SELECTED WORKS: with Type = 'Orchestra, Band'
Orchestra, Band
Legend (1937)
Weinzweig completed Legend along with The Whirling Dwarf, Spectre, and String Quartet No. 1 during his year at the Eastman School of Music.
Orchestra, Band
Suite (1938)
This piece was composed during Weinzweig's studies at Eastman and was premiered by the Rochester Civic Orchestra.
Orchestra, Band
The Enchanted Hill (1938)
Weinzweig composed this piece while studying with Howard Hanson at Eastman. It was premiered in Rochester by the civic orchestra as part of a concert for Howard Handson's students.
Orchestra, Band
Symphony (1940)
Although American composer Henry Cowell offered to publish the symphony in its entirety, Weinzweig chose to publish only the final movement of the work, which he retitled Rhapsody.
Orchestra, Band
Rhapsody (1941)
Rhapsody is the final movement of Weinzweig's Symphony and the only piece he allowed to remain available for performance. It's divided into seven rythmically unique sections.
Orchestra, Band
Interlude in an Artist's Life (1943)
Weinzweig completed this composition shortly before beginnning his duties as an instructor for the RCAF bandsman at Rockcliffe, Ottawa. Although this work is serial, it harkens back to tonal compositions using a ternary-like form and by highlighting the perfect fourth interval.
Orchestra, Band
Our Canada: Music for Radio No. 1 (1943)
Our Canada: Music for Radio is a three movement suite which uses the incidental music John Weinzweig wrote for the radio series Our Canada which ran on the CBC from Novemeber 1942- January 1943. It appeared in the tenth episode of the series, entitled "The Arts Grow Up," which featured Canadian compositions.
Orchestra, Band
Band-Hut Sketches, No. 1 and 2 (1944)
Weinzweig composed Band-Hut Sketches during his time working for the RCAF. The work is comprised of contrasting sections, each consisting of short motives that are repeated with subtle alterations. Weinzweig’s humour is apparent, even in these short concert band movements. The consonance and vigour of a traditional “reveille” is here filled with dissonance (i.e., the tritone!), while the dwindling performers at the end of “Parade” suggest an unsuccessful marching demonstration.
Orchestra, Band
Prelude to a New Day: March (1944)
Prelude to a New Day was comissioned by the CBC to celebrate the end of the war.
Orchestra, Band
Edge of the World: Music for Radio No. 2 (1946)
The Edge of the World: Music for Radio No. 2 is a suite based on music from the 1945-46 CBC radio series The White Empire which featured narratives about northern explorers and was accompanied with a score written by John Weinzweig. Weinzweig's music for this series uses Inuit folk melodies and rhythmic figuring to add to the northern character of the work.