Austin Symphonic Band Performing Epilogue: “Lest We Forget”

Austin Symphonic Band ( austinsymphoni... ). January 19, 2025. ASB performing Epilogue: “Lest We Forget” by Robert Jager. [NOTE: Click 'more' to read the program notes.] Music Director Dr. Kyle R. Glaser conducting. "Lest We Forget" concert at the Connally HS Performing Arts Center in Austin, TX.
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The 48-star American flag displayed above the band is provided courtesy of the National Museum of the Pacific War in Fredericksburg, Texas. While the history of this particular standard is unknown, it is of the 1912 design that flew until 1959, making it the longest-used design at the time.
Video and Sound Production: Eddie Jennings
From the program notes written by David Cross:
Epilogue: “Lest We Forget”
(1992)
Robert Jager (b. 1939)
Program Note from publisher:
This is not a work of celebration. It is, rather, music to commemorate the decent people who suffered through the agony of World War II, and those who gave their lives for peace and freedom. It is not funeral music, but rather a solemn hymn to the indomitable spirit of those who were touched by tyranny, and who were able to rise above it - both in life and in death. It is these people that we remember.
Epilogue: “Lest We Forget” was commissioned by the United States Army Field Band, Lt. Col. Jack Grogan, Conductor. The premiere took place at the Kentucky Music Educators Association Convention in Louisville on February 6, 1992.
Listen for:
• A heavy, dramatic, Wagnarian approach
• Heroic horn lines
• Hints of the bugle call “Taps” in the closing measures