Instrumental Pieces for Concert Band

The Latin word Momentum has come to mean many different things in our language: a short period of time, a force, or a speed of movement. In our current times of around-the-clock high speed and energy,...

Terra Vulcania paints impressive and captivating musical images depicting the creation, history and life today in the Styrian Vulkanland, Austria. Powerful and explosive natural forces create a founda...

The giant Haymon was a peaceful knight who lived in Inntal (Austria). One day the bloodthirsty giant Thyrsos came and destroyed Haymon's castle. A horrible fight ensued and Haymon, being the better ar...

The Verdict shows Otto Schwarz great skill at composing Concert Band items in his typical imaginative film musical style. It tells the tale of two brothers who differed greatly, one was handsome and t...

Auf fast jeder Karte dieser Welt ist eine Kompassrose eingezeichnet. Wo immer man hingeht, weisen Karten oder der Kompass selbst einem den richtigen Weg. Diese Vorstellung inspirierte Johan Nijs zu se...

With this wind orchestra fanfare, Otto M. Schwarz created an opening work that is immediately intended to spur the musicians on to top performances and get the audience in the mood for the following c...

Konzertwerk/Wettbewerbsstück Das Stück The Little Musketeer ist unbekümmert, spontan komponiert, hat die Frische der Jugend - Gistels favorisierter Zielgruppe - und ist dennoch auf Zuhörer aller Alter...

The Bridge on the Border is a European bridge connecting the German city of Kehl to the French city of Strasbourg. This piece tells the passionate story of German and French lovers who meet at the bri...

The Bridge on the Border is a European bridge connecting the German city of Kehl to the French city of Strasbourg. This piece tells the passionate story of German and French lovers who meet at the bri...

This meditative work describes the final minutes before the night slips away and officially turns to day, the last few moments before a new dawn. The composition is based on the old Austrian folk tune...

As with the first symphony, the second symphony is not programmatic as such, but also takes its inspiration from the confrontation of man with his role in nature. Dedicated to the 2011 National Garden...

Gerald Oswald's new composition, The Knight's Castle, takes listeners on a journey to the middle ages and introduces its inhabitants. After hearing the majestic introduction, a knight is seen riding t...

We find ourselves initially at the court of King Nobel, where all the animals have arrived for a court hearing. Reynard the Fox has plenty to answer for but he seems determined to avoid his punishment...

Atropos is one of the three goddesses of fate. Atropos cuts the thread of life of a person whenever their time has come. She works alongside Clotho, who spins the thread, and Lachesis who determines t...

The Golden Gryphon by Tom De Haes portrays three distinguished characteristics of this fascinating mythical beast: the gryphon as guardian of the divine mystery; the winged gryphon, pulling the chario...

In this work, the composer Gerald Oswald tells of the song and dance of the medicine man Buffalo. His songs and the sound of the drums are heard far off on the prairie. This ceremony serves to give th...

Mundus Novus ('New World') is a travelogue in the form of letters sent by the sailor and explorer Amerigo Vespucci in 1502 to the Florentine nobleman Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco di Medici. The life and d...

It can be neither seen nor heard, but it's ever-present and can make us ill or even kill us: this is the reality of atomic radiation. The most devastating nuclear catastrophes have doubtless been thos...

Foreign culture - art, literature and above all music - have long fascinated Franco Cesarini and often serve as a source of inspiration for his compositions. For Old Russian Romances, Cesarini immerse...

In memoriam Sophie Scholl

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...

Homeland was created to commemorate the 100th birthday of the Hohe Tauern National Park in the Austrian Alps. The many achievements in this largest reserve in the Alps include the reintroduction of th...

March of the Marmots describes the comical creatures that emerge from their winter slumber, at ­first soft and hesitant, then stridently march from their burrows into the sunlight. This piece is a nic...

African music can be hard to define, given the sheer variety it contains. However, certain characteristics can be described as typically African. For African Beat André Waignein made use of two such f...

What do Steve, Jobs, Marc Zuckerberg and Johannes Gutenberg have in common? They all represent a revolution in communications and information technology. Johannes Gutenberg was born in Mainz in 1400 a...