Komponiert im Jahre 2018, ist das Woodwind Quintet N°2 dem Lux/CH-pentaTon Quintett gewidmet. Das Werk besteht aus 5 stilistisch unterschiedlichen Sätzen, von tonal bis a-tonal und ist verlegt bei der Schweizer Edition Kunzelmann.  Die UA fand am 9.12.2020 in Ettelbrück (L) statt.
Sätze: Movement 1 (with determination), Movement 2 (slow and free), Movement 3 (fast), Movement 4 (with deep feeling), Movement 5 (perpetuum mobile)

Mehr Infos auf: https://pentaton.ch

Verlag (Publisher): https://kunzelmann.ch

WOODWIND QUINTET Nr. 2 (2018)

Marco Pütz
Arrows of Lightning (2008)
North Texas University Wind Symphony
Conductor: Eugene Migliaro Corporon
Publisher: www.dehaske.com

ARROWS OF LIGHTNING  1 Rocking The Cradle

ARROWS OF LIGHTNING  2. The Mystical Song

Marco Pütz
Arrows of Lightning (2008)
North Texas Wind Symphony
Conductor: Eugene Migliaro Corporon
Publisher: www.dehaske.com

ARROWS OF LIGHTNING  3. Circle Dance

ARROWS OF LIGHTNING  4. Battle Dance

2003 - Commissioned by the WASBE-organisation. Premiered at the WASBE-conference in Jönköping (Sweden/07-2003) by the Florida State University Wind Band, conductor: Marc Crompton
Publisher: www.maecenasmusic.co.uk

DANCE SEQUENCE 2d Movement

Commissioned by the Frysk Fanfare Orkest (NL). Premiere: 2001 WMC in Kerkrade by the FFO, Conductor: Jouke Hoekstra
Publisher: www.bronsheim.nl

INITIALES 2, for Fanfare Orchestra (2000)

Commissioned by UGDA Luxembourg in 2010. Test piece for the Young Soloists Contest in November 2010.
Publisher: www.dehaske.com

TWO BAGATELLES - 1 - Valse Lente

TWO BAGATELLES - 2 - Allegro Moderato

Temptations was composed in early 2020 and commissioned by the Fanfare Municipale de Luxembourg-Bonnevoie (LU) for their participation at the World Music Contest (WMC) in Kerkrade (2022).
The duration is about 14' and the piece is published by Bronsheim Music, The Netherlands (www.bronsheimmusic.nl).
!!This is a virtual recording of the score (Sibelius/NotePerformer4 !!

TEMPTATIONS, for Fanfare Orchestra (2020)

Commissioned in 1997 ba the municipality of Redange/Atert - Luxembourg
Publisher: www.bronsheim.nl

THE LEGEND OF AQUARIUS  2 - Children's Games

Commissioned by Vincent Debès in 1998.
Publisher: www.bronsheim.nl

KONZERTSTÜCK, for Bass Trombone & Wind Band (1) - (1999)

KONZERTSTÜCK, for Bass Trombone & Wind Band (2)

KONZERTSTÜCK, for Bass Trombone & Wind Band (3)

THREE SKETCHES FOR BAND (3rd movement)

Chapters of Life (Tuba Concerto, 2009) as recorded for NAXOS in 2021. Conductor: Alexander MERZYN, Soloist: Karl BERKEL, Tuba
Orchestra: Philharmonisches Orchester des Staatstheaters Cottbus (DE)
CD NAXOS  8.579116
Recording: Marco Battistella
Mastering: Horst Pfaffelmayer (Goldchamber Mastering)
Publisher: Edition Kunzelmann (CH) / Rental: Zinfonia (zinfonia.com)

Luxembourg Contemporary Music, Vol. 2

CHAPTERS OF LIFE: I. Wild Days

Euphonia's Voice (Euphonium Concerto) by Marco Pütz (2019)
I. Intrada  II. Cantilena    III. Dance
Rent Score & Parts from: Edition Kunzelmann (CH) / Zinfonia (zinfonia.com)

EUPHONIA'S VOICE: I. Intrada

EVOLUTIONS FOR WINDS was commissioned by the wind band MV Weilheim (GER) and its conductor Jörg Murschinski in 2022.
It is a grade 3.5 - 4 wind band piece that is very suitable for competitions and the duration is about 10'.
Publisher: www.bronsheimmusic.nl

EVOLUTIONS FOR WINDS (2022)

