RUNDEL VIDEO
Sympatria
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Konzertmarsch
Concert March
SYMPATRIA – a concert march for wind band - was commissioned by leading conductor Walter Rescheneder for the Upper Austrian wind band association and the newspaper OÖ Nachrichten on the occasion of the contest "Best of Blasmusik". It was nominated as compulsory test piece at the contest finale for traditional band music in the great hall of the Brucknerhaus Linz on November 19, 2017. The title is a creation of two Latin words: "sym" (together) and "patria" (homeland), stating that home is less a question of geographical origin but rather a feeling of social belongingness. Home is were we feel at home.
Correlating with this idea, the first theme of the piece begins unisono and evolves after a few measures to a bright poliphonic sound. The same happens in...