Citadel for Concert Band 室內管樂團

《城堡》是為紀念堪薩斯大學建校 150 周年（1865 年至 2015 年）而作。它以可選的台下鐘聲（一組或兩組[可選]）開始，描繪了堪薩斯大學二戰紀念鐘樓每天敲響的鐘聲。小號奏出一個類似小號的樂段，很快演變成作品的開頭主題。隨著音樂漸趨平緩，薩克斯管合唱團引入了一個緩慢而沉思的中段主題，意在描述這所大學的學術性質。這部分結尾處的寧靜時刻暗示了圓號獨奏中著名的 "岩石粉筆吟誦"，隨後鐘聲和大合唱再次響起，在最後戲劇性的聲色爆發中結束了作品

作曲家: James Barnes
樂器: Concert Band
出版社: Southern Music Co.
原文簡介:
Citadel was composed to commemorate the 150th anniversary of The University of Kansas (1865 to 2015.) It begins with optional offstage chimes (one or two sets [opt.]) to depict the daily ringing of the bells in KU's World War II Memorial Campanile. Trumpets introduce a fanfare-like figure that quickly evolves into the opening theme of the work. As the music settles and becomes softer, a saxophone choir introduces a slower, more pensive middle theme intended to describe the university's academic nature. A quiet moment at the end of this section hints at the famous “Rock Chalk Chant” in solo horn before the chimes and fanfare return to end the work in a final, dramatic outburst of sound and color.