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REPERTOIRE

Dr. Glenn Blocks complete list (as of January 2018)
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ADAM, Adolphe-Charles Giselle (ballet), Si J’etais Roi Overture 1 3 4

AGUILA, Miguel Concerto Tango for Cello and Orchestra 10

ALBINONI, Luigi Adagio in G minor 2 3

ANDERSON, LEROY Christmas Festival 1 2 3, Sleigh Ride 1 2 3, Bugler’s Holiday 2

 

BACH, Johann Sebastian Brandenburg Concertos 1 2, Cantatas #42, 126, Concertos for Harpsichord 12, Concertos for Violin in E 2, Concerto in d for 2 Violins 1 2, Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring 1 2, Magnificat 1, Mass in B minor 1, Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor 1 4 (arr. Stokowski), Suites for Orchestra 1 2, Toccata and Fugue in D minor 1 2 (arr. Stokowski)

 

BARBER, Samuel Adagio for Strings Op. 11 1 2 3 4 7 10, Concerto for Violin 1 2 3, Knoxville: Summer of 1915 1 (song cycle), School for Scandal Overture 1 3 4, Symphony #1 1 2 3 4

 

BARTÓK, Béla Concerto for Orchestra 1 2 3 4, Concerto for Piano #3 2, Concerto for Viola 2, Dance Suite for Orchestra 1, Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta 1

 

BEETHOVEN, Ludwig van Concertos for Piano #1 1, #2 4, #3 2, #4 1 2 3, #5 1 2 3, Concerto for Violin 2 3, Concerto for Piano, Violin and Cello 1 2, Fidelio 2 3  “Overture” 1, Missa Solemnis 1, Overtures Leonore #3 1 2 3 4, Coriolan 2 4, Egmont 1 2 3 4, King Stephan 1 2 3 4, Prometheus 7, Symphonies #1 1 2, #2 1 2 3 4 10 11 12 #3 1 2, #4 1 2 7, #5 1 2 3 4, #7 1 2 3, #8 1 2, #9 1 2

 

BERLIOZ, Hector Damnation of Faust 4, Harold in Italy for Viola and Orchestra 1 3, L'enfance du Christ 2, Overtures Benvenuto Cellini 1 2 4 3, La Corsaire 1 2 4, Roman Carnival 1 2 3 4), Symphonie Fantastique 1 2 4, Les Troyens “Marche Triomphale” 1 3 4

 

BERNSTEIN, Leonard Chichester Psalms 2, West Side Story 1 2 3 4 (complete, Symphonic Dances 1 3 4 10 13, Mambo)

 

BIZET, Georges Carmen 1 2 3 4 (opera, suites), Suites: L'Arlesienne 1 2 3 4

 

BLOCH, Ernest Concerto Grosso for Piano and String Orchestra 1 2 7, Oratorio 2

 

BOCCHERINI, Luigi Concerto #1 for Cello 7

 

BOITO, Arrigo Mefistofele “Introduction, Prelude, Epilogue” 2

 

BORODIN, Alexander Prince Igor “Polovtsian Dances” 1 2 3 4, Symphony #2 2 3 4

 

BRAHMS, Johannes Alto Rhapsody for Alto, Male Chorus and Orchestra 1,

Academic Festival Overture 1 2  3 Op. 80, Concertos for Piano (#1 1  2 3, 2 1  2), Concerto for Violin 2 3, Concerto for Violin and Cello  2 Op. 102, Ein Deutsches Requiem 1  2 (German Requiem) Op. 45, Hungarian Dances for Orchestra 1  2 3 4, Quartet for Piano and Strings #1 1 2 3 (arr. Schoenberg), Serenades for Orchestra #1 8,#2 2, Symphonies #1 1  2  3, #2 1  2 3 4, #3 1  2, #4 1  2 4 3, Tragic Overture 2, Variations on a Theme by Haydn 1  2

 

BRITTEN, Benjamin Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings 1, Simple Symphony 1 2 3 6 7 8 9, War Requiem 1, Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra 1 2 3