Moods was composed in spring 2013 as a commission from the Luxembourg Ministry of Culture for the orchestra Solistes Européens Luxembourg. the work is dedicated, in deep gratitude, to my father-in-law Robert Weiler, a great lover of classical music, who died in January of that year . . . . 
(from Naxos CD-booklet, CD NAXOS 8.579116)

MOODS, for orchestra (2013)

Of Deprivation & Confidence was composed in 2022 and commissioned by the Bergkapelle Saar and its conductor Bernhard Stopp.
The whole piece is based on the first four notes of the famous German miner's song " Glück auf " (Good luck). This short motif undergoes a lot of mutations of all kinds throughout the composition: thematically, rhythmically, tempowise, instrumentation-wise . . . 
On the one hand, the music describes the hard work and hardships the miners had to endure and, on the other hand, their hope for a better life.
Of Deprivation & Confidence is published by Bronsheim Music, The Netherlands (www.bronsheimmusic.nl).

OF DEPRIVATION AND CONFIDENCE (2022)

Schattengänge was composed in early 2018 on behalf of the German Music Council. The work was selected as a compulsory piece for the German Orchestra Competition in 2020 as well as for the preliminary competitions in 2019.
In 2018 I wrote: . . .  as the German Orchestra Competition takes place in the Beethoven year 2020 (250th birthday of the great composer), the composition will have " a strong connection to Beethoven ". The 2nd movement of Beethoven's 7th symphony served as a template for the composition. I would call my work a " musical attempt " on this famous symphony movement. The musical spectrum ranges from quotes about thematic / harmonic alienation (the shadows in which I move) to some freely composed additions.
Schattengänge is published by BRONSHEIM MUSIC (www.bronsheimmusic.nl)

SCHATTENGÄNGE (2018)

Luxembourg Military Band
Conductor: Jean-Claude Braun
Publisher: www.bronsheim.nl

TRE PEZZI PER BANDA - Part 1: Tema Con Variazione (2012)

TRE PEZZI PER BANDA - Part 2: Corale

Solitary Prayer has been composed in 2013 and commissioned by the Dutch Euphonium Virtuoso Robbert Vos. A CD (DUAL) has been released on August 31st, 2014. Score & Parts are available at: www.bronsheim.nl
The piece is also scored for Wind Band and Fanfare Band (same publisher).

SOLITARY PRAYER (Brass Band Version) - (2013)

WINGS, for Solo-Flugelhorn & Brass Band (Fanfare Orchestra) 
by Marco Pütz

WINGS was composed spontaneously in December 2023, but the idea for a Flugelhorn-Solo piece had been around for a while, a good five years to be precise.

Back then (2018), I was lucky enough to experience twelve of the best brass bands in Europe at the EBBC in Utrecht (my composition Time for Outrage! was a compulsory piece that year).

I noticed that the flugelhorn (although only played once in the brass band) was able to assert itself in many passages with its unique sound in an outstanding and strikingly clear manner.
So I thought to myself that the combination of solo-flugelhorn with brass band accompaniment should actually work very well.

The idea for WINGS (Flügel) was born.

WINGS is a tonal piece in A-B-A form, with a memorable main theme, a somewhat more animated middle section, which is then led to a climax (A-theme), before the piece ends in a calm, relaxed atmosphere.
The flugelhorn part in the band is optional, so that the piece can also be performed without a second flugelhorn player (external soloist).
Publisher: Bronsheim Music, The Netherlands (www.bronsheimmusic.nl)
This is a digital score play (Sibelius Ultimate/NotePerformer4)

WINGS, for Solo-Flugelhorn & Brass Band (2023)

WINGS was composed spontaneously in December 2023, but the idea for a Flugelhorn-Solo had been around for a while, a good five years to be precise.
Back then (in 2018), I was lucky enough to experience twelve of the best brass bands in Europe at the EBBC in Utrecht (my composition 'Time for Outrage!' was a compulsory piece that year).
I noticed that the flugelhorn (although played once in the brass band) was able to assert itself in many passages with its unique sound in an outstanding and strikingly clear manner.
So I thought to myself that the combination of solo-flugelhorn with brass band accompaniment should actually work very well.
The idea for WINGS was born.
Notice: the flugelhorn part in the band is optional, so that the piece can be performed without a second flghn. player (external soloist).
WINGS is published by BRONSHEIM MUSIC, The Netherlands

Celebrating Brass Concert @ Philharmonie

WINGS, for Solo-Flugelhorn & Brass Band (premiere 24.3.2024)

BRAINWASHING, for Sax4tet & Wind Band                        Marco Pütz (2023)

1 – Dependency
2 – Dissonance
3 – Attitude Change

BRAINWASHING was composed in 2023 on behalf the Amstel Saxophone Quartet (NL) and the Ministry of Culture, Luxembourg.

