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...

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...