Kalmus Symphonic Pops

At the age of 19, Percy Aldridge Grainger (1882-1961) embarked on a career as a concert pianist, composer and folksong collector-arranger. It was in the last category that drew him to the tune he call...

Percy Grainger's (1882-1961) love for music of the simple rural folk of the British Isles led to a series of forty-three pieces that he grouped into a series called "British Folk-Music Settings", incl...

The music of Michel Legrand possesses an inherent loveliness that is enhanced by the harmonic touch of Mike Lewis. Exquisitely beautiful, this is from the film "Les Demoiselles de Rochefort." It is an...

This full-throated Brazilian Bossa is a toe-tapper all the way through! Brazilian Fantasy is the perfect addition to any summer pops concert. Feature the orchestra with rhythm section accompaniment in...

When the Saints Go Marching In, arranged by Richard Hayman, derives from the traditional American gospel song that emerged in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with early printed versions appear...

Using a slightly smaller orchestra (no low brass, only 2 horns), Mike Lewis gives us a light, bright treatment of this famous Jobim bossa nova. 2.1(+EH).1(+BCl).2: 2.2.0.0: Gtr.Pno.JzBs: Perc(2): Str(...

Morton Gould, equally comfortable in the worlds of both "serious" and "light" music, presented his symphonettes (an Americanization of the term "sinfonietta," much like kitchenette and dinette) as wor...

Known as "the Cuban Gershwin," Lecuona influenced the Latin American music world in a manner quite similar to the way Gershwin elevated jazz music, in his case raising the status of Cuban music to the...