[Trombone-l] Shilkret concerto

[Raymond Horton]

Thanks for posting this, Clinton. I found a podcast of a performance of 
the complete Shilkret Concerto by Chris Greeve and the Glasgow Wind Band.


This is all quite confusing. On this recording it is described, on the 
commentary between the movements, as the "European Premiere" which 
actually preceded the American Premiere by "members of the Eastman Wind 
Ensemble in Carnegie Hall" (some of whom were in attendance for this 
performance). I don't know if we are we discussing two different 
versions (an orchestral work which was later transcribed for band, each 
of which were premiered in Carnegie Hall), or is the work originally for 
band. All the other references to the performances and Christian 
Lindberg's CD list orchestras. Or, perhaps this premiere was by a band 
version, and the "members of the Eastman Wind Ensemble" mentioned by the 
announcer were actually going to be part of the premiere of the 
orchestral version by the New York Pops?


Quite confusing, but interesting music nonetheless.


Here is the link for the "podcast" MP3:


http://www.brasscast.com/feed/uploads/Brasscast14MAY.mp3


Although it does not play very well on my computer for whatever reason.


Raymond Horton
Bass Trombonist, Louisville Orchestra


Clinton F. Nieweg wrote:

>  Nathaniel Shilkret was born Naftule Schüldkraut, December 25, 1899, in Queens, New York. 
>  He left the movie business after 1946 to join the CBS radio network as its music director. He enjoyed a long retirement and was living in Franklin Square, New York, when he died, on February 18, 1982.
>   
>  Shilkret conducted the 1927 electrical recording of George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue (credited to Paul Whiteman); Shilkret took the baton, after Whiteman stormed off the podium, during an argument with Gershwin, and he was selected to conduct the initial broadcast and recording of Gershwin's An American in Paris—which he also directed at the 1937 Gershwin Memorial Concert in Los Angeles.
>   
>  His trombone concerto was commissioned by Tommy Dorsey, who played it in 1945 in New York with Leopold Stokowski conducting.
>  After its premiere performance, the concerto was lost and remained that way, for almost 60 years until it was played at Carnegie Hall in 2003 by the New York Pops orchestra conducted by Skitch Henderson.
>   
>  Shilkret: Concerto for Trombone
>  Per ASCAP Contact:
>  NATHANIEL SHILKRET MUSIC CO 
>  % NIEL SHELL 
>  632 SMITH STREET 
>  FRANKLIN SQUARE , NY, 11010
>  Tel. (212) 650-5116
>   
>  His Autobiography is for sale on amazon.com
>  Nathaniel Shilkret: Sixty Years in the Music Business by Shilkret Nathaniel $35.38
>  Hardcover: 352 pages 
>  Publisher: Scarecrow Press; Book & CD edition (July 2005) 
>   
>   
>  ~ Proof Purr-fect Research ~
>  Clinton F. Nieweg
>  Philadelphia Orchestra Principal Librarian (Ret.)
>  (Research for Conductors and Librarians)
>  proofferr at yahoo.com
>
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