James Clifton Williams is regarded as one of the most influential composers of music for concert band in the twentieth century. His work captures an audience immediately. His unique sense of harmonic structuring is evident in Solemn Fugue, as its quiet beginning moves, layering and thickening, to a wonderfully complex multi-voiced conclusion. Brilliant scoring! (4:47)

Recorded at Omega Studios, Rockville, Maryland
by the Washington Winds and the Washington Pops,
Edward Petersen, Conductor