tracks

Discover The Wild (Overture For Band) (2010)
Point Of Tranquility (Idyll For Band After A Painting By Morris Louis) (2017)
From The Field To The Sky (Celebration Fanfare For Brass And Percussion) (2012)
Rush (Concerto For Alto Saxophone And Band) (2012)
I. Evening (Cadenza – Adagietto)
II. Morning (Cadenza – Allegro)
United Artists (Fanfare-Overture For Band) (2008)
Christina’s World (Idyll For Band After A Painting By Andrew Wyeth) (1997)
Forever Free (Fanfare-Overture For Band) (2013)

notes

℗ & © 2020. Made in the USA. Includes a 8pp booklet with notes in English. Playing time 59:02.
All compositions copyright © Piedmont Music Company (ASCAP); Edward B. Marks Music Company, sole selling agent. This is largely a re-release of material first put out on Forever Free (The Music Of Kenneth Fuchs), plus a newer track (2).

Tracks 1-3, & 8 are world premiere recordings.

Recorded at Leamy Hall, US Coast Guard Academy, New London, CT. Dates by track:
1 — 4 September, 2015
2 — 5 November, 2018
3, 6 — 16 March, 2016
4-5 — 9 June, 2013
7 — 10 May, 2016
8 — 23 March, 2016

2 tracks were inspired by paintings:
“Point of Tranquility” (track 2) takes its title from a Morris Louis painting (at morrislouis.org/paintings/large/du274)
“Christina’s World” (track 7) was inspired by Andrew Wyeth’s famous work (see en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christina%27s_World#/media/File:Christinasworld.jpg)

Cover image: “Beyond the Blue Horizon” (2018) by Preston Trombly (Private collection).

credits

Composed By – Kenneth Fuchs
Conductor – Adam Williamson, (tracks: 1-3, 6-8)
Cover [painting] – Preston Trombly
Liner Notes – Kenneth Fuchs
Orchestra – United States Coast Guard Band,
Producer, Engineer, Editor – Ian Dobie

companies

Manufactured By – The ADS Group – 13987-CD-0575
Phonographic Copyright (p) – Naxos Rights US, Inc.
Copyright (c) – Naxos Rights US, Inc.
Published By – Piedmont Music Company
Recorded At – Leamy Hall Auditorium

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