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Brass, Reeds, and Percussion: May 6, 2023

This edition of Brass, Reeds, and Percussion features the music of the Swss composer Franco Cesarini. Cesarini was born in the southern part of Switzerland in the area that primarily speaks Italian. After starting to sing in a choir at age 7, he soon demonstrated his musical talent by playing the choral works he had sung on the piano by ear. Eventually, he had formal piano training, but his primary instrument is the flute. He attened the Verdi Conservatory in Milan and is professor of wind conduting at the Zurich Conservatory. He has conducted a number of Swiss wind bands, but now serves as the conductor of the Civica Filarmonica Lugano, whose recordings are frequently aired on Brass, Reeds, and Percussion.

  1. Florentiner March
    Composer:  Julius Fucik (1872-1916)
    Performer:  Civic Band of Soncino (Italy)
    Album:  Dynamic Band
      
  2. Pastorale de Provence: La Villageoise
    Composer:  Franco Cesarini (1961- )
    Performer:  Civic Band of Soncino (Italy)
    Album:  Dynamic Band
      
  3. Pastorale de Provence: Le Petit Berger
    Composer:  Franco Cesarini
    Performer:  Civic Band of Soncino (Italy)
    Album:  Dynamic Band
      
  4. Pastorale de Provence: La Princesse
    Composer:  Franco Cesarini
    Performer:  Civic Band of Soncino (Italy)
    Album:  Dynamic Band
      
  5. Pastorale de Provence: Le Lutin
    Composer:  Franco Cesarini
    Performer:  Civic Band of Soncino (Italy)
    Album:  Dynamic Band
      
  6. Dynamic Overture
    Composer:  Franco Cesarini
    Performer:  Civic Band of Soncino (Italy)
    Album:  Dynamic Band
      
  7. Marie (1937 recording)
    Composer:  Irving Berlin (1888-1989)
    Performer:  Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra
    Album:  Swing Time, Vol. 2
      
  8. Remember (1937 recording)
    Composer:  Irving Berlin
    Performer:  Red Norvo (1908-1999) & His Orchestra
    Album:  Swing Time, Vol. 2
      
  9. Balletti: La Cortigiana
    Composer:  Kees Vlak (1938-2014, a.k.a. Luigi di Ghisallo), based on themes by Giovanni Gastoldi (1554-1609)
    Performer:  Minsk Winds
    Album:  Return to Ithaca
      
  10. Balletti: Il Ballerino
    Composer:  Kees Vlak (a.k.a. Luigi di Ghisallo), based on themes by Giovanni Gastoldi
    Performer:  Minsk Winds
    Album:  Return to Ithaca
      
  11. Balletti: Il Passionato
    Composer:  Kees Vlak (a.k.a. Luigi di Ghisallo), based on themes by Giovanni Gastoldi
    Performer:  Minsk Winds
    Album:  Return to Ithaca
      
  12. Balletti: Il Tedesco
    Composer:  Kees Vlak (a.k.a. Luigi di Ghisallo), based on themes by Giovanni Gastoldi
    Performer:  Minsk Winds
    Album:  Return to Ithaca
      
  13. Balletti: Lo Solegrato
    Composer:  Kees Vlak (a.k.a. Luigi di Ghisallo), based on themes by Giovanni Gastoldi
    Performer:  Minsk Winds
    Album:  Return to Ithaca
      
  14. Balletti: Lo Spensierato
    Composer:  Kees Vlak (a.k.a. Luigi di Ghisallo), based on themes by Giovanni Gastoldi
    Performer:  Minsk Winds
    Album:  Return to Ithaca
      
  15. Xerxes
    Composer:  Ron van Riel (1990- )
    Performer:  Portuguese National Police Band
    Album:  Au Cirque
      
  16. Singapore Flyer
    Composer:  Satoshi Yagisawa (1975- )
    Performer:  Tohoku Fukushi University Wind Ensemble
    Album:  Music of Satoshi Yagisawa
      
  17. National Anthem of Malta
    Composer:  Robert Samut (1869-1934)
    Performer:  Band of French Republican Guard
    Album:  European National Anthems
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