 

BRUCH, Max Concerto for Violin #1 1 2 3 Op. 26, #2 2, "Kol Nidrei" 2 for Cello and Orchestra Op. 47

 

BRUCKNER, Anton Symphony #4 1 2 3, Te Deum 1 2 3

 

CHABRIER, Emmanuel España 1 2 3

 

CHAUSSON, Ernest Concerto for Violin, Piano and String Quartet 2, Poeme for Violin and Orchestra 2 3, Symphony 4

 

CHOPIN, Frédéric Concertos for Piano #1 2, #2 2, Les Sylphides 2

 

COPLAND, Aaron Appalachian Spring 1 2 3, Fanfare for the Common Man 1 2 3 4, Music for the Theater 1 2 11 14, Rodeo 1 2 3 4 11 14 “Dance Episodes”, El Salón México 2 3, Symphony #3 1 3 10 13 15

 

CORELLI, Arcangelo Concerti Grossi 2 7

 

DEBUSSY, Claude Clair de lune 2 (Suite Bergamasque), La Mer 1 2 3 (Symphonic Sketches) for Orchestra, Nocturnes 1 2 for Orchestra and Chorus, Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune 1 3

 

DELIBES, Léo Coppelia 2 3 (ballet suite), Sylvia 2 3 (ballet suite)

 

DELIUS, Frederick On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring 2

 

DITTERSDORF, Karl Ditters von Concerto for Contrabass 2 7

 

DONIZETTI, Gaetano Elixir of Love 1 2 (opera), Don Pasquale 1 2 (opera)

 

DUKAS, Paul Sorcerer's Apprentice 1 2 3 4

 

DURUFLÉ, Maurice Requiem 1 2

 

DVOŘÁK, Antonín Carnival Overture 1 2 3 4 10, Concerto for Cello 2 3, Concerto for Violin 6, Serenades #1 2 7 8, #2 2, Slavonic Dances 2 4, Stabat Mater 1 2 3, Symphonies #5 3, #6 2, #7 1 2 3, #8 1 2 4, #9 1  2 3 4 5 10 15 17 "New World"

 

ELGAR, Edward Concerto for Cello 2 3 7 15, Dream of Gerontius 1, Enigma Variations 1 2 3, Introduction and Allegro 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9, Pomp and Circumstance Marches 1 2 3 4, Serenade for Strings 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8, Symphony #1 2 3 4

 

ENESCO, Georges Roumanian Rhapsodies #1 2 3, #2 2

 

FALLA, Manuel de El Amor brujo (ballet) 2, Nights in the Gardens of Spain 1, Three-Cornered Hat Dances 1 2 3

 

FAURÉ, Gabriel Pavane for Orchestra 2 7 8, Pelléas et Mélisande 1 2 8 for Orchestra, Requiem 1 2

 

FRANCK, César Le Chasseur Maudit 1, Psyche et Eros 1, Symphonic Variations for Piano and Orchestra 2, Symphony in D minor 1 2 3 4

 

FRESCOBALDI, Girolamo Toccata 4

 

GAY and PEPUSCH Beggar's Opera 2

 

GERSHWIN, George American in Paris 1 2 3 4 15, Piano Concerto in F 1, Porgy and Bess 1 2 3 4 (opera - selections), Rhapsody in Blue 2 3

 

GILBERT and SULLIVAN Mikado 1, Pirates of Penzance 1

 

GINASTERA, Alberto Variaciones Concertantes 1 2

 

GLAZUNOV, Alexander Concerto for Violin 2, The Seasons 1 (ballet)

 

GLIÈRE, Reinhold Concerto #1 for Horn 1

 

GLINKA, Mikhail Russlan and Ludmilla Overture 1 3 4 7

 

GLUCK, Christoph Willibald, Iphigénie en Tauride Overture 2 4, Orfeo ed Euridice 2 4 Overture

 

GOLDMARK, Karl In Springtime 4, Rustic Wedding Symphony 4

 

