Musical compositions are feelings packed into sheet music. They not only describe a certain emotional state but also evoke it through sound, dynamic, rhythmic and the harmonic play of the orchestra, in the listener. This chain from composer to audience consists of multiple parts. The mediation of feelings, oftentimes over hundreds of years from the […]

A symphony is not a wind orchestra. This sounds very trivial and is by no means meant in a condescending way, but summarises the arranger’s dilemma: How can you convey the message of the composition with different instrumentation and characteristic of the sounds image? While the composer has access to a deep arsenal of possibilities […]

When a bandmaster compiles a program for a certain occasion, they themselves become a sort of composer. The conscious choice and selection of the individual pieces and their sequence play a similar role to the success of the performance and an excited audience as the technically perfect execution. From the piece of work to the […]