Mitropa Concertwork Series

Dance from the East is a fiery, oriental dance. It starts with an imposing introduction with the feel of a solemn lament and seamlessly merges into a dance. The piece then builds gradually through an...

Dance from the East is a fiery, oriental dance. It starts with an imposing introduction with the feel of a solemn lament and seamlessly merges into a dance. The piece then builds gradually through an...

Nella mitologia greca Mercurio (Hermes), _x005Ffiglio di Giove e Maia, è protagonista di numerose leggende che hanno ispirato Marc Jeanbourquin nel comporre questo brano. Il primo movimento evoca il...

Nella mitologia greca Mercurio (Hermes), _x005Ffiglio di Giove e Maia, è protagonista di numerose leggende che hanno ispirato Marc Jeanbourquin nel comporre questo brano. Il primo movimento evoca il...

The title of this work alludes to the flight of the eagle. In the course of a short flight, the composer was able to get a birds-eye view of the landscape in which the sun's rays, glistening on the sn...

The title of this work alludes to the flight of the eagle. In the course of a short flight, the composer was able to get a birds-eye view of the landscape in which the sun's rays, glistening on the sn...

Per Otto M. Schwarz, The Story of Anne Frank vuole essere un messaggio per mai dimenticare le atrocità perpetrate dal nazismo, e come queste atrocità abbiano distrutto tante vite innocenti. In un'epoc...

Fanfare for the Champions è un brano commissionato dalla banda Musicale di Landeck (Austria) per un importante anniversario. La stessa formazione aveva già commissionato a Otto M. Schwarz Mantua e Nos...

Mundus Novus ('New World') is a travelogue in the form of letters sent by the sailor and explorer Amerigo Vespucci in 1502 to the Florentine nobleman Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco di Medici. The life and d...

Toccato profondamente dalle catastrofi delle centrali nucleari di Fukushima più recentemente, ma anche di Tschernobyl in tempi ormai lontani, Otto M. Schwarz ha composto Nuclear Power, un impressionan...

Otto M. Schwarz traduce in musica le gesta del gruppo 'Weisse Rose' (Rosa Bianca), fondato dopo i tragici eventi di Stalingrado e che tra il 1942 e il 1943 vede il gruppo attivo in delicate azioni vol...

There have always been heroes, big and small. This composition is dedicated to all those heroes who are committed to whatever it may be through a strong conviction; those who have ideals and who stand...

Homeland was created to commemorate the 100th birthday of the Hohe Tauern National Park in the Austrian Alps. The many achievements in this largest reserve in the Alps include the reintroduction of th...

As cultural ambassador for the state, the Orchestra of the Rhineland-Pfalz State Police commissioned this work to celebrate the 60th anniversary of its founding in 2013. What do Steve Jobs, Mark Zucke...

Mondi sommersi, castelli incantati, despoti senza cuore, ricchi e cattivi che scacciano i poveri, figure losche, vendetta, Atlantide ... questi sono gli interessanti soggetti che appaiono nell'ultima...

This fanfare stands for progress and the discovery of new horizons. But it also represents an expanding awarenesss while nurturing traditional values. These are the cornerstones of the Austrian music...

Stone Age, Middle Age and New Age are the three distinct sections of this single movement work at the highest level. Whilst Stone Age has a menacing and ancient atmosphere, an old German song can be m...

This is the tale of the small Upper Austrian village of Neukirchen/Lambach. The beautiful landscape around the village is as green and golden as the linden leaf cross on the village coat of arms. For...

This is the tale of the small Upper Austrian village of Neukirchen/Lambach. The beautiful landscape around the village is as green and golden as the linden leaf cross on the village coat of arms. For...

The Imperial Royal State Railways was the first rail company in the Austro-Hungarian empire. Imperial Overture tells the tale of a tourist who visits Austria and travels by rail across Austria. During...

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...

Terra Mystica is a concert work describing the beautiful area of Hausruck in upper Austria. The three segments (Pastorale, Cathedral and Homeland) each depict different aspects with very different mus...

Terra Mystica is a concert work describing the beautiful area of Hausruck in upper Austria. The three segments (Pastorale, Cathedral and Homeland) each depict different aspects with very different mus...

On 11 March 1879 in the Austrian town of Neumarkt am Wallersee a huge fire broke out in a brewery, setting fire to at least 60 other houses within one hour. Due to poor equipment and a lack of water,...

On 11 March 1879 in the Austrian town of Neumarkt am Wallersee a huge fire broke out in a brewery, setting fire to at least 60 other houses within one hour. Due to poor equipment and a lack of water,...