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Ballard: Works for Orchestra / Jeter, Fort Smith Symphony
Naxos

Ballard: Works for Orchestra / Jeter, Fort Smith Symphony

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Details

Composer
Louis Ballard
Artist
John Jeter
Format
CD
Label
Naxos
Released
Nov 10, 2023
Catalog #
8559923
UPC
636943992326

About

Learn more about this recording on the Naxos Classical Spotlight podcast!

Louis Wayne Ballard was the first indigenous North American composer of art music and a highly respected authority on his culture’s musical heritage. Conductor John Jeter and the Forth Smith Symphony continue their Naxos journey of rediscovering neglected American composers in a program of world premiere recordings.

REVIEW:

The conductor John Jeter could be categorized as an angelic force for overlooked American music. Here, he and his Fort Smith Symphony are back for an invaluable hour in the company of the Native American composer Louis Wayne Ballard, whose music has yet to receive substantial interest from record labels.

The first three movements from “Scenes From Indian Life,” written in 1963, have an unassuming playfulness. (The fourth movement, appended in 1994, takes on a graver cast.) But the longer pieces are even more impressive. Selections from Ballard’s ballet “The Four Moons” could pair well with Bernstein’s “Fancy Free” suite. The tone-poem writing of Ballard’s Fantasy Aborigine No. 3, “Kokopelli” could lend an American air to an orchestral program featuring music by Strauss.

The singing wind, brass, and string lines threaded throughout his “Devil’s Promenande” are captivating, too. While the playing here is persuasive as per usual, I also came away from this album hoping to hear Ballard’s music taken up by orchestras far and wide.

-- New York Times (Seth Colter Walls)

Tracklist 14 tracks

  1. 1 Devil's Promenade 11:02
    Track
    1
    Title
    Devil's Promenade
    Duration
    11:02
    Composer
    Louis Wayne Ballard
    Ensemble
    Fort Smith Symphony
    Conductor
    John Jeter
  2. 2 Fantasy Aborigine No. 3, "Kokopelli" 12:57
    Track
    2
    Title
    Fantasy Aborigine No. 3, "Kokopelli"
    Duration
    12:57
    Composer
    Louis Wayne Ballard
    Ensemble
    Fort Smith Symphony
    Conductor
    John Jeter
  3. 3 Overture: Land-rush, Statehood, Pow-Wow 02:23
    Track
    3
    Title
    Overture: Land-rush, Statehood, Pow-Wow
    Duration
    02:23
    Composer
    Louis Wayne Ballard
    Ensemble
    Fort Smith Symphony
    Conductor
    John Jeter
  4. 4 Entr'acte: Pas de Quatre - 00:53
    Track
    4
    Title
    Entr'acte: Pas de Quatre -
    Duration
    00:53
    Composer
    Louis Wayne Ballard
    Ensemble
    Fort Smith Symphony
    Conductor
    John Jeter
  5. 5 Dance of the Four Moons 02:22
    Track
    5
    Title
    Dance of the Four Moons
    Duration
    02:22
    Composer
    Louis Wayne Ballard
    Ensemble
    Fort Smith Symphony
    Conductor
    John Jeter
  6. 6 The Shawnee Variation: Moscelyne Larkin 03:12
    Track
    6
    Title
    The Shawnee Variation: Moscelyne Larkin
    Duration
    03:12
    Composer
    Louis Wayne Ballard
    Ensemble
    Fort Smith Symphony
    Conductor
    John Jeter
  7. 7 The Choctaw Variation: Rosella Hightower 03:01
    Track
    7
    Title
    The Choctaw Variation: Rosella Hightower
    Duration
    03:01
    Composer
    Louis Wayne Ballard
    Ensemble
    Fort Smith Symphony
    Conductor
    John Jeter
  8. 8 The Osage Variation: Marjorie Tallchief 04:04
    Track
    8
    Title
    The Osage Variation: Marjorie Tallchief
    Duration
    04:04
    Composer
    Louis Wayne Ballard
    Ensemble
    Fort Smith Symphony
    Conductor
    John Jeter
  9. 9 The Cherokee Variation: Yvonne Chouteau 03:22
    Track
    9
    Title
    The Cherokee Variation: Yvonne Chouteau
    Duration
    03:22
    Composer
    Louis Wayne Ballard
    Ensemble
    Fort Smith Symphony
    Conductor
    John Jeter
  10. 10 Finale: Pas de Quatre 03:57
    Track
    10
    Title
    Finale: Pas de Quatre
    Duration
    03:57
    Composer
    Louis Wayne Ballard
    Ensemble
    Fort Smith Symphony
    Conductor
    John Jeter
  11. 11 I. Two Indians, One Navajo, One Taos 01:57
    Track
    11
    Title
    I. Two Indians, One Navajo, One Taos
    Duration
    01:57
    Composer
    Louis Wayne Ballard
    Ensemble
    Fort Smith Symphony
    Conductor
    John Jeter
  12. 12 II. Building a Wall, Adobe House: quarter note = 110 - 01:27
    Track
    12
    Title
    II. Building a Wall, Adobe House: quarter note = 110 -
    Duration
    01:27
    Composer
    Louis Wayne Ballard
    Ensemble
    Fort Smith Symphony
    Conductor
    John Jeter
  13. 13 II. Building a Wall, Adobe House: Meno mosso - III. Indian Friends Finish the Wall 01:58
    Track
    13
    Title
    II. Building a Wall, Adobe House: Meno mosso - III. Indian Friends Finish the Wall
    Duration
    01:58
    Composer
    Louis Wayne Ballard
    Ensemble
    Fort Smith Symphony
    Conductor
    John Jeter
  14. 14 IV. Feast Day 04:08
    Track
    14
    Title
    IV. Feast Day
    Duration
    04:08
    Composer
    Louis Wayne Ballard
    Ensemble
    Fort Smith Symphony
    Conductor
    John Jeter