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During his childhood The Adventures of Tom Sawyer was the favourite book of the composer Franco Cesarini. With his memories of the magic of joy, fear and freedom, Cesarini seeks to bring the figures o...

The river Maas and the town of Ohé en Laak in the Dutch province of Limburg are inextricably linked with one another. Thousands of years have passed with wars and other dramatic events. One story is a...

Concertino for Piccolo and Band is a work commissioned by and dedicated to Fernando Marinho. Attempts to portrait musically a little of what Fernando is... Energetic, always willing to do more and on...

Fleodrum was composed for the Fanfare Wilhelmina Vlierden band. The title of the work refers to the earliest formation of the village of Vlierden in a title deed from 721 to Willibrodus. The piece com...

The symphonic poem 'The Island of the Light' illustrates legends and places of the island of Minorca. In ' Cova d'enXoroi ' the listener can hear the legend of a Moor nicknamed Xoroi, who after a pira...

Originally commissioned for the celebration of Tennessee's Homecoming '86, Jug Blues & Fat Pickin' is inspired by recordings of the Memphis Jug Band, the most recorded and perhaps most popular of the...

Originally commissioned for the celebration of Tennessee's Homecoming '86, Jug Blues & Fat Pickin' is inspired by recordings of the Memphis Jug Band, the most recorded and perhaps most popular of the...

Commissioned by the Bishop Ireton Wind Ensemble, this tone poem by internationally renowned composer Tom Duffy is a masterpiece of instrumental timbres. Butterflies and Bees! is an exciting, audience...

Brule River Celebration (Sheldon), Lexicon (Huckeby), Reflection On An Early American Hymn Tune (Lazarich), Beyond The Horizon (Behrman), God Shed His Grace On Thee (Glover), In Times of Triumph (Swea...

Winner of the ABA Ostwald Award! An exciting three movement work that alternates highly dissonant contemporary sounds with allusions to archaic modes and dance forms. Solo sections for flute, clarinet...

An engaging and sensitive musical description of four famous Norman Rockwell paintings. 1. The Horseshoe Forging Contest 2. Looking Out To Sea 3. Gossips 4. Four Freedoms

A major work of lasting importance for the modern symphonic band or wind ensemble by this acknowledged master of the medium. This set of variations on a 7th Century Armenian Communion Easter hymn call...

Ayatey Shabazz hat den Hurrikan Katrina miterlebt. Er musste miterleben, wie sein Haus und die Schule, in der er unterrichtete, zerstört wurden. Unter dem Eindruck dieser Ereignisse hat er dieses Werk...

The second movement depicts the city on the evening of April 17th, 1906. The frenetic pace of the day has given way to a more peaceful, relaxed atmosphere. Once the city is lulled to sleep, we hear th...

The third movement begins in the early morning hours of April 18th, 1906. As the city sleeps the fault line rips and the Earth begins to tear apart. Devastation and destruction ensue as the city turns...

The fourth and final movement of the symphony depicts the rebuilding of shattered lives and restoring of civilization. Begins in peaceful sadness, it then grows from despair into restored faith and re...

Visions of Australia ist ein musikalisches Panoramabild, das sich mit den Epochen der australischen Geschichte von den Vorfahren der Aborigines bis hin zu seiner noch unbekannten Zukunft beschäftigt....

Endlich gibt es von Robert W. Smith ein weiteres großes Werk, das auf klassischer Literatur basiert. Die Symphonie Nr. 3 Don Quijote schildert musikalisch die klassische Geschichte des fahrenden Ritte...

Der zweite von vier Sätzen aus Robert W. Smiths epischer Komposition Dulcinea erzählt die Geschichte von Don Quijotes Verehrung der idealen Frau. In dem heissblütigen 5/4-Tango hört das Publikum die e...

Im dritten der vier Sätze in Robert W. Smiths epischem Werk Don Quixote kommt der Zuhörer in den Genuss des Humors, der die gesamte Literaturvorlage durchzieht. Von Beginn des Satzes und einem Fagotts...