Gauthier Dupertuis: Stratoscape - Metaphorical Views on Planet Earth 

Stratoscape is a colorful and contrasting work for wind orchestra, depicting the view of our earth as seen from the stratosphere. This voyage into the sky is pictural, but also metaphorical, as it is also about distancing from our world.
The work is divided into 5 sections: 
I Ignition!, II. Broadness & The Big Blue, III Stars Shining from Down  to Above, IV Destructive Forces, V One and Only Home
Five contrasting movements, starting with Ignition in which Gauthier Dupertuis tries to musically convey the majesty of our planet seeing if from the atmosphere, ending with One and Only Hope, as the title say a message of hope. In between three movements that depict the broadness of the landscapes of our planet (second movement), the fragility of our earth at night with only the stars shining (third movement). But also sheer reality in the fourth movement when the composer translates into music the damage caused to our planet by us human beings.

Performed by Civica Filarmonica di Lugano
Franco Cesarini, conductor

Stratoscape (Wind Orchestra) / Civica Filarmonica di Lugano, Dec 2022, Franco Cesarini (conductor)

Composer and conductor based in Fribourg (Switzerland).