inSpire Editions: A Brussels Requiem: Brass Band: Score & PartsFormat : Score and Parts The attacks in Brussels on 22 March 2016 created a shockwave throughout Belgium and the rest of the world. Equally the attacks in Paris and Nice led to great public indignation fear and disbelief.What has happened to the western world Have our cultures grown apart to such an extent that we do not understand each other anymore Bert Appermont’s intention was to voice certain emotions that these acts of terror have caused: particularly fear grief anger and helplessness. He uses the French children’s song Au Claire de la Lune as a connecting thread throughout the work.This piece is also about hope and faith in another world andis meant to pay homage to all victims resulting in a dignified remembrance. The musical development is presented in four through-composed parts titled Innocence In Cold Blood In Memoriam – We Shall Rise Again and A New Day.This work was commissioned by the Brassband Oberösterreich (Brass Band Upper Austria) to be played at the European Brass Band Championships 2017.
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inSpire Editions: A Brussels Requiem: Brass Band: Score & Parts
A Brussels Requiem (APPERMONT BERT)
