Instrumental Pieces for Concert Band

This is the fairy tale known as 'Prince Kamar and Princess Budur,' taken from A Thousand and One Nights. The text is a synthesis of three stories contained in the collection, specifically: The Tale of...

This work was inspired by the well known book 'The Travels of Marco Polo', written by Rustichello da Pisa at the end of XIII century. The setting is both for concert band and fanfare, requiring a narr...

The piece opens with a sumptuous celebratory fanfare dominated by the brass section. In the following Allegro, the woodwind instruments weave their graceful melodious plots, with occasional intense in...

Moyses' is a descriptive poem based on the account of the Biblical exodus. The composition has a diversified character, which appears sometimes majestic and sometimes amusing, or obscure and sorrowful...

The sweet eyes of Maite, full of promises for a better future, guide us to the discovery of this tender suite in three movements. The little girl's eyes, through her daily enjoyment, rest, and amazeme...

Nuclear Warrior describes a fictional nuclear apocalypse, which the humans created and will take the world into its final abyss. The composition intends to condemn nuclear power and, explicitly, its e...

Samhain, the beginning of the Celtic New Year, is a ritual celebrated on the night between October 31 and November 1. The rising of the Pleiades, the winter stars, indicates the arrival of long winter...

Spring Tour is a joyful musical trip that depicts lights, colors, and atmospheres of spring. This composition continues the collection started with Winter Tour, a piece that described the months of Ja...

The place name 'Colloredo di Prato,' a small village in the outskirt of Udine in the Friulan valley, most likely comes from the Latin term corylus, which means 'hazel.' The region where this village i...

Frost Rhapsody, written for the Wind Band of Andalo (Trento), describes all the magical atmospheres of the mountain landscape. Following an engaging introduction, the first part of the composition lea...

CAMILLO DE NARDIS (biographical sketch) Orsogna, 26 May 1857 - Naples, 5 August 1951 He studied at the Conservatory of Music 'S. Pietro a Majella' of Naples with Giuseppe Correggio (harmony) and Nicol...

Old Folk Songs from Iceland is based on four ancient melodies of Icelandic folklore. Tvísöngur: Ísland Farsælda Frón (Two Singing) Most of the old Icelandic folk songs are monophonic melodies. The onl...

As children, everything looked bigger: a simple game could become a heroic adventure, the neighbor's garden an insidious jungle, and adults dangerous giants. Inspired by these memories, the composer t...

Reggio Calabria-'the most beautiful kilometer of Italy,' 'the town of the Riace Bronzes,' a spit of land between two seas close to the Aspromonte Mountain and crossed by rivers flowing between aromas...

The Wounded Knee massacre occured on 29 December 1890. It was a tragic historical event that caused the death of more than 350 innocent Native Americans of the Miniconjou tribe of the Lakota Sioux. Th...

May 1944: the school year is ending and a college student leaves school to join the partisan troops settled on the heights of the impenetrable Val Grande. He's only 16 years old. Around his neck he ca...

Triticum (Triticum is the Latin name of a type of grain commonly known as farro [hulled wheat], which in Venetian dialect is called trigoli). The composition, commissioned by the Wind Orchestra of Tri...

Faber is the ancient Latin name that was used to designate artisans. The Suite, which is divided into three movements, pays tribute to them, in the hope that their activities will not completely disap...

Paul Gilson (Brussels, 15 June 1865 - Brussels, 3 April 1942) was a Belgian musician and composer. He first studied with the organist and choir director Auguste Cantillon, but his official training ca...