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Jack's Fortune

PROJECTS / WINDS SYMPHONIC

A symphonic evocation of the folk story 'How Jack went to seek his Fortune'. This new musical setting for large wind orchestra will be premiered in London, UK by the South London Symphonic Winds under the baton of Maestro Dimitri Chrysostomou...

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Struggle for Life / Overture

PROJECTS / SYMPHONIC

A symphonic evocation of the challenges and struggles that workers and poor communities were facing during the industrial Revolution in and around Manchester, UK. A work composed for the Manchester Camerata Players. 

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Chester Overture

PROJECTS / SYMPHONIC

A symphonic evocation centered around the city of Chester, UK. A work composed for the Chester Sinfonia. 

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Sea Storm / Overture

PROJECTS / SYMPHONIC

A symphonic evocation of the sea, centered around the coastal city of Worthing, UK. A work composed for the Worthing Philharmonic Orchestra. 

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Symphony n°1 'Land of Promise'

PROJECTS / SYMPHONIC

I tried to evoke the heroic virtues, faith and enthusiasm that any African country’s youth needs to show and live by in order to overcome its still difficult, even often tragic, life conditions.

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Symphony n°2 'Avondland / Ereb'

PROJECTS / SYMPHONIC

A symphony as an opposite and antidote to the quite gloomy connotation of the etymology (‘darkness, dark lands’): it is instead meant to be full of hope, light, drive and joy. It’s my modest musical take on a possible positive future for our continent and common civilization.

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Symphony n°3 'Russia'

PROJECTS / SYMPHONIC

A heroic confrontation between the implacable and severe order of the old tyrannies and recent totalitarian regimes that have crushed and murdered the people: persecution and eradication of the faithful, secret and open resistance of the people against oppression: the eternal and recurring battle between good and evil - with its heroes, prophets and martyrs.

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Adfontes Consort of Music

PROJECT / ENSEMBLE

Grounded in the treasures of our multi-secular tradition and practice but also looking boldly forward to the future, my aim as a composer and founder of this new ensemble, is to contribute in reviving the fruitful relation between Art, Community and Faith. 

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Break your Bread with the Hungry

PROJECT / ORATORIO

This cantata is a testimony to the poor, the rejected and the oppressed. It aims to evoke respectfully their lament, their despair and pain - their call for help amidst the world's triumphant laugh and scorn.

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How long still?

PROJECT / ORATORIO

This new oratorio is a musical contribution to worldwide efforts to preserve the splendor of God's work, and to support the rise of a new consciousness about our responsibility towards nature.

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Stultitia Sapiens

PROJECT / CHAMBER MUSIC

Are we not foolish when we pretend to know and explain? And can we not learn some wisdom of life when contemplating the issues, struggles and responses of those we easily call 'fools'?

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Weird Bird / Infinity Flute Project

RECORDING / CHAMBER

The CD has been recorded during the Summer of 2018 in Krzysztof Penderecki’s European Music Centre in LusÅ‚awice and will be released by DUX label. Dimitri Arnauts' participation as composer to this CD is a short musical portrait for piano and flute:  'Weird Bird'...

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Psalms of David

PROJECTS / PSALMS

For more than 10 years, I've undertaken the inspiring and fulfilling task to adorn the magnificent Psalms of David with some new music, for liturgical or concert usage...

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In Terra Pax

PROJECTS / ORATORIOS

There is a hopeful expectation that - this day will come - all tears will stop flowing and our blood will cease to be shed, and that the infinite blessings of Peace promised will be realised across the entire Earth...

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Humble Memories

CONCERTS / CHAMBER MUSIC

This suite of small and contrasted pieces of piano music, 'Humble Memories', is a set of musically translated reminiscences of my own childhood and adolescence years...

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Requiem Sancti Michaelis

SACRED / LITURGICAL

A latin Requiem Mass, in remembrance of Miguel Arnauts (1941-2018). The recorded première of this Requiem took place during Miguel's funeral ceremony at Saint Catherine church in Duisburg, Belgium, on 17 February 2018...

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