Les 5 pie?ces pour orchestre est une transcription des cinq pie?ces pour piano a? 4 mains e?crites comme un cadeau de naissance a? mon fils, Se?bastien en 1999, La version orchestrale date quant a? elle de 2010 et fait appel a? une formation relativement importante d'une cinquantaine de musiciens au minimum, dont les bois par trois, cuivres par deux, percussion, harpe et cordes,Ces pie?ces sont d'un caracte?re tre?s contraste? et mettent alternativement en valeur chaque groupe de l'orchestre de me?me que divers solistes, Ecrites dans un style ne?o-classique et d'une difficulte? moyenne, elles s'adressent a? des ensembles de jeunes musiciens qui y trouveront matie?re a? s'exprimer individuellement ainsi que collectivement,La version orchestrale a e?te? cre?e en 2011 en plein air a? Paris, lors de la Fe?te des jardins dans le quartier du Marais, devant 1500 auditeurs,`- I (01'51'')- II (01'40'')- III (02'39'')- IV (01'00'')- V (02'21'')?Nomenclature1 Piccolo2Flu?tes2 Hautbois1 Cor anglais2 Clarinettes (en sib)1 Clarinette basse (en sib)2 Bassons 2 Cors (en fa)2 Trompettes (en ut ou sib)2 Trombones te?nors1 Tuba TimbalesTriangleCaisse claireTam-tam (gong)TambourinCymbalesGrosse caisse GlockenspielXylophone 1 Harpe Violons IViolons IIAltosVioloncellesContrebasse / Orchestre Symphonique

Battles was written for the restoration of the epic 1927 silent film The Battles of Coronel and Falkland Islands and was commissioned by the British Film Institute (BFI) in 2013. The work presents eight contrasting scenes as a continuous sequence: War Introduction of Admiral von Spee German Banquet Building Steam/Preparing Islanders Call to Arms Great Battle at Sea and Victory. The original score was written for a small chamber orchestra symphonic brass and a substantial batterie of tuned and untuned percussion. Battles has been edited for symphonic wind orchestra with percussion and harp.Composer Simon Dobson says of hiscolourful score ?I wanted to keep things simple and clear so there is a British theme a fanfare march idea often heard on trumpet and a German naval theme which is a more angular motif.?

Mark Jeanbourquin wrote Musicavenir (Music of the Future), on leaving the eponymous music school whose band he had conducted for some years. For every farewell there?s a new beginning, and this piece opens with ?Ausblick in die Zukunft? (Outlook on the Future) an explosive first section in ABA form. This is then followed by a calmer, lyrical passage before Musicavenir finally closes as the powerful opening theme is sounded again.