Program Notes

Music in the Air!

Alfred Reed, composer

Music in the Air!, subtitled "A Quiet Intermezzo for Winds," was commissioned as the opening and closing theme for MBS Television in Japan. The music embodies the idea of arising or falling asleep with the sound of music in one’s ears, either to greet or to say farewell to a day in one’s life. Tonight’s performance of this work is dedicated to the memory of the composer of this work, Alfred Reed, who recently passed away.

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