Mickey Nicolas: spartiti medio

Es gelingt dem Pariser Komponisten Mickey Nicolas wieder, mit seiner üblichen Begabung, zugleich die Musiker und das Publikum mit exotischen Klängen zu begeistern. Diese reizende Komposition führt uns...

'At a concert one should modulate the tonal atmosphere both for the musicians and the audience' dixit Maddy Nicolas, my wife to whom I dedicate this composition. The menuet's elegance and noble simpli...

The French composer Mickey Nicolas (Laon, 1938) was conductor at the famous Paris cabaret 'Le Lido' for many years. He already expressed his great love for the Eiffel Tower City by composing 'Listenin...

Three sound portraits of Turkey: the 'Topkapi Palace' , the imperial residence built after the Ottoman conquest in Istanbul, the 'Blue Mosque' or Sultan Ahmet mosque built between 1609 and 1616 also a...

This parade, extremely well suited for wind band, is a succession of themes amalgamated into a medley and reminding major sequences of an imaginary musical. Conductor and musicians come to the fore.

This short sequence, composed as a tribute to the European Community, is intended for any public musical event, but can introduce a concert as well and, in a way, call for the attention of the audienc...

Without claiming to possess a 'Magic Formula' to realize this sequence, the composer fancied to imagine a Formula One race at Monza. The binary beat portrays the combustion engine. The exaggerated eff...

Let's go back to the fifties. As I have played as a musician at such famous places as Carrère and Maxim's in Paris and the Palm Beach in Cannes, I wanted to recreate the musical climate of that time....