Mitropa Concertwork Series

This piece describes the daily madness of traffic in a city full of cars, noise and exhaust fumes. Even in the countryside the 'monster on four wheels' has already arrived and is destroying idyllic vi...

Evil people know no songs! Inspiration for this work was taken from the legend of the 'Valley of the Mills', in which a traveller taught songs to the people of a village who had been put under a spell...

I malvagi non conoscono canzoni! L'ispirazione per quest'opera è stata tratta dalla leggenda della "Valle dei Mulini", in cui un viaggiatore insegnava canzoni agli abitanti di un villaggio che erano s...

Composed for the occasion of the 750th anniversary of the city of Bruneck (Brunico), South Tyrol, Italy, Musica Eroica reminds the listener of the days of knights and heroes. The introduction is heroi...

Composed for the occasion of the 750th anniversary of the city of Bruneck (Brunico), South Tyrol, Italy, Musica Eroica reminds the listener of the days of knights and heroes. The introduction is heroi...

Europe`s broad cultural heritage is a valuable possession that should be protected. We stand before the enormous challenge of creating a unity of East and West while at the same time maintaining the l...

Europe`s broad cultural heritage is a valuable possession that should be protected. We stand before the enormous challenge of creating a unity of East and West while at the same time maintaining the l...

La città di Guflina, nel Liechtenstein, offre uno dei migliori punti di osservazione delle magnifiche Alpi. Si dice che sotto la sporgenza ci fosse una grotta nella montagna. In essa viveva un terribi...

Composed in commemoration of the 2006 Football World Cup. The World Cup is a global event that only takes place every four years and that is preceded by a number of qualifying rounds. In the actual ev...

Cantus ist das lateinische Wort für Gesang - und dieses Stück ist eine in melodiöse, gesangliche Musik umgesetzte Meditation. Es soll dazu motivieren, in sich zu gehen, abzuschalten und sich von der M...

Trumpets and Bridges was composed to celebrate the opening ofa new bridge linking Austria with Germany. This bridge is a symbolfor the meeting of cultures and the lifting of borders. In the thirdmille...

This work was commissioned by the Musikkapelle Heiden, Germany, on the occasion of the centenary of this versatile and energetic music society. Triumphal Prelude begins with fireworks of sounds and fa...

The Black River Overture was commissioned by the music society Pfarrkapelle Schwarzenbach, on the occasion of its 50th anniversary. Schwarzenbach literally means 'black brook' - hence the title of the...

The book The Idol of the Flies by Jane Rice (1913-2005) is a classicof horror literature. It is the story of a child who, in an incredibleseries of cruel actions, persecutes those around him. The comp...

The book The Idol of the Flies by Jane Rice (1913-2005) is a classicof horror literature. It is the story of a child who, in an incredibleseries of cruel actions, persecutes those around him. The comp...

This joyous fanfare offers many members of the band the opportunityto shine. The opening subject is passed from the clarinets to thesaxophones and then to the oboes before being taken up by thecomplet...

Romania boasts an endless wealth of folk music and culture. Whilethe music of the north still sounds familiar to West-European ears, it becomes gradually faster and fierier towards the south. The sixm...

Romania boasts an endless wealth of folk music and culture. Whilethe music of the north still sounds familiar to West-European ears, it becomes gradually faster and fierier towards the south. The sixm...

Jolly Roger ist der Name der berühmt-berüchtigten Totenkopf-Fahne der Piraten. Die Fahne wurde während der Jagd auf Beute gehisst, um unter der Besatzung des Beuteschiffes schon vor dem eigentlichen E...

Jolly Roger ist der Name der berühmt-berüchtigten Totenkopf-Fahne der Piraten. Die Fahne wurde während der Jagd auf Beute gehisst, um unter der Besatzung des Beuteschiffes schon vor dem eigentlichen E...

Questa brillante composizione di Otto M. Schwarz riflette la vita avventurosa del personaggio storico Napoleone Bonaparte. Probabilmente il francese più conosciuto di tutti i tempi, sviluppò un eccezi...

Mit Bonaparte hat Otto M. Schwarz nach Erfolgen, wie Man in the Ice, The Count of Monte Cristo und Nostradamus, ein weiteres großes programmatisches Werk für Blasorchester geschaffen. Dieses Mal nahm...

Tali is a thirteen-year-old Israeli girl who has grown up amidst the religious conflicts between Palestinians, Christians, and Jews. Thomas Doss was so touched by a poem she wrote, he decided to set i...

A Triumphant Fanfare ist - wie der Name schon sagt - eine triumphale, majestätische Fanfare. In dieser neuen Komposition von Franco Cesarini dürfen die die Blechbläser brillieren, die Holzbläser mit L...

Mantova è per chi la conosce una bella città lombarda. Per gli abitanti del Tirolo è però una città particolare dove fu giustiziato Andreas Hofer (1767-1810), eroe nazionale della resistenza e dell'in...