Cassiopeia was the wife of Cepheus, the Ethiopian king of Joppa (now known as Jaffa, in Israel), and the mother of Andromeda. The queen was both beautiful and vain, and the story of how her vanity cau...
At last here we have an interesting and quite playable solo concert for the tuba, a too often undervalued wind instrument. This concerto was written for and dedicated to the Portuguese tuba player Adé...
Severi Spirit is a short pasodoble, light and unpretentious, with some subtle metric changes, pretending to be, within the genre, some freshness in style. The second part contrasts with the beginning,...
Next to 'Filos Musica' and 'Olé junqueira' by this Portuguese composer, we also publishThis fine medley of Portuguese melodies. These nice and very well orchestrated melodies make us dream of sunny ho...
Natum 1834 is a very colourful piece with great melodies and surprising contrasts. The title is referring to the birth of the Banda Amizade in Aveiro Portugal.
After the successful compositions 'Cassiopeia' and 'The Transit of Venus', Carlos Marques has written another fine composition 'Mumadona Dias'. This piece boasts some theatrical characteristics: a sol...
Tantum Ergo was commissioned in 2012 by the Muscia Viva Summer Wind Band, in Triuggio, Italy. The 13th century Gregorian text, Pange Lingua from Thomas Aquinas was taken as the start point to describe...
Conga del Fuego Nuevo' was included on the program of the Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela conducted by Gustavo Dudamel and played at a New Years Concert in Germany for Arte Television. Agai...
