Frühlings­konzert der Grau­bünden Brass

The hall concert in early summer 2026 by Graubünden Brass combines motifs from legends and myths with impressive soundscapes.

Ricardo Molla's "Amaia" focuses on Jürg Willi as a soloist on the E-flat tuba. The first part concludes with Peter Meechan's work "The Legend of King Arthur", which tells the Arthurian saga musically - from the sword Excalibur in the stone to the Battle of Mount Badon and the story of Guinevere. Sophisticated brass band literature that served as a test piece for the National Championship of Great Britain at the Royal Albert Hall in 2014.

In the second part, principal cornetist Simon Gabriel interprets the "Allegro" from the Violin Concerto in D minor by Felix Mendelssohn (arr. Leigh Baker). The virtuoso solo voice brings Mendelssohn's characteristic style to bear in a new tonal guise. The solo is part of Simon's competition entry at this year's European Solo Competition in Linz.

With Philip Sparke's "Hymn of the Highlands", another great work rounds off the evening. In seven movements, a musical panorama of the legendary Scottish landscape is created, carried by soloists from their own ranks: Gian Carlo Caviezel (euphonium), Marco Wüst (soprano cornet), Erika Bearth (bb cornet), Bernhard Meuli (flugelhorn), Daniel Derungs (E-flat horn) and Matthias Wolf (baritone).

Conductor: Gian Stecher
Soprano: Selina Gruber, Marco Wüst