Mickey Nicolas: Mittelschwere Noten

Der französische Komponist Mickey Nicolas (Laon, 1926) war jahrelang zweiter Dirigent am berühmten Pariser Kabaret 'Le Lido'. Er hatte schon seine große Liebe für die Lichtstadt Paris in seiner Kompos...

Three sound portraits of Turkey: the 'Topkapi Palace' , the imperial residence built after the Ottoman conquest in Istanbul, the 'Blue Mosque' or Sultan Ahmet mosque built between 1609 and 1616 also a...

This parade, extremely well suited for wind band, is a succession of themes amalgamated into a medley and reminding major sequences of an imaginary musical. Conductor and musicians come to the fore.

This short sequence, composed as a tribute to the European Community, is intended for any public musical event, but can introduce a concert as well and, in a way, call for the attention of the audienc...

Without claiming to possess a 'Magic Formula' to realize this sequence, the composer fancied to imagine a Formula One race at Monza. The binary beat portrays the combustion engine. The exaggerated eff...

Gehen wir mal in die Vergangenheit zurück. In den fünfziger Jaren war ich Musiker in den Orchestern von Carrere und Maxim's in Paris, und im Palm Beach Orchester in Cannes. Zum Andenken an diese Jahre...