Oliver Waespi Brass Band

«Short Stories» è composto da cinque brevi movimenti, ognuno dei quali racconta una propria storia musicale. Ogni movimento può essere eseguito anche separatamente. L'attenzione è rivolta alla musica...

«Short Stories» è composto da cinque brevi movimenti, ognuno dei quali racconta una propria storia musicale. Ogni movimento può essere eseguito anche separatamente. L'attenzione è rivolta alla musica...

The Graces of Love (Le Gratie d'Amore) is the title of a book published in 1602 by Cesare Negri, the famous dance master of the Milan court in the Renaissance. It contains numerous dance tunes and pre...

Audivi Media Nocte

The Graces of Love (Le Gratie d'Amore) is the title of a book published in 1602 by Cesare Negri, the famous dance master of the Milan court in the Renaissance. It contains numerous dance tunes and pre...

Friendly Takeover' was composed for the 2016 Swiss Wind Band Convention in Montreux. In this three movement piece the composer experiments with lyrical motives combined with rhythmical pulses in diffe...

Tracing Time was commissioned by the WMC Kerkrade Foundation in cooperation with the Foundation of Friends of WMC for the 2017 World Championships in Kerkrade, the Netherlands. The musical material of...

Other Lives' is works perfectly for a competition but can also be programmed as concert work. The dark chords at the beginning of the piece are derived from 'Der Doppelgänger', one of Franz Schubert's...

Other Lives' is works perfectly for a competition but can also be programmed as concert work. The dark chords at the beginning of the piece are derived from 'Der Doppelgänger', one of Franz Schubert's...

The title of this piece reflects its upbeat, forward-driven character. It starts out with a soul groove, carrying a prominent theme which invites players and listeners to dance. The slower middle sect...

Der Titel dieses Stücks spiegelt seinen schwungvollen, vorwärtsgerichteten Charakter wider. Es beginnt mit einem Soul-Groove, über dem sich ein prägnantes Thema entwickelt, welches das Orchester und d...

Il titolo di questo brano deriva dal dipinto Sunrise with Sea Monsters del pittore inglese William Turner. L'ambiguità e il potere suggestivo del dipinto di Turner aprono grandi possibilità musicali....

The composer has based this festive fanfare arrangement on the grand 'Festive Impressions' and it is extremely suited as an opening number for your concert or for all kinds of festivities.

Questo brano del compositore svizzero Oliver Waespi è stato uno degli highlights della Festa Federale della Musica del 2006 a Lucerna. La composizione apre con una fanfara festiva eseguita dagli otton...

Intrada pays homage to the vocal polyphony of Renaissance composer Johannes Wannenmacher. Waespi has successfully transmitted the musical integrity and strength of these vocal pieces to this new work...

Audivi Media Nocte is based on the eponymous motet by Thomas Tallis from the 16th Century - a work that holds great fascination for Oliver Waespi. During the process of composition, various chord sequ...

'As if a voice were in them…' runs William Wordsworth's poem about the High Alps. Nature is presented in this poem as an all-powerful and nameless force but also as a creative energy and a mirror on m...

'As if a voice were in them…' runs William Wordsworth's poem about the High Alps. Nature is presented in this poem as an all-powerful and nameless force but also as a creative energy and a mirror on m...

Theme and Variations is another brilliant test piece from the pen of Oliver Waespi, one of the most popular brass band composers of today. It is a challenging but rewarding piece which offers plenty o...

This piece tells the story of a conflict between the communities in the valleys around Sörenberg, a village in Entlebuch in the Swiss canton of Lucerne. An old legend from the 14th century tells of an...

Theme and Variations is another brilliant test piece from the pen of Oliver Waespi, one of the most popular brass band composers of today. It is a challenging but rewarding piece which offers plenty o...

This piece tells the story of a conflict between the communities in the valleys around Sörenberg, a village in Entlebuch in the Swiss canton of Lucerne. An old legend from the 14th century tells of an...

Hypercube is a musical narrative partly inspired by the architecture of the Grande Arche de la Défense in Paris whose shape has been compared to a hypercube. With this landmark building as a starting...