Par SPARKE PHILIP. Songs and Dances est une œuvre festive et énergique qui met l’accent sur une musique rythmée et dansante. Ses trois mouvements ininterrompus suivent la forme rapide-lent-rapide. Des thèmes fortement syncopés, des chorals fluides et de belles mélodies : que demander d’autre ? Cette pièce fera le bonheur des musiciens comme de leurs auditeurs. / Date parution : 2023-07-31/ Répertoire / Concert Band/Harmonie

Par DOSS THOMAS. Cette œuvre est une commande de l’harmonie Marktmusik Timelkam pour célébrer son 170e anniversaire. Elle évoque la vie culturelle et l’animation de la ville de l’orchestre, Timelkam, en Autriche. Carnival dépeint une procession festive qui démarre sur la place du marché et se poursuit jusqu’à la nuit. Avec ses nombreux éléments carnavalesques, la pièce est une joie pour les interprètes. La musique communique des activités joyeuses – des gens bavardant gaiement dans l’auberge, d’autres qui chantent, qui dansent et s’amusent. Cette ambiance se calme pour faire place à un climat mélancolique évoquant d’éternels adieux et la recherche de l’amour. Avec la représentation musicale de jeux d’enfants, d’un beau lever de soleil, des églises et des institutions de la ville, cette œuvre ne se limite pas à décrire une fête de carnaval, mais constitue un portrait miniature de la vie. / Date parution : 2022-07-20/ Répertoire / Concert Band/Harmonie

Par APPERMONT BERT. Majestic Entrance est une ouverture festive rappelant les musiques de cinéma. Elle a été écrite pour Musikverein Muttenz, une société musicale suisse qui a fêté son 125e anniversaire en 2021 – une excellente raison pour commander une nouvelle œuvre. Cette pièce se déroule en trois mouvements : le premier est de nature héroïque, le deuxième offre des sonorités lyriques, puis la pièce revient au climat du début. Le tout dans une composition au charme majestueux ! / Date parution : 2022-07-23/ Répertoire / Concert Band/Harmonie

Anton Bruckner (1824-1896). Par BRUCKNER ANTON. Anton Bruckner (b. 4.9.1824, Ansfelden, d. 11.10.1896, Vienna) didn’t have it easy. Throughout his life, the Austrian composer was plagued by self-doubt. Anton Bruckner came from a simple, rural background. After the death of his father, he was accepted as a choirboy at the monastery of Sankt Florian in 1837. After several years as a school assistant and his own organ and piano studies, he first worked as organist in St. Florian, then from 1855 as cathedral organist in Linz. Introduced to music theory and instrumentation by Simon Sechter and Otto Kitzler, he discovered Richard Wagner as an artistic role model, whom he admired throughout his life and also visited several times in Bayreuth. In 1868 Anton Bruckner became professor of basso continuo, counterpoint and organ at the Vienna Conservatory; ten years later court organist; and in 1891 finally honorary doctor of the University of Vienna. He was considered an important organ virtuoso of his era, but had to wait a long time for recognition as a composer. It was not until Symphony No.7 in E major, composed between 1881 and 1883, with the famous Adagio written under the effects of Wagner's death, that he achieved the recognition he had hoped for, even if he was reluctant to accept it given his inclination towards scepticism and self-criticism. Anton Bruckner was a loner who did not want to follow a particular school or doctrine. He composed numerous sacred vocal works, such as his three masses, the Missa Solemnis in B flat minor (1854), the Te Deum (1881-84) and numerous motets. As a symphonic composer, he wrote a total of nine symphonies and many symphonic studies from 1863 onwards, tending to revise completed versions several times over. Bruckner's orchestral works were long considered unplayable, but in fact were merely exceptionally bold for the tonal language of their time, uniting traditions from Beethoven through Wagner to folk music, on the threshold between late Romanticism and Modernism. Anton Bruckner composed about 40 motets during his lifetime, the earliest a setting of Pange lingua around 1835, and the last, Vexilla regis, in 1892. Thomas Doss has compiled some of these motets in this volume for symphonic wind orchestra. These motets show many characteristics of personal expression, especially Bruckner's colourful harmony in the earlier works, which is in places aligned with Franz Schubert (changes between major and minor; and movements in thirds). Later works are characterised by many components which, in addition to the expanded stature of the movements, include above all a sense of the instrumentation as an outward phenomenon and the harmony as a compositional feature that works more internally. Some aspects of Bruckner's work are the result of his long period of study, which familiarised him not only with the tradition of his craft, but also gave him insights into the 'modernity' of his time in such composers as Wagner, Liszt and Berlioz. From this developed his personal standpoint, which always pursues the connection between the old and the new. / Date parution : 2023-07-31/ Répertoire / Concert Band/Harmonie

Par SADELER GEORGES. Schola Vitae, dedicated to the former director of UGDA Music School in Luxembourg, Paul Scholer, describes in an 8-minute piece that learning and playing music is a school for life. Starting with popular scales that ascend and descend through various keys, an essential tool familiar to every musician appears: the metronome. It sets the tempo, and musicians practice their themes together or against each other, register by register. In music, however, it's not just about technique and precision, but also about emotions. Music connects people, fosters friendships, and accompanies them through the highs and lows of life. The sense of togetherness in music becomes increasingly audible. Everyone works together and pulls in the same direction to ultimately achieve something great. Georges Sadeler, born in 1988 is a Luxembourgish composer and saxophonist with the Grand Ducal Military Band of Luxembourg. His father kindled his interest in composing and arranging at an early age, a study he later continued under his two teachers Marco Pütz and Claude Lenners, both of whom taught at the Conservatoire of Music, Luxembourg. He gradually began to establish his own style, combining the enormous range of possibilities of contemporary music and classical music and, in the years that followed, he won six first prizes at various national and international composition competitions. His works have since been performed all over Europe. / Date parution : 2023-10-31/ Répertoire / Concert Band / Harmonie

Par ESPLO HAAKON. Pineapple Punch, a lively, fun and lively piece of music with challenges for all instrumental groups. You have a great opportunity to work with both rhythm, articulation and understanding of style. Pineapple Punch is entertaining and suitable for any concert. The piece has a light Latin touch and is fun to play for the musicians. The first voices provide a challenge, while the lower voices are simpler in rhythm and range. / Date parution : 2023-07-31/ Répertoire / Concert Band/Harmonie

Fantasy Concertante on 'C(on)C(or)D(i)A'. Par DE HAAN JAN. Pour la Rome antique, Concordia était la déesse de l’unité, de la concorde. Au fil du temps, pour communiquer l’unité de leurs musiciens, de nombreuses sociétés musicales ont choisi ce nom, y compris l’orchestre qui a commandé cette pièce. La traduction littérale de Color Concordia est « l’harmonie des couleurs ». Le compositeur a donc exploité les nombreux éventails de couleurs d’un orchestre d'harmonie pour l’instrumentation de cette œuvre. Il en a fondé les éléments thématiques sur les quatre noms de notes contenus dans Concordia : C, C, D et A, produisant ainsi une formidable pièce de musique qui conviendra à tous les orchestres. / Date parution : 2023-07-31/ Répertoire / Concert Band/Harmonie

Suite in Five Movements. Par HOYVIK DAHL HILDE. “At the Zoo” is a light and playful piece for the beginning musicians. Different animals and their characteristics are the theme of each movement, and the melody alternates between the different sections of the band to emphasize this. Trombones play glissandos and the percussionists are featured on percussion instruments, making the piece a fun to perform at any concert! / Date parution : 2023-07-31/ Répertoire / Concert Band/Harmonie