HAFABRA Louis Martinus

Metro Gnome was written at the request of Louis Martinus. He asked if I could write another piece like Serenade with unusual time signatures, because it was good practice for young players to encounte...

Marschformat - Flex-4 + Perc.

4 parts + perc.

This piece was commissioned by the National Youth Brass Band of Switzerland to be premiered in the year of its title. I had written a piece which ran the gamut of human moods and emotions, from the ag...

Imagine you are on a boat which is gradually building up speed pulling gently out of Geneva. You get your first view of the beautiful Lac Leman which provokes a melody in your head first heard played...

Coconut woman - Island in the sun - Jump in the line

Flexible instrumentation:

War and peace - The Godfather love theme - Romeo and Juliet love theme - Rocco and his brothers - The leopard - La dolce vita - Sunset sunrise - La strada

In 1992 I attended a band festival in the south of France where I met the conductor of a fanfare band from Luxembourg, Robert Köller. He was kind enough to say some encouraging words to me about one o...