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"Winds Across Time"
Music spanning the ages

Winds Across America
An American Music Program

"Blessed Jazz"
A Jazz Vesper

"Carrying the Cross"
A Lenten Musical Reflection

"Nine Lessons And Carols"
A Christmas Classic

“A Fusion Feast”
A musical style smorgasbord

"Winds Across Time"

"Baroque Breezes"
Sound the Trumpets - Henry Purcell
Concerto for Two Brass and Piano - Francesco Manfredini

"Sacred Breaths"
Alleluia - Wolfgang A. Mozart
Ave Maria - Giulio Caccini

"Russian Windscapes"
    Suite from "Pictures at an Exhibition" - Modest Moussorgsky
        Promenade
        Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks
        The Old Castle
        Baba Yaga
        The Great Gate of Kiev

"Classic Airs"
    Romance & Duet (from "The Pearlfishers") - Georges Bizet
   O Mio Babbino Caro (from "Gianni Schicchi") - Giacomo Puccini
   Figaro, Figaro, Figaro! (from "Barber of Seville") - Gioacchino Rossini

Intermission

"Blue Winds"
Blue Rondo alla Turk - Dave Brubeck

"Original Windpipes"
Overture from "Water Music" G.F. Handel
(Played on "Original" instruments)

"Jazzy Spirits"
    This Little Light of Mine
    Amazing Grace
    Precious Lord
    Swing Low/Old Time Religion

"American Crossways"

The Glory of Gershwin - George Gershwin

"Nine Lessons And Carols"

Based on the famous King's College service first performed in 1918 in Cambridge, England.
Our program is similar but with an American Twist.

Royal David’s City

Come Thou Long and Expected Jesus

Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence

O Come All Ye Faithful

A La Nanita Nana

Hark the Herald Angels Sing On High

O Little Town of Bethlehem

Good Christian All Rejoice

Canon de Noel

Hark the Herald Angels Sing On High

Silent Night

Go Tell it On The Mountain

Joy to the World

"Carrying the Cross"
A Lenten Musical Reflection

Jesus is Condemned to Die. Lead Me, Lord - Marohnic/Ross

Jesus Carries His Cross. The Old Rugged Cross - Hayes/Ross

Jesus Falls the First Time. I Need Thee Ev’ry Hour - Hayes/Ross

Jesus Meets His Mother. Ave Maria - Caccini/Kursar

Simon Helps Jesus Carry His Cross. Abide with me - Basler

A Woman Wipes Jesus' Face. How Beautiful - Paris/Hayes/Ross

Jesus Falls the Second Time. People Need the Lord - Hayes/Ross

Jesus Meets the Women of Jerusalem. The Prayer - Sager/Ross

Jesus Falls the Third Time. Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen/All Day, All Night - Hayes/Ross

Jesus is Stripped. Et misericordia - Bach/Ross

Jesus is Nailed to the Cross. Were You There - Hassel/Ross

Jesus Dies on the Cross. Let all Mortal Flesh Keep Silence - Marohnic/Ross

Jesus is Taken Down from the Cross. My Song is Love Unknown/I Love You Lord - Klein/Hayes/Ross

Jesus is Laid in the Tomb. On Eagle’s Wings - Jonca/Hayes/Kursar

Winds Across America
An American Music Program

Blue Rondo alla Turk - D.Brubeck/Ross

"American Originals"
Always in Spring - C. Greenberg
Dos Danzas - P. Basler
Pastorale – Eric Ewazen

"Southern Blues"
Alligator Crawl - F. Waller/Ross
When the Saints Go Marchin’ In - M. Hassell/Ross
Charleston Rag - Eubie Blake/Ross

"The Melting Pot" Classical meets Jazz
The Glory of Gershwin - G. Gershwin/Ross

Intermission

"American Countryside"
Simple Gifts - B. Chilcott/Kursar
Shall We Gather at the River - P. Basler
The Promised Land - J. Martin/Ross

Le Bananier - Louis Moreau Gottschalk

Romance - M. Lombardo

"Spiritual Creations"
Battle of Jericho - M. Hayes/Ross
Precious Lord - M. Hayes/Ross
Swing Low/Old Time Religion - M. Hayes/Ross

George M. Cohan Salute - G.M. Cohan/Kursar

"Blessed Jazz"
A Jazz Vesper

Little Light of Mine

Closer Walk With Thee

Redeemed

Eagles Wings

Ode to Joy (Hymn)

Alleluia

Let Mortal Flesh Keep Silent

Every Time I Feel The Spirit

How Beautiful

Jerricho

Amazing Grace

Precious Lord Hold My Hand

Iv'e to the Fountaincome

Prayer

Old Time Religion

“A Fusion Feast”

Appetizer

Overture to “Candide”

A combination of crisp and sarcastic styles with soaring melodic material.

First Course

“Always in Spring”

An original composition written for the high brass trio in a singing style.

Main Entrée

“Toot Suite”

Claude Bolling’s definitive crossover music of jazz and classical styles.

Palette Cleanser

“Figaro”

A humorous tale of why trumpet players hate opera

Intermission

An Assortment Plate

“Indiana Variations”

Dick Hyman’s set of variations written in different styles of jazz music.

A Glass of Port Wine

“Oblivion”

A rich tango

Soul Cobbler

“Redeemed, How I Proclaim It!”                    Kirkpatrick/Hayes/Ross
“Just a Closer Walk with Thee“                    Hayes/Ross
“Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho”                  Hayes/Ross

A set of down home spirituals.

The Perfect Ending

Tribute to Gershwin

The classic fusion of classical and jazz styles.