Leroy Anderson completed four works in 1953: "Song of the Bells," "Summer Skies," "The Girl in Satin," and "Concerto in C for Piano and Orchestra." He commisioned a modern home for himself and his family on Grassy Hill in Woodbury, Connecticut. He was Guest Conductor in concerts at the University of Michigan, at Grant Park in Chicago, Illinois, Fort Wayne, Indiana, Cleveland, Ohio, Worcester and Boston, Massachusetts and Fairfield University, Connecticut. The Connecticut concert attracted a record-setting 8,500 people in the audience. While "The Girl In Satin" is in a Latin style, similar to "Serenata," and "Song Of The Bells" is a waltz, "Summer Skies" is much less descriptive than the other works he completed in 1953. "Summer Skies" evokes a softer, enigmatic mood, somewhat like his 1962 work "Balladette." – Program note from Leroy Anderson’s website. Instrumentation: 2.2.2.2: 3Sax(AAT; opt): 4.3.3.1: Bells: Str (9-8-7-6-5 in set): Pno Cond also included in set.