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Stratosphere€ 119,99
Wat hebben de Amerikaan Joseph Kittinger en de Oostenrijker Felix Baumgartner met elkaar gemeen? Ze maakten beiden een parachutesprong vanaf een hoogte van meer dan 30 kilometer. Terwijl Kittingers sprong op 16 augustus 1960 plaatsvond vanaf een hoogte van ‘slechts’ 31.333 meter, brak Felix Baumgartner dit record op 14 oktober 2012, toen hij een sprong waagde van de adembenemende hoogte van 38.969 meter. Schwartz’ compositie Stratosphere beschrijft het spannende avontuur – van het instappen in de capsule, die daarna met behulp van een ballon opsteeg, tot de korte pauze in de stratosfeer, en dan de sprong, de turbulentie tijdens de vrije val, en tot slot de opening van de parachute en de veilige landing.
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The Last Journey€ 184,99
Dit gevoelvolle werk is geïnspireerd op het verhaal van een jonge trombonist die aan kanker stierf. Het is een emotionele rollercoaster waarin levensvreugde, het noodlot, het afscheid, verdriet en opnieuw vreugde worden verklankt. In deze intens menselijke muziek valt voor ieder van ons wel iets te herkennen. The Last Journey weerspiegelt het rouwproces, maar drukt bovenal de schoonheid van het leven uit.
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Bleak Forest€ 97,99
Bleak Forest is a piece for smaller concert bands and offers the musicians above all space to improve their sound and their effect playing. The technical requirements are therefore deliberately kept low. With this piece, the composer won the VLAMO International Composition Contest 2022. Thematically, the work is influenced by the composer's childhood memories. In his hometown there was a dark and mysterious forest, that seemed to the children in the small village to be magical. Without a reasonable explanation, every trip into the woods was exciting and somewhat terrifying. There were tales of dangerous animals, which can be heard at the beginning of the piece, as well as magical beasts. The magic of the forest is depicted musically from bar 70 in the andante section. The snapping of the fingers represents single raindrops. From bar 99 onwards, we hear the trek home, with the occasional moments of trepidation as the children spook each other with their fanciful tales. In the end, though, we arrive safely at home because after all, magical beasts only exist in fairy tales… don’t they? Andreas Ziegelbäck studied music education at the Mozarteum University in Salzburg, and history at the Paris Lodron Universität, Salzburg. In addition to his studies, he trained in ensemble conducting for wind orchestra with conductor and composer Thomas Doss. It was Doss who sparked Ziegelbäck’s interest in composing. In 2021, Andreas Ziegelbäck completed his composition studies with Johannes Maria Staud. In 2020, he took part in a brass band composition masterclass in Bern with Oliver Waespi, followed by a premiere by the Swiss Army Brass Band.
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Entry€ 62,50
…alles begint met een intocht, een binnenkomst.
‘Pak het publiek’ met Entry! Een korte openingsfanfare, zowel statig en flitsend, waarmee je de toon zet voor het concert.
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Sinfonietta No. 5€ 149,99
Dit werk bouwt voort op eerdere muzikale verkenningen van de componist; wat betreft de moeilijkheidsgraad en de vorm is het nauw verwant aan diens Sinfonietta No. 3. Het is gebaseerd op verschillende relatief korte motieven, die in de eerste minuten worden geïntroduceerd en vervolgens op symfonische wijze worden doorontwikkeld. De muziek varieert tussen momenten van grote vitaliteit en uitbundigheid en eerder zorgelijke, sombere of dramatische passages. Hoewel het geen programmatische compositie betreft, heeft de muziek wel steeds een beschrijvend karakter. Sinfonietta No. 5 is geschreven in opdracht van de kantonnale muziekverenigingen van Wallis, Bern, Jura, Genève, Solothurn en Centraal-Zwitserland, voor het Kantonale Musikfest van 2024, als het verplichte werk voor brassbands in de eerste divisie.
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Magdalena Bay€ 159,99
While admiring many masterpieces at the Louvre Museum in Paris, Gauthier Dupertuis’ attention was drawn to a less famous painting: Magdalena Bay, by French painter François-Auguste Biard (1799-1882).
The work depicts a magnificent snowy landscape on the Norwegian island of Spitsbergen. However, in the foreground, the presence of the wreckage of a ship, bodies covered in snow and a visibly dying character make us understand that tragic events took place there. Thus, a strong contrast is formed between death and the sublime, between the desolation of the survivors of the shipwreck and the magnificence of the landscape. When we look in more detail at the painting, we notice that footprints have been made in the snow: so, could someone have gone to get help? This little glimmer of hope makes the picture even more touching.
In this work, Gauthier Dupertuis tried to describe the different elements of the painting, using contrasting sections and dissonances (in particular, the conflict between the minor and the major) to convey the duality between death and the sublime. The work also attempts to highlight a wide palette of orchestral colors, from the most shimmering lines to the darkest low brass colours.
In 2024, Magdalena Bay was awarded the first Prize as well as the band Prize at the 9th European Composition Competition for Brass Band, which was held in Palanga (LT). It was premiered on May 2, 2024 by The Cory Band, conducted by Philip Harper.
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Postcards from tomorrow€ 124,99
During 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.