Mitropa Concertwork Series

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...

Diese 'Bilder einer Stadt' wollen nicht so sehr visuale Bilder, sondern vielmehr ein Stimmungsbild einer modernen Großstadt heraufbeschwören. Die Musik spiegelt die Stimmungslagen des heutigen Lebens...

Pirates Overture is an overture for all those young 'pirates' out there, who will undoubtedly rock the boat with their tidal waves of music!During the introduction a mysterious pirate ship appears on...

Pirates Overture è un'ouverture per giovani "pirati" che vogliono rovesciare ogni sala da concerto con i loro strumenti nel mare delle note! L'introduzione descrive come la nave dei pirati appaia all'...

Gilbert Tinner ha composto questo brano in tre parti con particolare riguardo alle bande ad organico ridotto. L'inizio del brano è caratterizzato dai suoni delle fanfare e da un ritmo maestoso. Un pas...

All the Best è un brano per banda particolarmente influenzato dalla musica pop, genere musicale che Otto M. Schwarz aveva già esplorato in Fire & Ice, Last Call e Funky Brass. Anche qui, il compositor...

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...

Arizona is written in a typical three-part overture form. The composition is not strictly descriptive as such, but rather conveys moods and emotions, inspired by impressions of the American desert sta...

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...

Festival Bells is a fast-paced and demanding opening work. The uplifting mood of the piece describes the anticipation of a festival in Austria. Within the middle section, the Upper Austrian anthem is...

Festival Bells is a fast-paced and demanding opening work. The uplifting mood of the piece describes the anticipation of a festival in Austria. Within the middle section, the Upper Austrian anthem is...

C'era una volta in Nord America, una madre e la sua bambina che facevano parte di una comunità di persone Ojibwa. La ragazza soffriva di gravi incubi. La madre chiese aiuto alla 'Donna Ragno' nota anc...

The White Thrill è stato commissionato dalla banda musicale di St. Anton am Arlberg, in Austria. Il tema si riferisce alla gara di sci "The White Thrill", che si tiene ogni anno a St. Anton. La compos...

C'era una volta in Nord America, una madre e la sua bambina che facevano parte di una comunità di persone Ojibwa. La ragazza soffriva di gravi incubi. La madre chiese aiuto alla 'Donna Ragno' nota anc...

This work is an homage to the longstanding friendship between Germany and Austria. During the piece the composer depicts the highs and lows of the relationship through history but emphasizes the posit...

Quest'opera è un omaggio all'amicizia austro-tedesca. Il carattere positivo dell'opera è volto a sottolineare i molti aspetti belli di questa amicizia. Solo a metà del brano ("Reflective") ci sono alc...

This work is an homage to the longstanding friendship between Germany and Austria. During the piece the composer depicts the highs and lows of the relationship through history but emphasizes the posit...

The fanfare-like piece Freedom Forever deals with the chances and possibilities that arise with freedom and is uses two famous quotes from the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights and from Jean-...

The fanfare-like piece Freedom Forever deals with the chances and possibilities that arise with freedom and is uses two famous quotes from the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights and from Jean-...

Nascere sotto una buona stella", "Avere le stelle negli occhi", "Essere la stella fortunata di qualcuno", ma anche "Essere infuocati", "Infuocare il mondo" e "Infuocare d'amore" sono espressioni che h...

To be born under a lucky star', 'To have stars in your eyes', 'To be someone's lucky star', as well as 'To be all fired up', 'To set the world on fire' and 'To be on fire with love' all of these are e...

This work was commissioned by the Musikverein Prechtal e. V. (Germany) for its 100th anniversary in the year of 2021. The composition opens with a powerful rhythmic motif, which soon develops into the...

This work was commissioned by the Musikverein Prechtal e. V. (Germany) for its 100th anniversary in the year of 2021. The composition opens with a powerful rhythmic motif, which soon develops into the...

The Cossacks played an integral part in Russia's history which finally ended with the Soviet occupation in the 1920s. Franco Cesarini had the opportunity to attend performances by an ethnic group of C...

American author Mark Twain spent seven years writing Huckleberry Finn - the book Hemingway claimed is the basis for all American fiction. The story of Huck's and Jim's quest for freedom on a raft on t...