CD University of Oklahoma Percussion Orchestra, The Night Watch

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The OU Percussion Orchestra gives beautiful performances of these spectacular works.

Joseph Blaha is currently assistant professor of music and director of bands at Roanoke College in Salem, Virginia. In 1983, he enrolled as a doctoral student in composition at the University of Oklahoma and studied with Michael Hennagin earning a DMA in 1991. Raymond Helble, a native New Yorker, studied at the Eastman School of Music with Sam Adler, Wayne Barlow and Joseph Schwantner. A highly polished finish, elaborate motivic development, contrapuntal dexterity, and a concentrated intensity of expression, mark Helble’s work, whether he uses tonal, serial, modal, or atonal materials to fashion his work. Born in The Dalles, Oregon, Michael Hennagin composed in virtually every medium including music for film, television, and stage. His broad repertoire includes instrumental and vocal solos, various chamber ensembles, symphonic band, orchestra, and a large body of choral music for which he is widely recognized. He joined the faculty of the University of Oklahoma in 1972 and retired in 1992 to devote full time to his active composing schedule. He died suddenly in June 1993.

CONTENTS:
Joseph Blaha, composer
The Night Watch
Univ. of Oklahoma Percussion Orchestra, Richard C. Gipson, conductor

Raymond Helble, composer
Concertare
Univ. of Oklahoma Percussion Orchestra, Richard C. Gipson, conductor

Michael Hennagin, composer
Duo Chopinesque
Univ. of Oklahoma Percussion Orchestra, Richard C. Gipson, conductor

Raymond Helble, composer
Diabolic Variations
Univ. of Oklahoma Percussion Orchestra, Richard C. Gipson, conductor

 

REVIEW:
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