Ponchielli, Sinfonia
Amilcare Ponchielli (1834–1886)
Sinfonia in Bb minor
Ponchielli was a famous nineteenth-century Italian opera composer whose opera, La Gioconda, with its famous ‘The Dance of the Hours,’ is still in the international repertory.
He also served as the conductor of the Cremona Civic Band, for whom he composed more than 70 original works and an equal number of transcriptions. This Sinfonia, which the composer dated 25 May 1872, was one of the works composed for the civic band of Cremona.
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This live performance was given on 7 December 1990 by the California State University, Northridge Wind Ensemble, Catherine Chi, student conductor.
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Dr. Whitwell’s publications include more than 127 articles on wind literature including publications in Music and Letters (London), the London Musical Times, the Mozart-Jahrbuch (Salzburg), and 39 books, among which is his 13-volume History and Literature of the Wind Band and Wind Ensemble and an 8-volume series on Aesthetics in Music. In addition to numerous modern editions of early wind band music his original compositions include 5 symphonies.
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