March for Concert Band. Par CESARINI FRANCO. Siebnen a été commandée à Franco Cesarini par Blaise Héritier, directeur de l’harmonie de la ville du même nom située dans le canton suisse de Schwyz. La première de la pièce a eu lieu lors du concert d'hiver du “Blasorchester” Siebnen (BSO) en 2021. Siebnen, disponible en format défilé, est une marche à structure traditionnelle, aux mélodies joyeuses et festives qui convient à l'ouverture d'un concert ou d'une cérémonie festive / Date parution : 2023-10-31/ Répertoire / Concert Band/Harmonie

Classical Highlights and Original Works for Concert Band. Par CESARINI FRANCO. LES CD Le premier CD (Classic) propose 8 enregistrements d’oeuvres de musique classique arrangées par Franco Cesarini:: Festmusik der Stadt Wien - Richard Strauss L'Arlésienne Suite No. 2 from the Incidental Music - Georges Bizet (I. Pastorale II. Intermezzo III. Menuet IV. Farandole) Nimrod from 'Enigma Variations', Op. 36 - Edward Elgar Galop from 'Dance of the Hours' - Amilcare Ponchielli Interlude from the Cantata Sången, Op. 44 - Wilhelm Stenhammar Coronation March from the Opera 'Le Prophète” - Giacomo Meyerbeer Psyché et Éros from the Symphonic Poem 'Psyché' - César Franck Radetzky-Marsch, Op. 228 - Johann Strauss Sr. Le deuxième CD (Contemporary) comprend 6 enregistrements d'œuvres originales de Franco Cesarini: A Glorious Fanfare, Op.38/3 Tamm Greek Folk Song Suite No. 2, Op. 58b (Samiotissa, Kato Sto Jalo, Chasaposerviko) Bright Dawn Overture, Op. 59 Notes from the Road (An Overture), Op. 60 Siebnen LA MUSIQUE MILITAIRE ROYALE DES PAYS-BAS ’JOHAN WILHELM FRISO’ La musique militaire royale des Pays-Bas ‘Johan Willem Friso’ (JWF) a été créée le 1er janvier 2005 après une réorganisation des orchestres d’harmonie militaires, lorsque les quatre ensembles de l'armée royale des Pays-Bas existants à l'époque, ont été dissous. Le groupe se compose de 54 membres, basé à la caserne Johan Willem Friso à Assen. Une partie importante des activités de l’orchestre se déroule au sein des forces armées comme une sorte 'd’orchestre maison'. En outre, le groupe a des fonctions de représentation au nom des forces armées néerlandaises, donne régulièrement des concerts, participe à des parades ??au Pays Bas et à l'étranger. Le planning comprend des services lors de cérémonies telles que les passations de commandement, les cérémonies d'assermentation, l'ouverture du parlement, les journées nationales du souvenir, la journée des anciens combattants ou les gardes d'honneur lors de visites d'États ainsi que des enregistrements de CD. / Date parution : 2023-07-31/ Accessoire / Concert Band/Harmonie

Par MEYERBEER GIACOMO. Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791-1864) était un compositeur d'opéra allemand, d'origine juive, qui a été décrit comme peut-être le compositeur de musique de scène ayant eu le plus de succès au XIXe siècle. Sa carrière publique, de 1831 jusqu’à sa mort (période pendant laquelle il resta une figure dominante dans le monde de l’opéra) fut résumée par Hector Berlioz, son contemporain qui affirma : « il a non seulement la chance d’être talentueux, mais le talent d’être chanceux ». Ses œuvres ont fait de lui, le compositeur le plus joué dans les plus grandes maisons d'opéra du monde au XIXe siècle. Giacomo Meyerbeer composa son opéra Le Prophète en 1849. Dans cet opéra un couronnement est précédé d'une splendide marche. Bien que l'opéra lui-même soit rarement joué, la Marche du couronnement a une place importante dans le répertoire des concerts. L'arrangement de Franco Cesarini pour orchestre d'harmonie de la Coronation March se distingue par son instrumentation habile qui souligne les sonorités puissantes de cette marche de concert classique. / Date parution : 2023-10-31/ Répertoire / Concert Band/Harmonie

