Partitions pour orchestre d'instruments à vent

Nostradamus est probablement le prophète le plus connu de ces 1000 dernières années. Il a vécu à l'époque de l'Inquisition et ses prédictions et thérapies médicales en tant que médecin lui ont valu d'...

With this new suite for concert band Franco Cesarini draws on the rich repertoire of folk songs from the Friuli Venezia Giulia region of northern Italy. Between the 16th and 17th Century this rural re...

Bulgarian Dances est une rhapsodie libre, divisée en quatre mouvements distincts basés sur de célèbres chansons populaires bulgares. Ces chansons ont une tradition très ancienne et proviennent à la fo...

With Caucasian Sketches Franco Cesarini completes the series of piecesbased on dances in the Caucasian style which started with his CossackFolk Dances. The charming, melancholy dances and songs bring...

Absolute Crossover ('Croisement absolu') est une commande conjointe de l'Orchestre d'Harmonie autrichien TK-Molzbichl et du Big Band de la Cité Scolaire de Spittal. L'œuvre se devait de mettre e...

Franco Cesarini has used four anonymous renaissance pieces as the basis for this four-movement composition, and, by exploiting the many colours of the brass band, he has recreated the atmosphere of th...

The tender ballad Killing Me Softly with His Song was written by Charles Fox and Norman Gimbel in 1971, for de American singer Lori Lieberman. She was very impressed with a performance by the then sti...

Selon le philosophe allemand Johann Gottfried Herder 'Les chansons populaires, (…) sont les archives du peuple, le trésor de sa science, de sa religion, de la vie de ses pères, des fautes de so...

In the monumental overture to the opera La Gazza Ladra (The Thieving Magpie) Gioachino Rossini employs themes from the opera itself in order to prepare the audience for the material to come. The overt...

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...

Arizona is written in a typical three-part overture form. The composition is not strictly descriptive as such, but rather conveys moods and emotions, inspired by impressions of the American desert sta...

On 11 March 1879 in the Austrian town of Neumarkt am Wallersee a huge fire broke out in a brewery, setting fire to at least 60 other houses within one hour. Due to poor equipment and a lack of water,...

Festival Bells is a fast-paced and demanding opening work. The uplifting mood of the piece describes the anticipation of a festival in Austria. Within the middle section, the Upper Austrian anthem is...

Free World Fantasy ('Fantaisie du monde libre') symbolise le rêve que nous chérissons tous : celui d'un monde sans guerre et sans haine. Dans cette composition, Jacob de Haan combine le style classiqu...

Inspiration bezieht Jacob de Haan also aus ganz unterschiedlichen Dingen. Auslandsreisen, Spaziergängen, Alltagserlebnissen. Aber auch Erfahrungen aus der Vergangenheit. Während seiner Konservatoriums...

In Japan, July the 7th is a holiday known as Tanabata, for which large celebrations are held throughout the country. The holiday is based on a legend about a young man and a young woman who are separa...

En 1998, vingt-six ans après Sapporo, les Jeux Olympiques d'hiver firent leur retour au Japon. Nagano vivait et vibrait au rythme des exploits sportifs. Avec un chiffre record de 2304 athlètes venant...

Cette chanson, interprétée par Madonna dans l'adaptation cinématographique d'Alan Parker, est extraite de la comédie musicale Evita, écrite par le maître et inventeur de l'opéra-rock Sir Andrew Lloyd...

Prima Luce (First Light) was commisioned by the Holy Angels Elementary School located in Aurora (USA). The name of the town (which means dawn), the town's great religious history and the fact that thi...

Die weltberühmte Rhapsody in Blue von George Gershwin in einer hervorragenden Transkription für Blasorchester von Tohru Takahashi. Ein guter Pianist und ein sehr gutes Blasorchester sind die Zutaten,...