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Magdalena Bay€ 159,99While 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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20,000 Leagues under...€ 124,99De Fransman Jules Verne was een pionier in de sciencefiction van de negentiende eeuw; hij schreef een aantal klassieke verhalen, zoals Naar het middelpunt der aarde en De reis om de wereld in tachtig dagen, die beide al onderwerp zijn geweest van verplichte werken voor brassbandkampioenschappen. Het was dan ook vanzelfsprekend dat ik Vernes waterrijke magnum opus uit 1869 koos als onderwerp voor dit werk, dat uit vijf delen bestaat, met daarbij een inleiding en een finale.
I. THE NAUTILUS. Na een mysterieus aandoende inleiding maken we kennis met de Nautilus – een bijzondere onderzeeboot.
II. THE CORAL KINGDOM. We bezoeken ontzagwekkende koraalformaties.
III. SQUID ATTACK. De Nautilus wordt aangevallen door een school reuzeninktvissen.
IV. CAPTAIN NEMO. Kapitein Nemo is een eenzelvige, excentrieke figuur. Er wordt wel beweerd dat hij gek is. Solisten in de band helpen het karakter van deze enigmatische maar machtige man te ontraadselen.
V. MAELSTROM. De Nautilus wordt meegesleurd in de dodelijkste draaikolk die de oceaan kent, maar kapitein Nemo weet dit te overleven.
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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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Wild Flower€ 69,00To see a world in a grain of sand,
And a heaven in a wild flower,
Hold infinity in the palm of your hand
And eternity in an hour.De compositie Wild Flower, waarvan de titel afkomstig is van het bovenstaande gedicht (William Blake), werd geschreven voor Christelijke Brassband Wilhelmina Kollum (o.l.v. Koen van der Molen) ter gelegenheid van hun 125-jarige jubileum.
'A land of pure delight' (Beulah) vormt op verzoek van de opdrachtgever de basis van deze compositie, die gaat over hoop, geluk en schoonheid vinden in kleine dingen. De compositie viert dat Chr. Brassband Wilhelmina Kollum al 125 jaar lang haar musici de gelegenheid biedt om geluk en schoonheid te vinden in muziek.
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Palladio€ 62,50Palladio is probably the most widely recognised of Karl Jenkin's works. It was used for some time in television commercials for DeBeer's Diamonds, in a world-wide campaign. The work was inspired by the sixteenth century Italian architect Andrea Palladio, whose work embraces the renaissance of harmony and order, a philosophy reflecting Karl Jenkins' attitude to composition.