Earlier today, AfriClassical posted: "Vimeo.com: 'Summerland for Wind Band - William Grant Still' by University of North Texas Wind Symphony, Conducted by Joseph Resendes 2012."
Michael S. Wright responds:
Bill,
There
is an excellent CD done by the Northern Arizona University and Patricia
Hoy that includes the wind band arrangement. I have to say that
‘Summerland’ is just one of those masterpieces that works wonderfully
well in many ways. Whilst it was originally written for piano as the
central movement to ‘Three Visions’, I have always had the feeling that
the composer must have had bigger ideas. The whole suite is in my view
one of Still’s greatest ‘miniatures’.
Kind regards
Mike
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