I had the idea for this piece in 2022 after reading a very interesting article about the book Brainwashing, the science of thought control  by Kathleen Taylor.

Brainwashing is ubiquitous: written media, social media, tv, advertising, politics, religion . . . 

But I was primarily interested in the background, the psychology of brainwashing/thought control.

So, this piece may be understood as a psychological manipulation set to music.

From a psychological point of view, brainwashing consists of three successive phases, which can be followed in my music:

1-Dependency: 

A quiet, flowing theme is introduced by the vibraphone/glockenspiel. Soon this theme is taken up and developed further in fugato form by the sax-quartet and the orchestra.

A little later, the manipulator intervenes for the first time. Almost imperceptibly, he prepares and carries out his brainwashing.

The victim is still able to assert himself with his theme, even if it looks like his willpower is already weakening towards the end of the movement.

2-Dissonance:

In the second movement the manipulator’s superiority grows more and more and step by step he succeeds in asserting himself and finally his victim resigns. The victim’s (the first) theme has definitely disappeared.

3-Attitude Change:

Different attitude, different music.

The brainwasher has reached his goal – the victim is in the clutches of his tormentor and is now guided and driven by him – however with an open-ended conclusion.

Duration: 20’  /   Grade: 6/6
Publisher: www.bronsheimmusic.nl

BRAINWASHING, for Sax4tet & Wind Band (2023)

Drei Bagatellen, für Violine, Viola & Harfe wurde Anfang 2025 im Auftrag von 3 Musikerinnen des Philharmonischen Orchesters des Staatstheater Cottbus komponiert und am 3.5. 2025 in Cottbus uraufgeführt. Jeder Satz ist einer der Musikerinnen gewidmet (Priscila Baggio Simeoni (Geige); Elena (Elli) Simonett (Bratsche); Antje Gräupner (Harfe)) und so ergibt sich der Untertitel des Trios (Pri-An-Elli Trio). Dauer: 10'. 'Drei Bagalellen' wird im Laufe des Jahres 2025 vom Schweizer Verlag 'Edition Kunzelmann' verlegt werden.

DREI BAGATELLEN, für Violine, Viola & Harfe (Pri-An-Elli Trio)

Momenti Fugaci was composed in early 2024 and commissioned by ARS NOVA, Luxembourg. The piece consists of three movements (1 - Veloco e giocoso  2 - Dolcemente sognante   3 - Ombre fugaci) and has been premiered by Maria Miteva (Flute) and Luc Hemmer (Vibraphone) on March 2, 2025. 
The work is published by Edition Kunzelmann (CH).

MOMENTI FUGACI, for Flute & Vibraphone

A STEAMY RIDE, für Blasorchester / Grad 5 / Dauer: ca. 15‘


A STEAMY RIDE wurde Ende 2024 im Auftrag der „ Koninklijke Muziekvereniging Prinses Juliana „ aus Klaaswaal  komponiert.

In dieser Gegend, im sogenannten Hoeksche Waard wurde von 1898 bis 1904 eine Dampf-Tram gebaut, die bis in die Jahre 1956/57 betrieben wurde.

Die Dampf-Tram verkehrte u.a. auf der Strecke von Zuid Beijerland über Numansdorp und Klaaswaal nach Oud-Beijerland und dann über Barendrecht bis nach Rotterdam.

Unsere imaginäre musikalische Reise mit der ‚Stoomtram‘ beginnt in Klaaswaal, dem Heimatort des Auftraggeber-Orchesters. 

Zur Komposition:

Nach anfänglichen Startschwierigkeiten setzt sich die Trambahn nach dem 3. Versuch in Bewegung. Man hört das Stampfen der schweren Lok. Allmählich gewinnt die Tram an Geschwindigkeit und rollt durch die schöne Naturlandschaften des Hoeksche Waard.

Dann bremst der Zug ab und fährt in den Bahnhof Oud Beijerland ein. Die Zugglocke läutet, der abgelassene Dampf zischt und die Lok pfeift – der Zug steht im Bahnhof. 
Die Fahrgäste haben eine Verschnaufpause verdient. Ein ruhiges Thema erklingt – Zugidylle pur.

Oud Beijerland ist eine Stiftung des Grafen von Egmond aus dem Jahre 1559, der hier in der Gegend mit seiner Gemahlin Sabine von Beieren lebte.

