Composed during the summer and fall of 1974, this was premiered in the spring semester of 1976. The following year, the symphony was awarded the American Bandmasters Ostwald Composition prize, which led to

This first-ever setting for band alone includes What Child Is This?; Hark! The Herald Angels Sing; Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella and concludes with a spectacular rendition of

This is an outstanding overture, little heard and played in the Western world, as with much Ukrainian music. The composer was embraced by Tchaikovsky, who particularly loved the opera.

The theme of these Variations is a folk song melody which is still occasionally heard in Russia. This edition is based on the full score published by the Russian state publishers as well as a number of

Endlessly inventive and richly colored with the full palette of sounds available in the symphonic wind band. Contrasting moments of lyrical beauty and muscular energy are never dissonant, with more than a