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A Glorious Fanfare Op....€114.99Franco Cesarini was commissioned to write A Glorious Fanfare by the Band Association of the Zug Canton in Switzerland (Zuger Blasmusikverband), to celebrate the centenary of the Association (1922-2022).
The composition is the third in a trilogy of scintillating concert opening pieces (which make up opus 38), together with A Triumphant Fanfare and A Joyful Fanfare. A majestic fanfare entrusted to the trumpets introduces the piece. Subsequently a cantabile variant of the same theme is presented leading to a finale with rich and impressive sounds.
An ideal opening piece that will delight your audience!
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Postcards from tomorrow€124.99During their childhood, some people have the tradition to put their toys, drawings and wishes for the future into a timebox that they bury somewhere to dig up when they are adults. This has inspired Gauthier Dupertuis for the title of this work: Postcards from tomorrow. What wishes would we put in those boxes for the future; what kind of postcards would we send to our grandchildren?
To compose this work, Gauthier Dupertuis was also inspired by three pictures that have some symbolic meaning linked to the question above and that give the names to the three movements that make up this piece.
The first movement, Abandoned Blockhouses, refers to war and other horrors in the history of humanity, while Pagoda at the Lake, the second movement, was inspired by the pagoda, a religious building whose function is to house the relics of holy people in Asian worship. The third and last movement, Building Bridges, is a call for hope.
In July 2021, Postcards from Tomorrow was awarded the first prize at the “La Bacchetta d’Oro” international composition contest in Italy.
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Kingdom of Navarre€129.99This work describes the royal history of the Spanish village of Artajona and the Kingdom of Navarre. The music varies from majestic to fast and lively. We hear bells, a Gregorian theme, we are taken to the Middle Ages in a subdued passage and we listen to echoes of the hymn of Navarre. The composition concludes with the bells of Artajona: a fitting and attractive ending.
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Return to Muse€129.99The divine muse of music could not be served through togetherness during the Covid pandemic. Giving even more reason to celebrate the fact that we can make music together now, back in the lap of the muse. In this work, various emotions are expressed: vulnerability, despair, but mostly hope, euphoria, and gratefulness as muse, music, and musicianship come together beautifully.
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Black Gold€162.99Black Gold was commissioned by Musikverein 1891 "Harmonie" Saarwellingen e.V. (Germany) to mark its 130th anniversary. This composition pictures the history of the mining industry in the town of Saarwellingen and its surrounding region, where the life of the miners as well as their families revolved around coal, or black gold, for centuries on end. The piece is based on motifs from the famous song "Glück auf, Glück auf, der Steiger kommt..." ("Good luck, good luck, the mining foreman comes"), a veritable anthem for miners the world over.
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Viva Besana!€124.99This solemn overture was written for concert band to commemorate the 20th Festival Bandistico Besana in Brianza for 2024. This multifaceted work features three movements: the serene and solemn Corale solenne, which is then followed by Danza con eleganza, in which alternating changes of time signature form a jaunty and also somewhat whimsical whole. The Finale trionfale is thematically based on the opening chorale, though now in a festive guise. Frequent modulations convey the melodies and themes in various keys, resulting in a wonderful harmonic colourfulness. Viva Besana, viva la musica!
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Buffalo Bill€162.99Buffalo Bill takes us on a journey into the world of 19th-century American pioneers, cowboys and Native Americans, through a musical fresco combining an incantatory melody, a majestic theme and a faster section that plunges us into the heart of a buffalo hunt. This work was commissioned by the Orchestre d'harmonie de Montrouge, in France, the town that hosted Buffalo Bill's show at the 1889 Universal Exhibition and where the Buffalo district still stands.
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The World of Sorcery€139.99The World of Sorcery plunges the listeners into a spellbinding universe where witchcraft and black magic combine harmoniously. Commissioned by Arts Vivants 52 and the wind bands of Bourbonne-les-Bains, Chalindrey and Fayl-Billot, the work is based on the skills and legends of the region, an area renowned for its wickerwork, particularly the three towns of the commissioning orchestras. The inhabitants of these towns knew how to use the benefits of water and wicker without giving in to the evil charms of the witches and sorcerers roaming the region.
