Franco Cesarini

With this new suite for concert band Franco Cesarini draws on the rich repertoire of folk songs from the Friuli Venezia Giulia region of northern Italy. Between the 16th and 17th Century this rural re...

Bulgarian Dances is a free rhapsody, divided into four distinct movements based on famous Bulgarian folk songs. These songs have a very old tradition and stem from both the antique world of Byzantium...

With Caucasian Sketches Franco Cesarini completes the series of piecesbased on dances in the Caucasian style which started with his CossackFolk Dances. The charming, melancholy dances and songs bring...

In the monumental overture to the opera La Gazza Ladra (The Thieving Magpie) Gioachino Rossini employs themes from the opera itself in order to prepare the audience for the material to come. The overt...

Bulgarian folk music has a long tradition and numerous typical characteristics, such as particular dissonances and complex, irregular rhythms. In Bulgarian Dances (Part II) (which can be performed tog...

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...

This collection contains works from the so-called 'Belle Époque', the time period right around the turn of the 20th century which have been arranged for flute and piano by Franco Cesarini. It includes...

This collection contains works, selected and arranged by Franco Cesarini, that explore the wide spectrum of Russian romantic music. On one side are the followers of Russian nationalism, including comp...

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...

This famous piece by the Swiss composer Franco Cesarini is a festive way to start your concert.

Piotta is a lively 6/8 march from well-known concert band composer, Franco Cesarini. This exciting and musically witty piece is as impressive rhythmically as it is melodically, and will make for an el...

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...

This overture, called Sinfonia, is without doubt one of the best original works for concert band to emerge from the 19th century. It is characterised by its fluid spontaneity as well as its rich textu...

Tancredi, composed in 1813, is rarely performed in today's opera houses, however its overture, or Sinfonia, as it was called at the time, is well-liked and has received regular performances over the y...

Genève is a festive march, composed on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the 'La Musique Municipale de la Ville Genève' music association. The composer, Franco Cesarini, integrated a traditiona...

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 White Thrill' is a composition written on behalf of the 'Musikkapelle Sankt Anton am Arlberg', in Austria. The theme refers to the ski race 'Der weiße Rausch', that takes place every year in Sankt...

The White Thrill was commissioned by the St. Anton am Arlberg music band from Austria. The theme refers to the ski race "The White Thrill", which is held every year in St. Anton. The composition has t...

The White Thrill' is a composition written on behalf of the 'Musikkapelle Sankt Anton am Arlberg', in Austria. The theme refers to the ski race 'Der weiße Rausch', that takes place every year in Sankt...

Bright Dawn Overture was commissioned to Franco Cesarini by the Swiss Band Association as part of a project for the renewal and expansion of the artistic repertoire. “There was never a night or a prob...

Bright Dawn Overture was commissioned to Franco Cesarini by the Swiss Band Association as part of a project for the renewal and expansion of the artistic repertoire. “There was never a night or a prob...

May your path be winding, windy, lonely and dangerous, leading you to the most spectacular view. May your mountains rise to the clouds and overcome them. - Edward Abbey

Notes from the Road was commissioned by the Thurgau Cantonal Music Association, Switzerland, as the required piece for the second category at the 26th Thurgau Cantonal Music Festival in 2023. The piec...

Winds of Hope is an overture for wind orchestra that celebrates the courage to face life—the ability to look beyond the horizon and always find a direction, even in difficult times. The musical journe...