Symphony No. 1 - The Archangels Franco Cesarini

Titel / Title: Symphony No. 1 - The Archangels
Herausgeber / Publisher: Mitropa Music
Instrumentation: Concert Band/Harmonie
Produkttyp / Product: Partitur + Stimmen
Serie / Series: Mitropa Concertwork Series
Sprache / Language: English-German-French-Dutch
Erscheinungsdatum / Date of Production: 2016
ISMN: 9790035232675

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 consisting of highly dramatic language, intense thematic developments and frequent polyphonic elaborations. The thematic material is taken from old Gregorian melodies that form the basis for the entire work, which is, despite the title, a non-programmatic work. It consists out of 4 movements: Gabriel, the gentle archangel; the supreme healer Raphael; the energetic archangel Michael, the Prince of the heavenly host; and surprisingly the archangel Urile, the forgotten' archangel. A true masterpiece and a fantastic musical challenge!