ORCHESTRA NASHVILLE :: Hear the Music

(b. 1958)

Commissioned for the Nashville Bluegrass Band


WORLD PREMIERE	April 20, 2001 War Memorial Auditorium Paul Gambill, conductor Nashville Bluegrass Band: Mike Compton, mandolin and vocals; Pat Enright, guitar and vocals; Alan O'Bryant, banjo; Stuart Duncan and vocals, fiddle; Andy Todd, bass
	I.	Overture	[1:08]
	II.	Whiskey Before Breakfast	[0:52]
	III.	Siciliano - Down in the Willow Garden
	IV.	Allamande - Widow's Dawn	[1:43]
	V.	Courante - Young Jane
	VI.	Allemande - Denver Belle
	VII.	Loure - Cro-Challain	[1:08]
	VII.	Breakdown - Leather Britches	[1:15]

INSTRUMENTATION	Solo bluegrass band (mandolin, banjo, guitar, fiddle, bass), flute doubling piccalo, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, strings

DURATION	22:00

COMMISSION	Commissioned by Orchestra Nashville With support from the Metro Nashville Arts Commission

MUSIC AVAILABILITY	Contact Dereama Sherrill, at 615.269.0921

LINKS	Nashville Bluegrass Band Conni Ellisor