Par ZIEGELBACK ANDREAS. Bleak Forest is a piece for smaller concert bands and offers the musicians above all space to improve their sound and their effect playing. The technical requirements are therefore deliberately kept low. With this piece, the composer won the VLAMO International Composition Contest 2022. Thematically, the work is influenced by the composer's childhood memories. In his hometown there was a dark and mysterious forest, that seemed to the children in the small village to be magical. Without a reasonable explanation, every trip into the woods was exciting and somewhat terrifying. There were tales of dangerous animals, which can be heard at the beginning of the piece, as well as magical beasts. The magic of the forest is depicted musically from bar 70 in the andante section. The snapping of the fingers represents single raindrops. From bar 99 onwards, we hear the trek home, with the occasional moments of trepidation as the children spook each other with their fanciful tales. In the end, though, we arrive safely at home because after all, magical beasts only exist in fairy tales… don’t they? Andreas Ziegelbäck studied music education at the Mozarteum University in Salzburg, and history at the Paris Lodron Universität, Salzburg. In addition to his studies, he trained in ensemble conducting for wind orchestra with conductor and composer Thomas Doss. It was Doss who sparked Ziegelbäck’s interest in composing. In 2021, Andreas Ziegelbäck completed his composition studies with Johannes Maria Staud. In 2020, he took part in a brass band composition masterclass in Bern with Oliver Waespi, followed by a premiere by the Swiss Army Brass Band. / Date parution : 2023-10-31/ Répertoire / Concert Band / Harmonie

Par TORSKANGERPOLL IDAR. This piece was commissioned by Torskangerpoll Musikklag as a massed-band item for their “Storm Festival” in 2016. The “Storm Festival” is a festival for from bands all over Norway with concerts, parades and a lot of fun in the small Western Norway town of Måløy. The music is built around two motifs used throughout the piece. This piece is a good concert-opener or a character piece. Beware of the changing articulations in this piece, the contrast between marcato and legato is a vital part of the character of the piece. / Date parution : 2023-07-31/ Répertoire / Concert Band/Harmonie

Ballad from Fantasy Pieces for Piano Op. 36. Par BACKER-GRONDAHL AGATHE. Agathe Backer Grøndahl’s ‘Ballade’ can best be described as a Romantic character piece. Such one-movement piano pieces with titles that loosely indicate a mood/idea made out a central genre in the 19th century. In Backer Grøndahl’s production, several of these are grouped under the term ‘fantasy pieces’. There are six collections with a total of 48 fantasy pieces on her opus list and ‘Ballade’ is from the first of these (Op. 36), published in 1895. ‘Ballade’ is a broader work than the other fantasy pieces. It is built around a dramatic theme that keeps returning after episodes with strongly contrasting thematic material. The arrangement is close to Backer Grøndahl’s original composition. It is transposed a semitone down: from E flat minor to D minor. The arrangement contains some challenging passages and is well-suited for amateur bands of a certain level. The instrumentation makes no special demands beyond normal concert band instrumentation and will sound just as good in small as in large bands. / Date parution : 2023-07-31/ Répertoire / Concert Band/Harmonie

Norwegian Festival Overture. Par HALVORSEN JOHAN. The Norwegian Festival Overture was written for the grand opening of the National Theatre on September 1st, 1899. In the opening bars, one can virtually imagine the stage curtain being drawn aside, and the stage is revealed to the audience. The trumpets openly quote Peer Gynts return from Grieg's music to the play Peer Gynt. The main part of the overture consists of a theme in Norwegian folk music style, which Halvorsen brilliantly develops thematically and contrapuntally. The work can probably be seen as pompous and at times seems somewhat overwrought, but then Halvorsen himself, ever so slightly self-deprecating, has written Pomposo over the grand conclusion of the work. The arrangement of the overture was written to The Royal Norwegian Navy Band for a concert in Halvorsen’s native town of Drammen in 2016. The arranger has tried to preserve as much as possible of Halvorsen's brilliant orchestration. There are a lot of cue notes which make it possible to perform also with a reduced instrumentation. / Date parution : 2023-07-31/ Répertoire / Concert Band/Harmonie