 

GÓRECKI, Henryk Symphony #3 1

 

GOUNOD, Charles Faust (opera) 2, Roméo et Juliette (opera) 2 3

 

GRIEG, Edvard Concerto for Piano 2 3, Two Lyric Pieces for Strings 1 2 7, Peer Gynt Suites 1 2 3 4 7

 

HANDEL, George Frideric Concerti Grossi Op. 6 2 7 8, Messiah 1 2 (oratorio), Royal Fireworks Music 1, Water Music Suites 1 2 7 8

 

HANSON, Howard Symphonies #1 4, #2 1 2 3 4 14 17, #3 4, #5 4, #7 4

 

HAYDN, Franz Joseph Concertos in C 1 2 7 and D for Cello 2 7, Concertos for Horn#3 1 2 3 4 7 and 1 2 3 4 7, Concertos for Keyboard 2 7, Concerto in E flat for Trumpet   2, The Creation 1 (oratorio), The Seasons 2 (oratorio)

  • #3-5 2, #45, #85, #88, #90 2 #93 2 7 8,#94 1 2, #100 1 2 3 8,#101 2,#102 1 2 7,#103 1 2, #104 1 2 7 8)

 

HINDEMITH, Paul Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes by Weber 1 2 3 4

 

HOLST, Gustav The Planets 1 2 3 (suite)

 

HORST, Martha Concerto for Piano 1, Tidal Rhythms 1

 

HONEGGER, Arthur Pacific 231 2 3 4

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HUMPERDINCK, Engelbert Hansel and Gretel 2 (opera)

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IBERT, Jacques Divertissement 2 7

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D'INDY, Vincent Symphony on a French Mountain Air 4

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IVES, Charles Halloween 1, Symphonies (1 2 3, 3 2), Three Places In England 2, Fourth of July 4, Variations on America 1 4 7 14

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KHACHATURIAN, Aram Concerto for Violin 2 3, Gayne 1 2 3 4 (ballet), Spartacus 2 3 4

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KODÁLY, Zoltán Hary Janos Suite 2 3, Peacock Variations 2

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LALO, Édouard Concerto in D minor for Cello 1 2, Le Roi d’Ys Overture 1 2 3 4,

Symphonie Españole 2 3 7 15

 

LEHÁR, Franz Merry Widow 1 2 (opera)

 

LEONCAVALLO, Ruggero Pagliacci i1 2 (opera)

 

LISZT, Franz Concertos for Piano (#1 1 2 3 7, 2 1 2 7), A Faust Symphony 2, Hungarian Rhapsodies #1 2, 2 2 3, 6 2, Les Préludes for Orchestra 1 2 3 4 6 7, Mephisto Waltz 1 3, Totentanz 1 2 3 for Piano and Orchestra

 

MacDOWELL, Edward Concerto #1 for Piano 2

 

MAHLER, Gustav Kindertotenlieder 1 2, Symphonies #1 1 2 3 4, #4 1 2 #5 2 4 9, Lieder eine Fahrenden Gesellen 1 2, Ruckert Lieder 1 2

 

MASCAGNI, Pietro Cavalleria Rusticana 1 2 3 4 (opera) “Intermezzo” 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 14

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MASSENET, Jules Le Cid 1 2 4 (ballet suite)

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MENDELSSOHN, Felix Concerto #1 for Piano 2, Concerto for Violin 1 2 3,

  • 1 2 (oratorio), Midsummer Night's Dream 1 2 3 “Incidental music”, Octet 1 2 7 9 for Strings, Symphonies #2 2, #3, #4 1 2 11 14 #5 1 2 3)

MENOTTI, Gian Carlo Amahl and the Night Visitors “Dances” 1 2

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MEYERBEER, Giacomo Les Prophète “Coronation March” 1

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MILHAUD, Darius La Creation du Monde 1 2 7

