Mitropa Concertwork Series

Fanfare for the Best is a short piece for best friends and memories of good times in pleasant company. I wrote it for my friend Otto M. Schwarz for his 50th birthday.

Fanfare for the Best is a short piece for best friends and memories of good times in pleasant company. I wrote it for my friend Otto M. Schwarz for his 50th birthday.

For Free Mind, a light and dynamic piece, Marc Jeanbourquin drew inspiration from a gospel song, namely "Oh, Freedom", a post-Civil War African-American freedom song. In these times of crisis, the com...

For Free Mind, a light and dynamic piece, Marc Jeanbourquin drew inspiration from a gospel song, namely "Oh, Freedom", a post-Civil War African-American freedom song. In these times of crisis, the com...

Arcana is the plural of the Latin word ?arcanum, ? meaning secret. This substantial work is full of contrasts. Smooth historic like melodies harking back to music of yesteryear, bustling complex rhyth...

Glory Fanfare was commissioned by the Brass Band of Upper-Austria for the 2010 European Brass Band Championships in Linz, and was performed as the fi rst piece in the gala concert. The double chorus o...

The enticing sounds of a fanfare come drifting down the mountainside into the valley. A hiker pauses and looks upward to admire the beauty of the mountain. However prudence is in order, for this splen...

Nostradamus is probably the best-known prophet of the last 1000 years. He lived at the time of the Inquisition and his predictions and medical therapies as a physician caused him to face the wrath of...

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...

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...

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...

According to a famous statement by Herder, folk songs represent the archives of a nation's knowledge, the expression of its heart and the image that reflects its history and identity. Suite Marchigian...

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...

The river Maas and the town of Ohé en Laak in the Dutch province of Limburg are inextricably linked with one another. Thousands of years have passed with wars and other dramatic events. One story is a...

On 11 March 1879 in the Austrian town of Neumarkt am Wallersee a huge fire broke out in a brewery, setting fire to at least 60 other houses within one hour. Due to poor equipment and a lack of water,...

Festival Bells is a fast-paced and demanding opening work. The uplifting mood of the piece describes the anticipation of a festival in Austria. Within the middle section, the Upper Austrian anthem is...

This piece was composed for the youth wind band at the Marienschule in Saarbrücken, Germany. The title praises the importance of an education emphasizing freedom, responsibility and getting to know an...

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...

Fanatic Winds is a lively concert work with a youthful character. With it's freshness and fast tempo this piece is an ideal work to open any concert. The title reflects the healthy fanaticism that mus...

Vienna Festival Music is an opening piece composed in the same style and sound that composer Otto M. Schwarz uses for his great dramatic historical concert works such as Nostradamus, Man in the Ice an...

This festive overture by the Austrian composer Thomas Doss, whose father was German, is intended to be a symbol of the friendship between Germany and Austria, and the countries that border on these tw...

Intrada is a slow and majestic opening piece, which reveals the rich palette of sound-colours in a concert band. The smooth fluidity of the melodic lines highlights the mellow tones of the woodwind in...

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...