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Franco Cesarini
Franco Cesarini

Born
18.04.1961 in Belinzona (CH)

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Anniversary / Jubilee 2021

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Vibes

Vibes

Medelpadia

Medelpadia

Bright Dawn Overture

Bright Dawn Overture

Classic Meets Contemporary

Classic Meets Contemporary

Urban Landscapes<br>Symphony No. 3

Urban Landscapes<br>Symphony No. 3

Music by Franco Cesarini

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Vibes
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Medelpadia
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Bright Dawn Overture

Bright Dawn Overture

Bright Dawn Overture was commissioned to Franco Cesarini by the Swiss Band Association as part of a project for the renewal and expansion of the artistic repertoire. “There was never a night or a...
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EFC015CBHA
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Classic Meets Contemporary

Classic Meets Contemporary

CD 1 (Classic) - Classical Music arranged for Concert Bnad by Franco Cesarini: Festmusik der Stadt Wien (R.Strauss) - L'Arlésienne Suite No. 2 (G.Bizet) - Nimrod (E.Elgar) - Galop (A.Ponchielli) -...
CD (Compact Disc)
T8088
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Urban Landscapes
Symphony No. 3

Suite Sicilana, Op. 57b - Passacaglia and Fugue in C-minor BWV 582 - Sinfonietta No. 3 "Zwölfmalgreien Sketches", Op. 56 - Symphony No. 3 "Urban Landscapes", op. 55
CD (Compact Disc)
T8095
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60 Warm-Up Chorales for Concert Band

During his experience as a band conductor and teacher of wind orchestra conducting at university, Franco Cesarini has dealt with the topic of warm-ups very frequently. Throughout these long years of...
Concert Band, Ensemble (Woodwinds), Ensemble (Brass), Mixed Ensemble (Woodwinds/Brass)
EFC003CBHA
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Pulse

A Bluegrass Overture - Donar - Fiori - Up in the Sky - Equestrian Symphonette - Pulse - Energico - Blackout
CD (Compact Disc)
T8123
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Einstein

Festival Prelude 'Ad Excel' - Gloriosa - The White Thrill - Einstein - Scent of Spring - Call of the Aboriginals - Red Mountain - Fantasia Helvetica
CD (Compact Disc)
T8124
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Wonders of Nature

Festival Series 62 CD 1: Festival Prelude 'Ad Excel' - Purcellian Fantasia - The White Thrill - Dreamcatcher - Wonders of Nature - Dionysos - Fantasia Helvetica - Equestrian...
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T8130
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Winds on Fire

Festival Series 60 CD 1: Festival Bells - Highdays and Holidays - A Vision of the First Light - Concertino for Clarinet - White Winged Flight - A Knight's Tale - Tchaikovsky Highlights -...
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T8146
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Terra Mystica

Theme from Star Trek - Colorado - Between Two Worlds -Terra Mystica - Neckarmarsch - The Glenmasan Manuscript - The Curse of the Mermaid - The Rise of the Blackjack - Simply Red On Tour - Superstition
CD (Compact Disc)
T8148
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The Last Giant

Festival Series 59 CD 1: Intrada Eroica - Cantastoria - Colorado - A Glorious Summer Day - Morning Star Variations - The Last Giant - The Torch of Liberty - And Still, the Spirit - Pisa - The...
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T8149
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Colorado

The main theme of this overture is based on an old Indian song from the Arapaho tribe. The name Colorado comes from the Spanish word meaning ‘coloured’. This term was originally used to...
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M2068.16
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Symphony No. 1 - The Archangels

The Swiss composer Franco Cesarini has waited a long time to write his first symphony and after years of considering and drafting, this Archangels Symphony, Symphony nr. 1 is a vast composition...
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M2069.16
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Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2

Franz Liszt’s 19 Hungarian Rhapsodies are characterised by melancholy, great expressiveness and wonderful gypsy rhythms. No.2 is the best known of all, mainly thanks to the use of various passages...
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M2013.14
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Arizona

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...
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M1980.14
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Masterpieces from Europe

CD 1: Fanfare for a New Horizon - The Adventures of Baron Münchhausen - Moving Heaven and Earth - The Story of Anne Frank - Goddess of Jeju Island - Flame and Glory - Bulgarian Dances (Part...
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T8166
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The Artistry of Franco Cesarini

An American in Paris - Bulgarian Dances (Part II) Op. 43 - Old Russian Romances Op. 44 - Puss in Boots Op. 45
CD (Compact Disc)
T8203
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Viva Verdi

All works transcribed by Franco Cesarini.

Nabucco - Ernani - Il Trovatore (Coro dei Gitani) - Il Trovatore (Coro degli Armigeri) - I Vespri Siciliani - Aroldo - Un Ballo in Maschera - La...
CD (Compact Disc)
T8215
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An American in Paris

In this symphonic poem, George Gershwin portrays a day in the life of an American tourist in Paris. The music accompanies him along the Champs Elysées and through the Latin Quarter, where he...
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M1803.12
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Il Giudizio Universale

Camillo De Nardis’ Il giudizio universale (The Universal Judgement) was awarded first prize at the Competition for Band Composition held in Naples. This composition was inspired by...
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M1791.11
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Il Barbiere di Siviglia

The Barber of Seville is based on the first of Beaumarchais‘ (1732- 1799) two sequential plays, the Marriage of Figaro being the second, although unusually the overture does not contain any themes...
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M1789.10
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Belcanto

