OcTUBAfest

Recorded during a live performance at Dalton Center Recital Hall, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, OcTUBA 31, 1999, 4:00 p.m., the 105th concert of the School of Music's 1999-2000 season.1st-4th works: various soloists ; 5th-8th works: Western Michigan University Tuba-Euphonium Ensemble ""Whaley's Wailers"" ; Robert Whaley, conductor ; 9th-11th works: The OcTUBAfest 99 massed tuba/euphonium ensemble.Information from performance program.Sonata in G minor, op. 4, no. 1 / George Frideric Handel (Timothy Williams, tuba ; Helen Lukan, piano ; Robert Whaley, basso continuo) -- Four songs. Ständchen = Serenade ; O kühler Wald = Oh cool forest ; Minnelied = Love song ; Vergebliches Ständchen = A futile serenade / Johannes Brahms (Scott Rikkers, tuba ; Helen Lukan, piano) -- Concerto for tuba : 1985 / John Williams (Robert Whaley, tuba ; Helen Lukan, piano) -- Devil septet : 1975 / Eric Ewazen (Scott Rikkers, conductor ; David Menard, Lawrence Rich, Robert Whaley, Timothy Williams, tuba ; Steven Petersen, David Potvin, percussion ; Christopher Sargent, piano) -- Quatre chanson pour tuba quatuor : 1994. Ma Normandie = My Normadie ; V'la l'bon vent = There is the good wind ; Le temps des cerises = The time of cherries ; Apres de ma blonde = Near to my blond girl / arranged by Ray Dempsey -- Suite for tuba quartet : 1994 / Arthur Frackenpohl -- Variations on a motive by Wagner : 1976 / Robert Jager -- Music 4 tubas : 1978 / John Stevens -- Quartet / Anton Bruckner ; arranged by Robert Whaley -- Mood Indigo / Duke Ellington ; arranged by Whaley/Shannon -- Pop suite. Rock / Arthur Frankenpohl