Franco Cesarini

It is often the case that at the end of a concert a soloist is requested to perform an additional item not listed in the programme, in other words an encore. In general the piece that is chosen is sho...

Under the title LUX NORDICA, this edition contains a selection of Romantic pieces by various composers of northern origin. Franco Cesarini collected seven works from Niels W. Gade and Carl Nielsen (De...

German Romanticism includes selected works from some of the most important composers of the style, to whom-in terms of musical history-the Austrian Franz Schubert also belongs. Besides Carl Maria von...

The variation form is one of the oldest and most fundamental forms of musical technique. Franco Cesarini has chosen the well known French folk melody, Sur le pont d'Avignon as the basis for this piece...

The Cossacks played an integral part in Russia's history which finally ended with the Soviet occupation in the 1920s. Franco Cesarini had the opportunity to attend performances by an ethnic group of C...

American author Mark Twain spent seven years writing Huckleberry Finn - the book Hemingway claimed is the basis for all American fiction. The story of Huck's and Jim's quest for freedom on a raft on t...

Après le grand succès de la « Suite de chants populaires grecs », qui connaît un succès ininterrompu depuis plus de vingt ans, Franco Cesarini explore une nouvelle fois la longue et riche tradition de...

Le thème principal de cette ouverture est basé sur une vieille chanson indienne de la tribu des Arapahos. Le nom Colorado vient du mot espagnol qui signifie "coloré". Ce terme était à l'origine utilis...

Après le grand succès de la "Greek Folk Song Suite", qui dure depuis plus de vingt ans, Franco Cesarini se penche à nouveau sur la longue et riche tradition de la musique populaire grecque. Sa Greek F...

With Convergents Franco Cesarini has succeeded in composing a piece suitable for both concerts or contests which whilst not being too difficult still has the feel of a major work. This extremely rhyth...

Cesarini composed this work as a tribute to the memory of Darius Milhaud, born a century earlier in Aix-en-Provence, France. The premiere, conducted by the composer, was presented by the Civic Philhar...

The leviathan, a demoniacal sea monster that appears as a dragon or serpent, is considered in the Old Testament to be the embodiment of evil. The defeat of the demon is prophesied in Isaiah 27:1: 'On...

Les Cosaques sont principalement connus pour être des cavaliers redoutés qui ont défendu le pays avec leurs soldats aux XVIe-XVIIIe siècles. La culture des Cosaques comprend des jeux de cavalerie et d...

La culture étrangère - art, littérature et surtout musique - fascine depuis longtemps Franco Cesarini et sert souvent de source d'inspiration pour ses compositions. Pour Old Russian Romances, Cesarini...

Bulgarian folk music has a long tradition and numerous typical characteristics, such as particular dissonances and complex, irregular rhythms. In Bulgarian Dances (Part II) (which can be performed tog...

Concertino for Clarinet and Wind Orchestra was commissioned by the Swiss Wind Band Association (SBV) to celebrate the 'Year of the Clarinet 2015'. In three sections, separated by cadenzas for the solo...

Concertino for Clarinet and Wind Orchestra was commissioned by the Swiss Wind Band Association (SBV) to celebrate the 'Year of the Clarinet 2015'. In three sections, separated by cadenzas for the solo...

The Swiss composer Franco Cesarini has waited a long time to write his first symphony and after years of considering and drafting, this Archangels Symphony, Symphony nr. 1 is a vast composition consis...

Equestrian Symphonette was written for the Orchestre d'Harmonie de Laval, France. Laval is the capital town of the department of Mayenne, and the surrounding countryside is home to many thoroughbred r...

Edo is the ancient name for the city of Tokyo. Inspired by a series of woodcuts by the artist Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858) entitled 'One Hundred Famous Views of Edo', Cesarini's symphony is based upo...