Tancredi (Overture) - Omaggio a Bellini (Overture) - Il Barbiere di Siviglia (Overture) - Sinfonia per Banda (Overture) - La Gazza Ladra (Overture) - The Universal Judgement (Symphonic Poem)
CD (Compact Disc)
T8279
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Tancredi

Tancredi, composed in 1813, is rarely performed in today’s opera houses, however its overture, or Sinfonia, as it was called at the time, is well-liked and has received regular performances over the...
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M1732.10
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Images of a City

"Images of a City" is written by Franco Cesarini. The intent of this composition is not so much to describe in music the "look" of a city; the composer wants to create "emotional" rather than...
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M1638.09
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A Triumphant Fanfare

A Triumphant Fanfare ist – wie der Name schon sagt – eine triumphale, majestätische Fanfare. In dieser neuen Komposition von Franco Cesarini dürfen die die Blechbläser brillieren, die Holzbläser mit...
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M1618.09
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Renaissance Suite

Als Basis für seine viersätzige Renaissance Suite verwendete Franco Cesarini vier Stücke unbekannter Komponisten aus der Renaissance, nutzte zugleich die Farben des modernen Blasorchesters und ließ...
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M1548.08
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The Idol Of The Flies

The book The Idol of the Flies by Jane Rice (1913-2005) is a classic of horror literature. It is the story of a child who, in an incredible series of cruel actions, persecutes those around him. The...
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M1486.08
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The Idol of the Flies

Joyful Fanfare - Bulgarian Dances Op.35 - Picolla Suite Italiana Op. 32 - The Idol of the Flies Op. 13 - Cossack Folck Dances Op. 31 - Caucasian Sketches Op. 36 - Jubilee Fanfare - MGB March
CD (Compact Disc)
T8383
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Caucasian Sketches

With Caucasian Sketches Franco Cesarini completes the series of pieces based on dances in the Caucasian style which started with his Cossack Folk Dances. The charming, melancholy dances and songs...
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M1287.07
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A Joyful Fanfare

This joyous fanfare offers many members of the band the opportunity to shine. The opening subject is passed from the clarinets to the saxophones and then to the oboes before being taken up by the...
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M1487.07
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Bulgarian Dances

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...
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M1286.06
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Piccola Suite Italiana

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...
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M1186.05
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Mountain Majesty

For someone like Franco Cesarini, who was born and raised in a land where every horizon is dominated by the majestic Alps, mountains are in one’s heart and soul every moment of life. The true spirit...
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M1187.05
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Huckleberry Finn Suite

"All modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn."
(Ernest Hemingway)

Even if not everybody agrees with Ernest Hemingway's...
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M1188.05
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Franco Cesarini: Live in Concert

Solemnitas - Mosaici Bizantini - Tom Sawyer Suite - Huckleberry Finn Suite
CD (Compact Disc)
T8453
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Cossack Folk Dances

The Cossacks played an integral part in Russia’s history which finally ended with the Soviet occupation in the 1920s. Franco Cesarini had the opportunity to attend performances by an ethnic...
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M1133.04
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Solemnitas

Each year on the last Monday in June, the German city of Burgdorf celebrates the holiday of youth, the so called ‘Solennitat’. It is the most important event occurring in the city and consists of...
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M0957.02
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Ceresio

The Ceresio, also called Lugano Lake, is located in the sub-alpine area between Lake Como and Lake Maggiore. Two-thirds of its surface is on Swiss territory, while the remaining one-third belongs to...
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M0877.02
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Blue Horizons

This three-part composition is about the ocean and its inhabitants. The first movement explores the black depths of the sea, where only animals can live, which are able to cope with the extreme...
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M0956.02
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Norma

Vincenzo Bellini, der im Alter von 34 Jahren zu jung aus einer gewaltigen Schaffensperiode gerissen wurde, komponierte in sechs Jahren ebenso viele Opern, darunter auch "Norma", einen seiner größten...
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M0878.02
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Blue Horizons

Ceresio - Greek Folk Song Suite Op. 25 - Solemnitas Op. 29 - Tom Sawyer Suite Op. 27 - Blue Horizons Op. 23b
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TDIV362
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Tom Sawyer Suite

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...
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M0725.02
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Greek Folk Song Suite

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...
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M0876.02
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Poema Alpestre

Composed and arranged by Franco Cesarini

Aroldo - Antiche Danze ed Arie per Liuto - Le Cortège du Roi Renaud - Leviathan - Poema Alpestre
CD (Compact Disc)
T8645
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Coro degli Armigeri

A technique much employed by Verdi is to alternate main scenes of a drama with others which allow the listener to relax temporarily. These moments are often entrusted to the choir (as in the case of...
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M0685.00
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Coro dei Gitani

Often, individual parts of operas become very successful, independent instrumental pieces. An outstanding example is the Anvil Chorus from Giuseppe Verdi’s opera Il Trovatore. Thanks to its...
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M0659.00
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I Vespri Siciliani (Ouverture)

In 1854, Verdi was in Paris to compose I vespri siciliani (1855), a commission from the Theatre of the Opera. The composer soon became intolerant to the requests of the French “Grand Opéra” as he...
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M0682.00
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Aida - Gran Finale Atto II

The triumphal march from Aida is probably one of the best known classical works of all times. This superb transcription by Franco Cesarini retains the exciting spirit of the original. As always his...
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M0658.00
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Verdi - Overtures and Ballet Music

Nabucco - Ernani (Preludio all' atto I) - Il Trovatore (Coro dei Gitano - Atto II) - Il Trovatore (Coro degli Armigeri - Atto III) - I Vespri Siciliani Ouverture - Aroldo - Un Ballo in Maschera - La...
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T8610
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