A Newsletter for UMW Faculty and Staff
Professor of Music David Long’s band piece, “Their Finest Hour” will be performed by the Mid-Atlantic Wind Symphony on Sunday, April 26, at 7: 30 p.m.
The performance will take place at the Susan & Donald Reed Theater of Fredericksburg Academy. The Mid-Atlantic Wind Symphony is conducted by Aaron Noe.
Professor of Music and Composer-in-Residence David J. Long’s composition Homage to Normandy was performed on Jan. 24, 2014 by La Musique Saint-Romain de Reiningue. The performance celebrated the liberation of Reiningue during World War II. Homage to Normandy is a tribute to all the soldiers who lost their lives during the Battle of Normandy in the Second World War.
The first movement, ‘Elegy: For All of the Fallen,’ is a beautifully powerful chorale that builds to a glorious climax before calming again. The second movement, ‘In Resolution: Toward the Final Victory,’ captures the brute force of the battle and drives all the way to the end in this fitting homage.
Professor of Music and Composer-in-Residence David J. Long’s composition Homage to Normandy was performed on August 22, 2012 by the Prekmurska godba Bakovci in Slovenia.
Homage to Normandy is a tribute to all the soldiers who lost their lives during the Battle of Normandy in the Second World War. The first movement, ‘Elegy: For All of the Fallen,’ is a beautifully powerful chorale that builds to a glorious climax before calming again. The second movement, ‘In Resolution: Toward the Final Victory,’ captures the brute force of the battle and drives all the way to the end in this fitting homage.
