Oliver Waespi

This brilliant opening work with the sub-heading 'Cinematographic Overture' is guaranteed to make a great impression on your audience. The piece starts with solemn brass-band motifs, followed by melod...

The composer has based this festive fanfare arrangement on the grand 'Festive Impressions' and it is extremely suited as an opening number for your concert or for all kinds of festivities.

Commissioned by the Stadtharmonie Zurich Oerlikon-Seebach for the 2005 WASBE Conference in Singapore

Commissioned by the Stadtharmonie Zurich Oerlikon-Seebach for the 2005 WASBE Conference in Singapore

2nd Sinfonietta' was composed in 2005 for the 'Musikgesellschaft Cham' and is made up of three parts, each flowing into the next. The themes presented in the first movement migrate through the work an...

2nd Sinfonietta was composed in 2005 for the Musikgesellschaft Cham and is made up of three parts, each flowing into the next. The themes presented in the first movement migrate through the work and r...

The music of 'Temples' evolved out of different sources of inspiration. The most impor-tant of them were four temples belonging to Angkor, a group of temple ruins in Cambo-dia. These temples represent...

The music of 'Temples' evolved out of different sources of inspiration. The most impor-tant of them were four temples belonging to Angkor, a group of temple ruins in Cambo-dia. These temples represent...

Scottish Folksong' was originally called 'Ye banks and braes' and is a serene, melancholy song. It comes from a longer work by Oliver Waespi, called 'Caledonia' and can also be played separately from...

The 'Suite for Wind Orchestra' has three parts. The introductory 'Symphonic Movement' is based on two opposite musical ideas. The first is chromatic, whereas the second is rather diatonically harmoniz...

A Sinfonietta is a 'small symphony', so it is a composition that does not boast the length of a real symphony (although this could be the case) and so allows the composer to take some liberties. In th...