Air Force Blue
With a tradition going back to its formation in 1941, The United States Air Force Band has long been the Air Force’s premier musical organisation, inspiring audiences in America and all over the world. Many of the works on this album demonstrate the history and importance of flying, from Philip Wilby’s vision of a bygone era in Dawn Flight, Bruce Yurko’s Red Tail Skirmish dedicated to the heroism of Tuskegee Airmen in WWII, and the futuristic excitement of Asimov’s Aviary by Joel Puckett. The spectacular virtuosity of The United States Air Force Band can also be heard in Time Travels by the band’s chief arranger, Senior Master Sgt. Robert Thurston, and in the superb arrangement of three movements from Holst’s The Planets.
Product Description:
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Release Date: March 10, 2015
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UPC: 747313340576
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Catalog Number: 8573405
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Label: Naxos
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Number of Discs: 1
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Composer: Bruce Yurko, Eric Ewazen, Gustav Holst, Joel Puckett, John Williams, Philip Wilby, Robert Thurston
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Conductor: Larry H. Lang, Scott A. Guidry
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Performer: United States Air Force Band, Lang
Works:
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Time Travels, for band
Composer: Robert Thurston
Conductor: Larry H. Lang
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Asimov's Aviary, for band
Composer: Joel Puckett
Conductor: Larry H. Lang
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Dawn Flight
Composer: Philip Wilby
Conductor: Larry H. Lang
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Call of the Champions
Composer: John Williams
Conductor: Larry H. Lang
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Flight: 1. A View from the Heavens
Composer: Eric Ewazen
Conductor: Larry H. Lang
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Red Tail Skirmish, for wind ensemble
Composer: Bruce Yurko
Conductor: Scott A. Guidry
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High Flight, for band
Composer: Robert Thurston
Conductor: Larry H. Lang
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The Planets, Op. 32/H 125: Mars
Composer: Gustav Holst
Conductor: Larry H. Lang
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The Planets: 3. Mercury, the Winged Messenger
Composer: Gustav Holst
Conductor: Larry H. Lang
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The Planets: 4. Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity
Composer: Gustav Holst
Conductor: Larry H. Lang