The composer Etienne Crausaz has created an appealing brass band orchestration of his own work Grant Us Peace, which was originally written for mixed choir. It offers different readings of a single phrase found at the end of the Agnus Dei: “Dona nobis pacem” (Grant us peace). This plea is expressed musically in a way that is by turns gentle, naïve, powerful, pleading and trusting. Two soloists (cornet and flugelhorn) appear in a short duet at the beginning of the piece. This music invites contem...