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MOZART, Wolfgang Amadeus Concerto for Clarinet 1  2 7, Concertos for Flute #1 1  2 7 and #2  2, Concertos for Horn #1 1  2 #2 1  2,#3 1  2 7, #4 1 2 3 7, Concerto for Bassoon 1  2  7, Concertos for Piano #9  7, #20 1  2  7, #21  2, #22 1  2, #23 1  2  7, #25 7, Concertos for Violin #3-5  2, Cosí fan tutte 1  2  (opera), Divertimenti #1-3 1  2  7,  and #10 1  7, Don Giovanni (opera), Exsultate, Jubilate 1  2 (motet), Magic Flute 1  2  (opera) Marriage of Figaro 1  2 (opera), Mass in C minor "The Great"  2, Opera Overtures Abduction from Serail 1  2  7, Cosi fan tutte 1  2  7, Don Giovanni 1  2  7, Magic Flute 1  2  7, Requiem 1  2  K. 626 Serenade #6 1 2 7  8 9 "Serenata notturna" , Serenade #7 "Haffner" 7, Serenade #9 "Posthorn" 7 8, Serenades #10 "Gran Partita" 1 2 for Winds, Serenade #13 "Eine kleine Nachtmusik 1  2 7 9 ", Sinfonia Concertante for Violin and Viola 1  2  7, Symphonies #25 1  2 7 8, #29 1  2 7 8, #34 2 4 7 8, #35 1 2 7 8, #36 2 7, #38 1 2 7, #39 1 2 7 8, #40 1 2 7, #41 1 2 7 8

 

MUSSORGSKY, Modest Boris Godunov “Coronation Scene” 1, Night on Bald Mountain 1 2 3, Pictures at an Exhibition 12 3 4 (arr. Ravel)

 

NIELSEN, Carl Clarinet Concerto 1 Op. 57, Symphony #5 2

 

OFFENBACH, Jacques Gaîté Parisienne 2 3 4, Les Contes d' Hoffmann “Intermezzo” 2, Orpheus in Hades 1 2 3 4 “Overture”

 

ORFF, Carl Carmina Burana 1 2 (scenic cantata)

 

PAGANINI, Niccolò Concerto for Violin #1 3

 

PISTON, Walter Incredible Flautist (ballet suite) 2 3

 

PERGOLESI, Giovanni Battista La Serva padrona (opera) 2

 

PONCHIELLI, Amilcare La Gioconda: “Dance of the Hours” 2 3 4

 

POULENC, Francis Concerto for Two Pianos 10, Concerto for Organ, Strings and

Timpani 8

  1. ,  Serge Classical Symphony 1  2  7, Piano Concertos #1 2, #2 2, #3 2, Concerto for Violin #2 1, Lieutenant Kije Suite 1  2  3 4 15, Peter and the Wolf 1 3 7 15, Roméo and Juliet 1 2 3 4 (excerpts), Symphonies #5 2 4 15, #7 2 3 4

 

PUCCINI, Giacomo La Boheme 1 2 (opera), Manon Lescaut “Intermezzo” 1 2

 

PURCELL, Henry Dido and Aeneas 1 2 (opera)

 

RACHMANINOV, Sergei Concertos for Piano #2 2, #3 3, Isle of the Dead 2, Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini 1 2, Symphonic Dances 1 2, Symphony #2 1 2 3 4 10

 

RAVEL, Maurice Alborada del gracioso 1 for Orchestra, Boléro 1 2 3 4 10 for Orchestra, Concerto in D for Piano (Left Hand) 2, Concerto in G for Piano 2, Daphnis et Chloé 1 2 3 Suite #2, Ma mère l'Oye 1 (ballet), Le Tombeau de Couperin 1 2 7, Pavane pour une infante defunte 1 2, Rhapsodie españole 1 2 3 for Orchestra, Tzigane 1 for Violin and Orchestra, La Valse 1 2 3 4 for Orchestra

 

RESPIGHI, Ottorino Feste Romane 1 4, Fountains of Rome 4,Pines of Rome 1 2 3 4

 

