Bart Picqueur dedicated this composition to his father on the occasion of his 70th birthday. In this work, the composer musically refers to their family roots in 17th-century France. It also contains...
Symphony No. 0 was commissioned by the Koninklijke Harmonie St. Cecilia from Zele, Belgium, on the occasion of its 175th anniversary. 'Phoenix ex cinere suo renascitur' (the Phoenix will rise from its...
This Irish traditional song is widely known even though this tune consists of only a few bars that are repeated all the time. Bart Picqueur turned it into a lively arrangement and incorporated the the...
Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992) was the extraordinary grandmaster of the Argentinean Tango. He composed over 330 tangos with Libertango being one of the most famous. With this arrangement, we have the ple...
Danzas del infierno (Dances from Hell) is the score from an imaginary film. Therefore, the images are intangible, successively formed in the fantasies of the composer, the conductor, the musician, and...
El batallón de los zapatos rotos' literally means 'the regiment of the wornout shoes'. This composition is a sort of hybrid between the typically Spanish paso doble and a Belgian hunters' march. The t...
