Franco Cesarini

Franco Cesarini has used four anonymous renaissance pieces as the basis for this four-movement composition, and, by exploiting the many colours of the brass band, he has recreated the atmosphere of th...

Bulgarian folk music has a long tradition and numerous typical characteristics, such as particular dissonances and complex, irregular rhythms. In Bulgarian Dances (Part II) (which can be performed tog...

Bulgarian folk music has a long tradition and numerous typical characteristics, such as particular dissonances and complex, irregular rhythms. In Bulgarian Dances (Part II) (which can be performed tog...

Greek folk music is characterised by the sound of the 'buzuki' which is often used in combination with the clarinet, the mandolin, the violin and various types of tambourines. In Greek Folk Song Suite...

For Franco Cesarini, who was born in a country where the majestic Alps dominates all horizons, mountains are a natural part of life. This majesty is reflected by the words of Alan Hovhaness: 'Mountain...

During his childhood The Adventures of Tom Sawyer was the favourite book of the composer Franco Cesarini. With his memories of the magic of joy, fear and freedom, Cesarini seeks to bring the figures o...

Bulgarian Dances is a free rhapsody, divided into four distinct movements based on famous Bulgarian folk songs. These songs have a very old tradition and stem from both the antique world of Byzantium...

Piotta is a lively 6/8 march from well-known concert band composer, Franco Cesarini. This exciting and musically witty piece is as impressive rhythmically as it is melodically, and will make for an el...

Your band will love getting acquainted with Mexican Pictures, a suite in four movements based on Mexican folk music. The first movement, El Butaquito, is based on a very lively folk-song of the same n...

Your band will love getting acquainted with Mexican Pictures, a suite in four movements based on Mexican folk music. The first movement, El Butaquito, is based on a very lively folk-song of the same n...

Cesarini wrote this lively fanfare to enhance the grand fireworks that were organised in 1991 as part of the festivities commemorating the 700th anniversary of the Swiss alliance in Cham. It is a spar...

Cesarini composed this work as a tribute to the memory of Darius Milhaud, born a century earlier in Aix-en-Provence, France. The premiere, conducted by the composer, was presented by the Civic Philhar...

This piece is written in the form of an overture (A-B-A). The beginning features a prominent, dynamic theme, which determines the character of the whole piece. This theme is repeated in every part of...

This piece is written in the form of an overture (A-B-A). The beginning features a prominent, dynamic theme, which determines the character of the whole piece. This theme is repeated in every part of...

Wahlpflichtstück für das Deutsche Musikfest 2007 in Würzburg, Kategorie 4 Pflichtstück Hessischer Musikverband e. V. 2006 - Kategorie 4 Pflichtstück BDB/BVBW 2007 - Kategorie D/4 Pflichtstück 1. Hessi...

Folk music plays an important role in the life of the Ukrainian people. Their country covers an area of over 600. 000 square kilometres and has more than fifty million inhabitants. In the north there...

The overture Harlequin was composed in 1995 to mark the 50th anniversary of the Swiss Federation of Wind Band conductors. The striking ascending and descending melodic lines, heard throughout the comp...

The overture Harlequin was composed in 1995 to mark the 50th anniversary of the Swiss Federation of Wind Band conductors. The striking ascending and descending melodic lines, heard throughout the comp...

The leviathan, a demoniacal sea monster that appears as a dragon or serpent, is considered in the Old Testament to be the embodiment of evil. The defeat of the demon is prophesied in Isaiah 27:1: 'On...

Lugano is an exciting concert march that Franco Cesarini composed for the Civica Filarmonica di Lugano, which Cesarini has been conducting since 1998. The idyllic location of the Ticinese city and the...

Le cortège du roi Renaud is a suite in five parts. It is based on tales that originated in southern European folk songs, dating back as far as the 16th century. A large portion of these songs are of t...