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV, Nikolai Capriccio Españole 1 2 3 4 15 for Orchestra, Coq d'O (ballet suite) 2, Russian Easter Overture 1 2 3 4, Schéhérazade 1 2 3 17 (symphonic suite), Tsar Saltan 2 (ballet suite)

 

RODRIGO, Joaquín Concierto de Aranjuez 1 2 for Guitar and Orchestra

 

ROUSSEL, Albert Bacchus et Ariane, Suite #2 2

 

ROSSINI, Gioachino Barber of Seville 2 4 17 (opera), L’ Italiana in Algeri 2 (opera) Overtures: Scala di Seta 1 2 7, Semiramide 1 2 3 4 7 17, William Tell 1 2 3 4 7 17, Thieving Magpie 1 2 3 4 7 17

 

SAINT-SAËNS, Camille Carnival of the Animals 1 2 3 7, Concerto #1 for Cello 1 2 3 7, Concertos #2 2 and #5 2 7 for Piano, Danse Macabre 1 2 3 6 7, Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso 1 2 3 7, Symphony #3 "Organ" 1 2 3

 

SARASATE, Pablo de Zigeunerweisen 2 3 7 for Violin and Orchestra

 

SATIE, Erik Gymnopiedie 1 2 3 7 9

 

SCHOENBERG, Arnold Pierrot Lunaire 1, Verklärte Nacht 1 2

 

SCHUBERT, Franz Octet 1 2 D. 80, Rosamunde: Overture 1 2 7, Incidental Music 1   2 7, Symphonies #1 2 7, #2 2 7, #3 1 2 7, #5 1 2 7, #8 1 2 7, #9 2

 

SCHIMMEL, Carl There was and There Was Not 1

 

SCHUMANN, Robert Concerto for Cello 2 7, Concerto for Piano 1 2 7,

  • #1 1 2, #2 1 2 3, #3 1 2 3 10, #4 1 2

SHAW, Robert Many Moods of Christmas #1-4 1 2

 

SHOSTAKOVICH, Dmitri Concertos for Cello #1 2 3 7, Piano#1 1 2, Festive Overture 2 3 4, Jazz Suite #2 1, String Quartet #8/Chamber Symphony 1 2 7 8 9, Symphonies #1 3 15, #5 1 2 3 4 15, #6 2, #9 4, #10 1

 

SIBELIUS, Jean Belshazzar’s Feast 1 2 3 7 8 9, Concerto for Violin 2 3 7, En Saga 2,

Finlandia 1 2 4 7, Symphonies #1 1 2 5 15 17, #2 1 2 15 17, #3 2 4 15, #5 1)

 

SMETANA, Bedrich Bartered Bride “Overture and Dances” 2 3, Ma Vlast "The Moldau"1 2 3 4 15 16 17

 

STRAUSS, Johann Sr. Radetzsky March 3 17

 

STRAUSS, Johann II Blue Danube 2 4 17, Emperor Waltzes 1 3 4 7 17, Die Fledermaus 1 2 3 4 7 17 (opera), Vienna Blood 2 3 4 7 17

 

STRAUSS, Richard Concertos Horn#1 1 2 3, #2 2, Oboe 2, Don Juan 2 3, Ein Heldenleben 3 15, Suite from Der Rosenkavalier 1 3 4, Salome “Dance of Seven Veils 2 3 4,” Till Eulenspiegel 2 3

 

STRAVINSKY, Igor Apollo 1 2 8 9 (ballet), Concerto 1 2 7 8 9 "Dumbarton Oaks", Firebird 1 2 3 4 15 17 (ballet suite), l'Histoire du soldat 1 2, Pétrouchka 1 2 (ballet), Pulcinella 1 2 (ballet), Sacre du printemps 1 2, Symphony of Psalms 1

 

SUPPÉ, Franz von Light Calvary 2 3 4, Poet and Peasant 2 3 4

 

