Mitropa Concertwork Series

Composed in commemoration of the 2006 Football World Cup. The World Cup is a global event that only takes place every four years and that is preceded by a number of qualifying rounds. In the actual ev...

Cantus ist das lateinische Wort für Gesang - und dieses Stück ist eine in melodiöse, gesangliche Musik umgesetzte Meditation. Es soll dazu motivieren, in sich zu gehen, abzuschalten und sich von der M...

Trumpets and Bridges was composed to celebrate the opening ofa new bridge linking Austria with Germany. This bridge is a symbolfor the meeting of cultures and the lifting of borders. In the thirdmille...

This work was commissioned by the Musikkapelle Heiden, Germany, on the occasion of the centenary of this versatile and energetic music society. Triumphal Prelude begins with fireworks of sounds and fa...

The Black River Overture was commissioned by the music society Pfarrkapelle Schwarzenbach, on the occasion of its 50th anniversary. Schwarzenbach literally means 'black brook' - hence the title of the...

The book The Idol of the Flies by Jane Rice (1913-2005) is a classicof horror literature. It is the story of a child who, in an incredibleseries of cruel actions, persecutes those around him. The comp...

The book The Idol of the Flies by Jane Rice (1913-2005) is a classicof horror literature. It is the story of a child who, in an incredibleseries of cruel actions, persecutes those around him. The comp...

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...

Romania boasts an endless wealth of folk music and culture. Whilethe music of the north still sounds familiar to West-European ears, it becomes gradually faster and fierier towards the south. The sixm...

Romania boasts an endless wealth of folk music and culture. Whilethe music of the north still sounds familiar to West-European ears, it becomes gradually faster and fierier towards the south. The sixm...

Jolly Roger ist der Name der berühmt-berüchtigten Totenkopf-Fahne der Piraten. Die Fahne wurde während der Jagd auf Beute gehisst, um unter der Besatzung des Beuteschiffes schon vor dem eigentlichen E...

Jolly Roger ist der Name der berühmt-berüchtigten Totenkopf-Fahne der Piraten. Die Fahne wurde während der Jagd auf Beute gehisst, um unter der Besatzung des Beuteschiffes schon vor dem eigentlichen E...

Franco Cesarini has used four anonymous renaissance pieces as the basis for this four-movement composition, and, by exploiting the many colours of the brass band, he has recreated the atmosphere of th...

Franco Cesarini has used four anonymous renaissance pieces as the basis for this four-movement composition, and, by exploiting the many colours of the brass band, he has recreated the atmosphere of th...

This brilliant composition by Otto M. Schwarz reflects the adventurous life of the historical figure Napoleon Bonaparte. Probably the best-known Frenchman of all time, he developed exceptional militar...

Mit Bonaparte hat Otto M. Schwarz nach Erfolgen, wie Man in the Ice, The Count of Monte Cristo und Nostradamus, ein weiteres großes programmatisches Werk für Blasorchester geschaffen. Dieses Mal nahm...

Tali is a thirteen-year-old Israeli girl who has grown up amidst the religious conflicts between Palestinians, Christians, and Jews. Thomas Doss was so touched by a poem she wrote, he decided to set i...

A Triumphant Fanfare ist - wie der Name schon sagt - eine triumphale, majestätische Fanfare. In dieser neuen Komposition von Franco Cesarini dürfen die die Blechbläser brillieren, die Holzbläser mit L...

The city of Mantua holds significant historical importance for the southern Italy's region of Tyrol. In this dramatic work Otto M Schwarz tells the tale of the Tyrolian freedom fighter Andreas Hofer w...

The city of Mantua holds significant historical importance for the southern Italy's region of Tyrol. In this dramatic work Otto M Schwarz tells the tale of the Tyrolian freedom fighter Andreas Hofer w...

Die 'Botschafter des Lichts' in dieser Komposition sind einmal die funkelnde Pracht von Swarowski-Kristallen, die drei Grazien Aglaia (Glanz), Euphrosyne (Frohsinn) und Thalia (Glück) aus der griechis...

These 'pictures of a city' do not so much want to evoke visual images, but rather a mood picture of a modern big city. The music reflects the moods of contemporary life and does so with energy, dynami...

Many people vividly remember January 18, 2007. The weather service issued alerts of an impending storm of the century and a worst case scenario began to unfold. Hurricane Kyrill left unimaginable deat...

Am 18. Januar 2007 warnte der Wetterbericht vor einem Jahrhundertereignis - und der angekündigte Orkan Kyrill sollte tatsächlich Tote, Verletzte und einen enormen Sachschaden hinterlassen. Otto M. Sch...

Austrian composer Otto M. Schwarz spared no expense or amount of ingenuity when writing Glory Fanfare, putting an impressive and virtuosic double chorus of trumpets at the centre of attention. Modern...