Spartiti per Banda di Beriato Music

The crossing of a mountain pass is called traversada in Romansh. Such a crossing bears uncertainties and dangers, but also hope and new opportunities. Whoever sets out for a traversada is leaving behi...

The source of inspiration for this work is the magical world of gemstones. The special powers of four of these stones appealed to composer Bert Appermonts' imagination. In this work, different disting...

This work was commissioned by the Concordia wind band and the Écho male choir, based in Miège (Valais, Switzerland), to mark their respective centenaries. The piece is a sanguine sounding work entirel...

At the heart of this piece are several elements that inspired the composer. First of all: nature, infinite and inexhaustible, giving life and power, something bigger than humans can grasp. The compose...

This work was inspired by the 3rd/4th century legend of Margaret of Antioch. Margaret was very devout, and lived as a shepherdess in the countryside. When the city prefect Olybrius proposed to her, on...

With this piece, the composer wanted to create a dream-like experience for the listener. In each of the four movements ('Absence', 'Caprice', 'Nocturne' and 'The Return') a different dream state is ev...

The Spell' is a musical interpretation of an old legend from the Alpstein, a mystical mountain area in the east of Switzerland. According to the tale, a shepherd boy, Hennes, cared for his animals on...

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 pr...

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...

The crossing of a mountain pass is called traversada in Romansh. Such a crossing bears uncertainties and dangers, but also hope and new opportunities. Whoever sets out for a traversada is leaving behi...

The source of inspiration for this work is the magical world of gemstones. The special powers of four of these stones appealed to composer Bert Appermonts' imagination. In this work, different disting...

This work was commissioned by the Concordia wind band and the Écho male choir, based in Miège (Valais, Switzerland), to mark their respective centenaries. The piece is a sanguine sounding work entirel...

At the heart of this piece are several elements that inspired the composer. First of all: nature, infinite and inexhaustible, giving life and power, something bigger than humans can grasp. The compose...

This work was inspired by the 3rd/4th century legend of Margaret of Antioch. Margaret was very devout, and lived as a shepherdess in the countryside. When the city prefect Olybrius proposed to her, on...

The Spell' is a musical interpretation of an old legend from the Alpstein, a mystical mountain area in the east of Switzerland. According to the tale, a shepherd boy, Hennes, cared for his animals on...

Rapunzel' is based on the famous Grimm fairy tale of the same name and tells a musical story of fantasy, drama and adventure. From the original four-part composition, Bert Appermont made an instrument...

Eastbound wurde vom Siena Wind Orchestra in Tokio in Auftrag gegeben und kann als eine Art Stadterkundung verstanden werden. Das Stück beginnt mit massiven Akkorden, die in eine kompakte, ausgelassene...

Noah's Ark' (1997) made its way through the international band scene and turned Bert Appermont into a renowned star whose music is now performed and recorded throughout the world. Fascinated by storie...

Eastbound wurde vom Siena Wind Orchestra in Tokio in Auftrag gegeben und kann als eine Art Stadterkundung verstanden werden. Das Stück beginnt mit massiven Akkorden, die in eine kompakte, ausgelassene...

Noah's Ark' (1997) made its way through the international band scene and turned Bert Appermont into a renowned star whose music is now performed and recorded throughout the world. Fascinated by storie...

The Flood è stato commissionato dalla società musicale Maris Sonores di Biddinghuizen, nei Paesi Bassi, in occasione del suo 55° anniversario. In questa colorata composizione, il nome della società è...

This composition is based on the children's song 'Three Blind Mice', of which the melody is featured in a range of variations: in a canon, in inversion, in minor, transformed, with changing harmonisat...

Diese Komposition basiert auf dem traditionellen hebräischen Lied Shalom Aleichem, das in eine Mischung aus Klezmer-, Balkan- und lateinamerikanischer Musik eingebettet wurde. Der Titel ist Programm,...

The Flood was commissioned by Music Society Maris Sonores from Biddinghuizen, the Netherlands, on the occasion of its 55th anniversary. In this colourful composition, the name of the society has been...

This piece comprises a series of variations on the melody of 'Ami, dans cette vie' ('Friend, in this life), an 18th century French song. Like the famous poem 'Canzona di Bacco' by Lorenzo de' Medici,...