TCHAIKOVSKY, Peter Ilyitch Capriccio Italien 1 2 3 4, Concerto #1 for Piano 1 2 3, Concerto for Violin 1 2 3, Marche Slave 1 2 3 4 for Orchestra, Nutcracker 1 2 3 (ballet), Overture 1812 2 3 4, Roméo and Juliet Fantasy 1 2 4 5 10, Serenade for Strings 1 2 7 8 9, Sleeping Beauty 2 (ballet suite), Swan Lake 2 (ballet suite), Symphonies #1 1 2 #2 2, #3 #4 1  3 4 15 17,#5 1 2 3 4 15,#6 1 2 3 4 15), Variations on a Rococo Theme for Cello and Orchestra 1 2 7

 

THOMAS, Ambroise Overtures to Mignon 2 3 4, Raymond 2 3 4

 

THOMSON, Virgil Plow That Broke The Plains 2 (suite), Symphony No. 1 2

 

TURINA, Joaquín El Toreado 1

 

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS, Ralph Fantasia on a Theme by Tallis 2 3 7 9, Fantasia on Greensleeves 1 2 3

 

VILLA-LOBOS, Heitor Bachianas Brasileiras #5 7, Guitar Concerto 1

 

WALTON, William Concertos for Viola 1 2, Cello 1, Façade 1, Belshazzar's Feast 1

 

VERDI, Giuseppe Aïda “Triumphal March” 1 2, Otello 2 (opera), Requiem Mass 1 2   

La Traviata 2 (opera), Il Trovatore “Anvil Chorus” 1 2, Overtures “Nabucco” 1 2 3 4 7 15, “I Vespri Siciliani” 1 2 3 4 7 15, La Forza del Destino” 1 2 3 4 7 15

 

VIVALDI, Antonio Four Seasons 1 2 7 9, Concertos for Violin 7, Bassoon 1, Cello 2, Flute 7, Gloria 1 2

 

WAGNER, Richard Der fliegende Holländer Overture 1 2 3 4, Götterdämmerung “Rhine Journey and Funeral Music” 1 2, Lohengrin “Prelude to Act III  2 3, Elsa’s Procession 1 3 4”, Die Meistersinger “Prelude” 1 2 3 4 15 17, Parsifal “Prelude and Good Friday Music,” 3 15 Das Rheingold “Entry of the Gods 1 2 3 4,” Siegfried Idyll 1 7 8, Tannhäuser “Overture and Venusberg Music,” 1 2 3 4 Tristan und Isolde “Prelude and Liebestod” 3 15

 

WEBER, Carl Maria von Concertino for Clarinet 2, Invitation to the Dance 1 2, Overtures Euryanthe 1 2 3 15, Der Freischutz 1 2 3 7 15, Jubel 2 3, Oberon 1 2 3 7 15


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ORCHESTRAS CODE:

1 Illinois State University Symphony Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra (1990 – present)

2 University of Missouri – Kansas City, Missouri (1974-1990)

3 Youth Symphony of Kansas City, Missouri (1983-2007)

4 National Music Camp, Arts Academy – Interlochen, Michigan (1976-1983)

5 Central Illinois Youth Symphony (2012-2015)

6 Springfield, Illinois Civic Orchestra, Youth Orchestra (2011)

7 Rocky Ridge Music Center; Estes Park, Colorado (1990 – 1996)

8 San Diego Chamber Orchestra, California (1972-1974)

9 Asuncion, Paraguay (2012 – 2016, 2018)

10 Argentina (Salta, Mar del Plata, Chascomus, Teatro Colon – 2012 - present)

11 Brazil (Londrina, Sao Paolo – 2010, 2011, 1018))

12 Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam (2015)

13 Wuhan, China (2018)

14 Italy (Bari, Pescara, Florence - 2014)

15 Spain (Valencia, Madrid, Sevilla – YS Kansas City Tour of 1992)

16 Italy (Firenze, Milan, Viareggio, Venice – YS Kansas Tour of 2000,     2002, 2006)

17 Budapest, Prague, Vienna (YS Kansas tour of 2004)

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