The music of Don Gillis III; 3

You're listening to music by Don give us. Hi this is done give us did you ever hear a radio script written at a speed of almost 600 miles an hour. Well this one is so I scribbled away at the words you're now hearing while riding five miles high on my way back to Southern Methodist University here in Dallas Texas where in case you haven't heard it I'm now the chairman of the music division of the School of the arts. And I wrote this script on air. Airliner on the way back from what was for me at least a most exciting concert featuring my music at the Watergate in Washington D.C. the concert played by the United States Army Band under the baton of Colonel Samuel R. Botha. We'll talk more about this wonderful evening on our later broadcast when we hear music from that concert.

In the meanwhile I'm sitting here with a microphone propped up in front of me and reading words all about what's going to happen on this the third edition of music done give us brought to you each week. Absolutely free of charge by the national educational radio network. Our program this week will present two orchestral pieces both about Texas towns and one additional piece a work for woodwind quintet. And now to open our show we will hear Main Street Saturday night from my porch of a frontier town with a new symphony orchestra of London conducted by the composer. Thank.

You. Thank. You. Saturday from porch of a frontier town said frontier town Fort Worth Texas and

said music about which frontier town was written by me just said music about which frontier town was written by me. Anyway before we get too complicated in our explanations out continue my announcing job which is at this very moment to say that we're about to hear blues from I would number to call shadows. And it's played for us by the fact quintet of the Interlochen Arts Academy under the direction of. Shadows from the woodwind quintet number two music by Don give us

continues now with more music about a Texas town this time the city's Amorello and the work is a celebration. Its program notes indicate that the music describes the time from end in days to the space age however for an exact program. Well you'll just have to make one up for yourself again. And you can do it rather easily if you take your imagination and mix it liberally with pioneers and dens and front to railroads and stage coaches and such. And once you come out with as a program is probably as good as the one I use to write the music for unless you do use your imagination. Really there wasn't too much use of my having used mine so let's listen together in alphabetical order now to a piece recorded at its world premiere performance in Amarillo Texas under the baton of Dr. A Clyde roller. I am a rebel a symphonic celebration. We. Were.

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Not. The little. One. The Butler.

Limited. Yeah but. Only. Little. Blue. The bin. Laden. Yeah. Yeah.

Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah a blue. Blue. Blue. Blue. Blue. Oh.

The music was Amaretto a symphonic celebration the orchestra the amaryllis Symphony under the

baton of Dr. A Clyde roller the composer Don give us who is at this moment in time about to bring to a close this third program of our new series closing with words of gratefulness to you for having listened this week and also words of invitation to you to join us again next week for indeed we will be back next week with music for narrator an orchestra of the raven with Nelson said reading Poe's immortal poem and the Rhapsody for harp and orchestra with Edward V to a soloist. And now as we close if you don't mind I'd like to quote from my soon to be published by the Pemberton press of Austin Texas book titled The unfinished symphony conductor which may be obtained at your very own music or bookstore. And I quote this brief quote from the very final page the end. You can't get any more final than that folks so so long for now see you next week. Music by Don Gillis is brought to you by the national educational radio network.