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Oliver Waespi
Oliver Waespi

Born
1971 in Zürich, Schweiz

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Oliver Waespi lernte Gitarre und Posaune an der allgemeinen Abteilung des Konservatoriums in Winterthur. Als Autodidakt eignete er sich Fachwissen in Harmonielehre, Formenlehre, Kontrapunkt, Instrumentation und Musikgeschichte an. Er schreibt für Sinfonieorchester, Chor, Klavier, Gitarre und mittlerweile überwiegend für Blasorchester.

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Anniversary / Jubilee 2021

Current Title

Canzona di Bacco

Canzona di Bacco

The Graces of Love

The Graces of Love

Friendly Takeover

Friendly Takeover

Audivi Media Nocte

Audivi Media Nocte

Canzun

Canzun

Music by Oliver Waespi

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Canzona di Bacco

Canzona di Bacco

This piece comprises a series of variations on the melody of “Ami, dans cette vie” (“Friend, in this life), an 18th century French song. Like the famous poem “Canzona di Bacco” by Lorenzo de’ Medici,...
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BMP2201740
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Carnival

Carnival

Festival Series 69 CD 1: A Hero's Tale - Close - Cardigan Bay - March of the Robot Army - As The Curtain Closes - Compostela - Mangoroa - Canzona di Bacco - Carnival CD 2: Stars on Fire -...
CD (Compact Disc)
T8089
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The Book of Genesis

The Book of Genesis

Festival Series 67 CD 1: Prelude to a Pageant - Hypernikon - Eldorado - Breeze in the Forest - A Man's Destiny - Pilgrims of Wolfryt - The Graces of Love - The Book of Genesis CD 2: Call...
CD (Compact Disc)
T8100
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The Graces of Love

The Graces of Love

“The Graces of Love” (Le Gratie d’Amore) is the title of a book published in 1602 by Cesare Negri, the famous dance master of the Milan court in the Renaissance. It contains...
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BMP1901622
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Crystal Magic

Festival Series 65 CD 1: Wings to Fly - Step by Step -The Source - Majestic Waters - A Century of Music - Desert Dances - Tribute to a Maestro - The Miner's Saga - Crystal Magic CD...
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T8111
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Friendly Takeover

Friendly Takeover was composed for the 2016 Swiss Wind Band Convention in Montreux. In this three movement piece the composer experiments with lyrical motives combined with rhythmical pulses in...
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BMP1901650
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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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Masterpieces for Band Vol.24

Sinfonietta - Synkretismos - Drieluik - Reflections
CD (Compact Disc)
T8183
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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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Audivi Media Nocte

Audivi Media Nocte is based on the eponymous motet by Thomas Tallis from the 16th Century - a work that holds great fascination for Oliver Waespi. During the process of composition, various chord...
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BMP1301515
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Canzun

‘Canzun’ is the Rhaeto-Romanic term for ‘song’ or ‘chant’. The work Canzun is based on two songs from the folk tradition of the Alps. In the middle movement, we...
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BMP1002472
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Caledonia

In "Caledonia", Oliver Waespi adapted three well-known Scottish folk songs into a rhapsodic suite for wind orchestra. The first, rather humorous song, "The Devil Came Fiddling Through the Town",...
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BMP9031437
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Fanfare and Funk

This work by Swiss composer Oliver Waespi was one of the highlights at the 2006 Eidgenössische Musikfest in Lucerne. The piece opens with a festive fanfare featuring the brass section. The mood...
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BMP0602310
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