
arr. James Mattern
La Petit Negre
Adagio
Reverie
Golliwog’s Cakewalk
Sonata BreveJames Mattern (1937- )
Moderately Fast
Scherzo
Very Slow
Moderately Fast
--INTERMISSION--
Swing LowTraditional - arr. Daniel Anderson
Four WorksIgor Stravinsky (1882 - 1971)
arr. James Mattern
March
Adagio
Song of the Balalaika
Gallop
Adagio from Concerito de Joaquin Rodrigo (1901 - 1999)
Aranjuezarr. James Mattern
The Sound of MusicRichard Rogers (1902 - 1979)
arr. John Mindenmen
“A Night In London”
Handel SuiteGeorge Frederich Handel (1685 - 1759)
Overture to Rinaldo
Total Eclipse
Sound an Alarm
Centone #11William Boyce (1710-1779)
arr. Verne Reynolds
Allegro Assai
Moderato e dolce
Allegro
Rest Ralph Vaughn Williams (1872-1958)
Brass Quintet #1(1961)Malcolm Arnold
Allegro Vivace
Chaconne
Con Brio
--INTERMISSION--
Holst SuiteGustav Holst (1874-1934)
March
Song Without Words
Song of the Blacksmith
Tribute to Gilbert and SullivanSr. Arthur Sullivan (1842-1900)
A Nightingale Sang in BarleyA. Markowitz
Square
Phantom of the OperaAndrew Lloyd Weber (1948)
“Music for Organ & Brass”
Music of Baroque Masters
FanfareDietrich Buxtehude (1637-1707)
Sonata Pian e' ForteGiovanni Gabrieli (1554-1613)
FanfareGottfried Reiche (1667-1734)
Prince of Denmark's MarchJeremiah Clarke (1673-1707)
Solemn EntryRichard Strauss (1864-1949)
Primeval Light (from Symphony 2) Gustav Mahler (1860-1911)
Toccatta from Fifth Symphy for Organ Charles-Marie Widor (1844-1937)
--INTERMISSION--
Concerto in G minor for OrganFrancis Poulenc
arr. James Mattern
Swing LowTraditional
arr. Dan Anderson
Elegy for Trumpet & OrganOistein Sommerfeldt (b. 1919)
Old American SongsAaron Copland (1900-1990)
The Dodger
Simple Gifts
Ching-a-Ring Chaw
Stars & Stripes ForeverJohn Phillip Sousa (1854-1932)
“Chicago Brass Quintet with The Brown Singers”
Suite from Porgy and Bess
Introduction and SummertimeGeorge Gershwin
A Boat Dats Leavin’
Strawberry
I Can’t Sit Down
Old American SongsAaron Copland
The Dodger
At the River
Ching A Ring Chaw
Simple Gifts
The Greatest GiftDaniel Toles
We Shall Behold Him
Swing Down Chariot
Song of PraiseDoris Brown
--INTERMISSION--
Swing Low, Sweet ChariotTraditional
arr. Dan Anderson
Three RagsScott Joplin
The Entertainer
When Your Hair is Like the Snow
Pineapple Rag
How Great Thou Art
Amazing Grace
When the Saints Go Marching In
“Chicago Brass Quintet with Piano”
AllegroAntonio Vivaldi
Folk Song SuiteBela Bartok
Magyar Tancarr. James Mattern
Melody
Song of the Fox
The Swinherd's Dance
El Amor BrujoManuel DeFalla
arr. James Mattern
ExcursionsSamuel Barber
Un Poco Allegro
Slow Blues Tempo
Allegro Molto
Dancing to Restore an Eric Ewazen
Eclipsed Moonarr. For Brass & Piano by E. Ewazen
From Shadowcatcher
--INTERMISSION--
Swing Low, Sweet ChariotTraditional
arr. Dan Anderson
Sute for French Horn, Tuba & PianoAlec Wilder
In a Jazzy Style
Berceuse
Hoe-Down
Ching a Ring Chaw
Four Rags for Piano & BrassScott Joplin
The Entertainer
Maple Leaf Rag
When Your Hair is Like the Snow
Pineapple Rag
Stars & Stripes ForeverJohn Phillip Sousa
“Chicago Brass Quintet Christmas
with Symphony Orchestra”
Variations onRonald Foster
“Good King Wenceslas”
Suite from "The Nutcracker"P.I. Tchaikovsky
March of the Toy Soldiers
Chocolate
Trepak
Christmas Around the Worldarr. James Mattern
Joy to the World
Away In the Manger
Gesu Bambino
Christmas Bells
Infance du Christ
Troika
Sleigh RideLeroy Anderson
--INTERMISSION--
Silent NightFranz Gruber
arr. James Mattern
The Cristmas SuiteMaury Laws
Save a Little Christmas
Carol
Waltz for Christmas
One Star in the Night
Parade of the Christmas Toys
Tivoli Bells
PatapanTraditional
Hallelujah ChorusGeorge Fredrick Handel