Brian Balmages: Monday YouTube Fix

Here is a recording of one of my wife's favorite pieces for band, "Moscow, 1941" by Brian Balmages. She has done this piece frequently as a guest conductor and I love hearing it every single time.

Brian is an incredibly versatile composer who has written for everything from beginning band to top professional ensembles. During the 25th anniversary season of Boston Brass, we commissioned him to write us a piece and he wrote a wonderful three movement work that has since been performed by the likes of the New York Philharmonic Principal Brass Quintet and others.

Enjoy!

Time of war in Moscow, Russia! The Germans have invaded and are trying to seize the city! Can the forces of Russia's Red Army defend Moscow from Hitler's German Army? Can the Red Army withstand the offense of the Germans? Only one way to find out... in the Battle of Moscow!