Kirkpatrick’s Muse Jay Bocook
Selections from ‘Princess Mononoke’ Joe Hisaishi arr. Kazuhiro Morita
Symphony IV: Bookmarks from Japan Julie Giroux
Pause
Arabesque Samuel R. Hazo
The Mask of Zorro J. Horner arr. Van Grevenbroek
Bohemian Rhapsody Freddie Mercury arr. Philipp Sparke
Super Mario Bros Koji Kondo arr. Takashi Hoshide
Funk Factory Andreas Häberlin
A colourful poster, very colourful music and lots of colourful socks!
Programm:
Khatchaturian: Violin concerto performed by Sophie Knöchelmann
Rachmaninov: Symphonic Dances (his final work)
Borodin: Polovetsian Dances
Uniorchester Bern, SommerEnsemble 2025
Conductor: David McVeigh
As a warm-up for the ‘Festival of Music’ in Einsiedeln on the 1st of June we will be playing an evening of wind music together with 3 other bands: Wind Kids, Jugendblasorchester Höfe and the Harmonie Freienbach.
Our programme is:
Festive Overture, Satoshi Yagisawa / Stratoscape, Gauthier Dupertuis / Traversada, Oliver Waespi and Roberto Forés, Ferrer Ferran.
It’s a proud moment when former students from your youth orchestra end up performing solo concertos next to you on stage. Aloïs Jolliet will perform the Ralph Vaughan Williams Tuba Concerto with the Berner Musikkollegium this weekend. Elgar and Parry round of this ‘Very British’ programme full of romantic harmonies and fish and chips.
The World Premiere of “Four Seasons on a Hill” for Wind Band will be taking place next weekend. The work was commissioned by “Blasorchester Vivace” for the 2024 edition of this wonderful symphonic Band.
The World Premiere of “Four Seasons on a Hill” for Wind Band will be taking place next weekend. The work was commissioned by “Blasorchester Vivace” for the 2024 edition of this wonderful symphonic Band.
The Gurten is a hill overlooking Bern, Switzerland which can be enjoyed year round. This four-movement work depicts how the weather, flora and fauna change throughout the year and more specifically, the activities and feelings which these differing seasons evoke.
- The work opens with “Spring : Joyful Energy”, with the flowers growing and colour returning to nature. This joyous march, first in 2/4 and later in 6/8, reflects the smile on everyone’s faces during these joyous few months.
- The second movement, “Summer : Lazy Afternoon”, is a picnic under the shade of a tree, lazing around and enjoying a soft summer breeze. Two birds dance around in the branches.
- “Autumn : Storm” follows, with tumultuous rumblings of thunder and gusts of wind which reach their climax in a short Bitonal passage. The storm soon subsides and snow begins to fall. Church bells ring und the music continues without a break into the final movement.
-“Winter : Sledging”, is a playful Finale, with children and adults alike swerving past each other and enjoying the joy of whizzing down the hill at tremendous speeds
Other works in the concert include: Sons of the Midnight Sun - Timo Forsttröm, Indiana Jones Selection - John Williams, The River Seneca - Rossano Galante and Summertime by George Gershwin.