Der Zug setzt sich erneut in Bewegung, die Pfeife ertönt ein zweites mal. Wir nehmen den Grafen von Egmond und seine Frau mit an Bord. 
Dazu ertönen Reminiszenzen aus Beethoven’s Egmont-Ouvertüre, gewissermassen als Willkommensgruß für den illustren Gast an Bord der Stoomtram.

Wieder geht die Fahrt durch die schöne Natur, vorbei an Windmühlen, Wiesen, Feldern und grossen Wasserflächen, bis schließlich ein feierlicher Choral die Einfahrt in den grossen Bahnhof von Rotterdam ankündigt. 
Das Ziel ist erreicht und damit ist auch der letzte Akkord von ‚ A STEAMY RIDE ‚ verklungen . . . . . 

A STEAMY RIDE wird verlegt durch den Bronsheim Verlag (www.bronsheimmusic.nl)


A STEAMY RIDE, for Wind Orchestra

I composed my Oboe Concerto in summer 2025. The concerto (3 movements) has a duration of about 23':30'' minutes. The premiere is still open. All suggestions are welcome . . .  The work will be published by EDITION KUNZELMANN (CH) in the course of 2026.

OBOE CONCERTO (for oboe & symphony orchestra) - 2025

FESTIVE FANFARE is a short festive concert opener for Wind Band. The piece was written in the autumn of 2015 as a commission of the Allgäu-Schwäbischer Musikbund and the german conductor Toni Scholl. It's a mix of a brassy main theme and a more calm (legato) motive in which woodwinds and saxhorn are dominating. You are listening to the Luxembourg Military Band under the baton of Major Jean-Claude Braun.

FESTIVE FANFARE, for Wind Band (2015)

Time for Outrage! was composed in 2014/15 and commissioned by the Luxembourg Military Band. In 2017 the composition has been arranged for Fanfare Band by the composer and this version was first performed by the Gelders Fanfare Orkest (NL)at the 2017 World Music Contest (WMC). The composition is divided into 3 movements . Movements 2 and 3 are played ' attacca '. The titles of the different movements are: 1 - Breaking Silence  2 - Troubled   3 - Rock the Culprits!  The piece refers to Stéphane Hessels Essay ' Indignez-vous! ' (Time for Outrage!). It can be seen as an expression of the personal dissatisfaction of the composer concerning all current crises and injustice of any kind in the world . . . .

TIME FOR OUTRAGE! (FA)- Marco Pütz

. . . in other words . . . was composed in late 2016 as a commission of the Dutch Fanfare Oranje Grootegast. The composition served as their choosen piece at the 2017 WMC (World Music Contest, Kerkrade, NL). Oranje Grootegast won the contest (1st division) with this composition. The sheet music is available at: www.bronsheim.nl (Bronsheim Music)

WMC 2017-Live

IN OTHER WORDS, for Fanfare Orchestra (2016)

Time for Outrage! is an expression of personal dissatisfaction of composer Marco Pütz all the current crises and injustice of any kind in the world. He is aware of the fact that he cannot alleviate any of these crises with his music let alone eradicate, but sees it as his free citizen right to express his indignation through music. The first part - Breaking Silence - begins almost eerily quiet. That silence is broken by a broadly built crescendo and musical climax, and then the music quiets down again. The outrage appears to be silent. In the second part - Troubled - the composer voices the fear and anxiety of people. In the third and final part - Rock the Culprits! - follows a presto in which the culprits are relentlessy and without pause driven to the end of the composition. Pütz hides his weakness in this hopeless struggle against injustice behind a mild sarcasm: the perpetrators are not punished, but " rocked ". Lastly, Pütz says: if you are nor outraged, you are not paying attention. In other words: if you're not outraged about what's happening in the world today, you walk with blinders on.
Publisher Ha/Fa/Bra: Bronshein Music (www.bronsheimmusic.nl)

Highlights From The European Brass Band Championships 2018 (CD1)

TIME FOR OUTRAGE! ,arr. by Paul McGhee (2014/2017)

My CONCERTO FOR WIND ORCHESTRA consists of four movements (1 - Prelude, 2 - Interlude - Fuga, 3 - Interlude II (to my mother , in memoriam), 4 - Postlude) and has a total duration of 22,5 minutes.
Instrumentation: Wind Orchestra + Counter bassoon, Double Bass, Piano, 5 percussion players + timpani. The composition will be available from www.bronsheimmusic.nl.
!! This is NOT a live performance, but a mp3-copy of my Sibelius/NotePerformer Score. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic and the postponement of the world premiere, this is the first time, that I am posting a virtual recording of one of my works here !!
Sheet music available from: www.bronsheimmusic.nl

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