David Maslanka - Unending Stream of Life (2009) torrent

Composer: David Maslanka
Performer: Illinois State University Symphonic Winds; Stephen K. Steele, Conductor
Album: Unending Stream of Life
Genre: Wind Band
Format: FLAC + Cue + Log + Scans

01. Morning Star
--Unending Stream of Life (Variations on All Creatures of Our God and King)--
02. I. Overture All Creatures of Our God and King
03. II. Seeking
04. III. Brooding March
05. IV. As you proceed to your certain end, what is the point of being alive
06. V. A hard thought turns out alright
07. VI. A Sweet Tune
08. VII. All Creatures of Our God and King
09. Laudamus Te
--Give Us This Day (Short Symphony for Wind Ensemble)--
10. I. Moderately Slow
11. II. Very Fast

About David Maslanka (from his website):

David Maslanka was born in New Bedford, Massachusetts in 1943. He attended the Oberlin College Conservatory where he studied composition with Joseph Wood. He spent a year at the Mozarteum in Salzburg, Austria, and did masters and doctoral study in composition at Michigan State University where his principal teacher was H. Owen Reed.

Maslanka’s music for winds has become especially well known. Among his more than 130 works are forty pieces for wind ensemble, including seven symphonies, fifteen concertos, a Mass, and many concert pieces. His chamber music includes four wind quintets, five saxophone quartets, and many works for solo instrument and piano. In addition, he has written a variety of orchestral and choral pieces.

David Maslanka’s compositions are published by Maslanka Press, Carl Fischer, Kjos Music, Marimba Productions, and OU Percussion Press. They have been recorded on Albany, Reference Recordings, BIS (Sweden), Naxos, Cambria, CRI, Mark, Novisse, AUR, Cafua (Japan), Brain Music (Japan), Barking Dog, and Klavier labels. He has served on the faculties of the State University of New York at Geneseo, Sarah Lawrence College, New York University, and Kingsborough Community College of the City University of New York, and since 1990 has been a freelance composer. He now lives in Missoula, Montana. David Maslanka is a member of ASCAP.


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-Cirdan Lunae

P.S. Please pardon the smudging in the scans; however, they are there to block out the name of the location where I obtained this CD. Thanks for understanding!