Mitropa Music

Grande Fanfare is a powerful fanfare for a festive occasion! The brass section opens the work and leads into a majestic hymn in the middle section, accentuated with subtle trumpet ornaments. The closi...

Selbstwahlstück Europäische Meisterschaften der böhmischen & mährischen Blasmusik 2010 - Mittelstuf

With this three-movement work for brass quintet we take a journey through time exploring the history of music. The first movement is devoted to the Renaissance, the second honours the Romantic era and...

Following La fl te au salon and Belle Époque, Franco Cesarini dedicated himself once more to French chamber music: Joueurs de fl te presents a delightful selection of compositions for flute and piano...

This advanced work by Otto M. Schwarz is full of exciting time changes that follow affect the pulse rhythmically and melodically, in exciting and unexpected ways. The solo trumpet's displays of techni...

The novel Around the World in Eighty Days by the French author Jules Verne, was first published in 1873. In this story, the Englishman Phileas Fogg sets off for a journey around the world as a result...

In 1964, the American aviator Jerrie Mock was the first woman to fly solo around the world, in spite of her critics and the bad weather forecasted. She completed this journey in 29 days on board the '...

La palabra española "duende" se utiliza para indicar una emoción o una magia inefables. Marc Jeanbourquin se ha inspirado en ella para crear una obra enérgica y divertida de estilo latino, dando como...

Durante siglos, la circunnavegación del Cabo de Hornos fue considerada una de las rutas marítimas más peligrosas del Atlántico al Pacífico. En este solo para trompa y orquesta de viento, Otto M. Schwa...

For centuries, the circumnavigation of Cape Horn was considered one of the most dangerous shipping routes from the Atlantic to the Pacific. In this solo for horn and wind orchestra Otto M. Schwarz dep...

With Convergents Franco Cesarini has succeeded in composing a piece suitable for both concerts or contests which whilst not being too difficult still has the feel of a major work. This extremely rhyth...

This scintillating work was written as a tribute to the jazz musicians of the New Orleans, Dixieland and Chicago styles of the 20s and 30s. It consists of an opening swing section in true Dixieland st...

El tentador sonido de una fanfarria desciende por la ladera de la montaña hasta el valle. Un excursionista se detiene y mira hacia arriba para admirar la belleza de la montaña. Sin embargo, hay que se...

Nostradamus is probably the best-known prophet of the last 1000 years. He lived at the time of the Inquisition and his predictions and medical therapies as a physician caused him to face the wrath of...

Am 19. September 1991 wurde in den Ötztaler Alpen die mumifizierte Leiche eines Mannes gefunden. Der Gletscher hatte nach ca. 5300 Jahren einen frühzeitlichen Menschen freigegeben, dessen gut erhalten...

With this new suite for concert band Franco Cesarini draws on the rich repertoire of folk songs from the Friuli Venezia Giulia region of northern Italy. Between the 16th and 17th Century this rural re...

With Caucasian Sketches Franco Cesarini completes the series of piecesbased on dances in the Caucasian style which started with his CossackFolk Dances. The charming, melancholy dances and songs bring...

The Black River Overture was commissioned by the music society Pfarrkapelle Schwarzenbach, on the occasion of its 50th anniversary. Schwarzenbach literally means 'black brook' - hence the title of the...

According to a famous statement by Herder, folk songs represent the archives of a nation's knowledge, the expression of its heart and the image that reflects its history and identity. Suite Marchigian...

In the monumental overture to the opera La Gazza Ladra (The Thieving Magpie) Gioachino Rossini employs themes from the opera itself in order to prepare the audience for the material to come. The overt...

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...

Arizona is written in a typical three-part overture form. The composition is not strictly descriptive as such, but rather conveys moods and emotions, inspired by impressions of the American desert sta...

Arizona is written in a typical three-part overture form. The composition is not strictly descriptive as such, but rather conveys moods and emotions, inspired by impressions of the American desert sta...

On 11 March 1879 in the Austrian town of Neumarkt am Wallersee a huge fire broke out in a brewery, setting fire to at least 60 other houses within one hour. Due to poor equipment and a lack of water,...