Fascinating Ribbons is both the title of an excellent work for symphonic band and an equally fascinating disc from Summit Records featuring the University of New Mexico Wind Symphony under Eric Rombach-Kendall. It features seven works, including four recording premieres, with Joan Tower's tight, exciting, and colorful band work Fascinating Ribbons (2001) leading off the program. Symphonic band programs like these are always a great way to get to know the works of composers you've never heard. Other than Tower, the living ...
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Fascinating Ribbons is both the title of an excellent work for symphonic band and an equally fascinating disc from Summit Records featuring the University of New Mexico Wind Symphony under Eric Rombach-Kendall. It features seven works, including four recording premieres, with Joan Tower's tight, exciting, and colorful band work Fascinating Ribbons (2001) leading off the program. Symphonic band programs like these are always a great way to get to know the works of composers you've never heard. Other than Tower, the living composers presented are Stephen Gryc, who was educated at the University of Michigan and teaches at Hart College; Jonathan Newman, who is a member of the composer's collective BCM International and Roberto Sierra, who needs no introduction to those even moderately interested in contemporary music. Sierra's work Fandangos (2001) is a blast; one is tempted to describe it as "Soler on steroids," but it contains so many other elements: wry, tongue-in-cheek quotations, free-form freak outs,...
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