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World Premiere of Joseph Schwantner's Fast Track, a Concerto for Percussion and Wind Ensemble

Dec. 03, 2024

The Hartt Symphony Band and the Hartt Wind Ensemble joined forces on November 16 for a performance that included the world premiere of Joseph Schwantner’s Fast Track, a concerto for percussion and wind ensemble, featuring Hartt Professor Benjamin Toth and students Hannah Moore, Honoka Masuyama, and Yuchen Yan. The concert also included works by Morton Gould, Jodie Blackshaw, George Walker, and Gustav Holst, and was conducted by James E. Jackson, John R. “Rusty” Koenig, and Jacob Bender.

Listen to the third movement of Joseph Schwantner's Concerto for Percussion and Orchestra (1994):

III. Ritmo con brio from Concerto for Percussion and Orchestra/Joseph Schwantner/
National Symphony Orchestra/Evelyn Glennie, soloist/Leonard Slatkin, conductor

Additionally, a new recording of Schwantner's Palindrome's Dance is featured on a new recording of music performed by pianist Robert Blocker for Nimbus Records.

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Joseph Schwantner
Fast Track (2024)
concerto for percussion and wind ensemble
26'

Palindrome's Dance (2011)
for solo piano
10'

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