Bert Appermont

With this piece, the composer wanted to create a dream-like experience for the listener. In each of the four movements (Absence, Caprice, Nocturne and The Return) a different dream state is evoked usi...

El Cid was the name of the legendary knight and folk hero Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar Cameador, the man who never lost a duel. After a typically Spanish opening, a slower section follows in which the compos...

Concerto for Horn and Band was written on commission from the horn player Miguel Martinez Megias and the symphonic concert band La Armónica from Buñol, Spain. This four-movement work is comprised of a...

This piece was commissioned by Swiss euphonium virtuoso Eich Schmidli. Bert Appermont dug deep into Celtic music for inspiration and created a fantasy that shows off the incredible, but often overlook...

This work was written especially for the Belgian trombonist Ben Haemhouts and was created on Dec. 29, 1998 in Ravels. Colors for trombone is a virtuous composition based on four colors, 'Yellow', 'Red...

Following the success of Coldplay in Symphony, Bert Appermont created a symphonic arrangement for Adele’s music in his cinematic writing style. For this medley, he used beautiful melodic elements from...

Following the success of Coldplay in Symphony, Bert Appermont created a symphonic arrangement for Adele’s music in his cinematic writing style. For this medley, he used beautiful melodic elements from...

This work is based on the famous stories of Baron Münchhausen. In these tall tales, the baron undertook all sorts of fabulous adventures. He flew, for example, on a cannonball, or rode on a horse torn...

This composition is based on the beautiful chorale melody Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern (How lovely shines the Morning Star). Like the chorale fantasias by Bach and Buxtehude, this is a fantasia...

This composition was commissioned by the Musique Municipale d'Ingwiller, for the occasion of their 150th anniversary. The source of inspiration for this work was the municipality of Ingwiller in the F...

This composition was commissioned by the Musique Municipale d'Ingwiller, for the occasion of their 150th anniversary. The source of inspiration for this work was the municipality of Ingwiller in the F...

Diese Komposition basiert auf dem traditionellen hebräischen Lied Shalom Aleichem, das in eine Mischung aus Klezmer-, Balkan- und lateinamerikanischer Musik eingebettet wurde. Der Titel ist Programm,...

Diese Komposition basiert auf dem traditionellen hebräischen Lied Shalom Aleichem, das in eine Mischung aus Klezmer-, Balkan- und lateinamerikanischer Musik eingebettet wurde. Der Titel ist Programm,...

This emotive work is based on the story of a young trombone player who died of cancer. It is an emotional rollercoaster expressing, by turn, the joy of life, fate, farewell, sadness, and yet again, jo...

This emotive work is based on the story of a young trombone player who died of cancer. It is an emotional rollercoaster expressing, by turn, the joy of life, fate, farewell, sadness, and yet again, jo...

This composition begins with a stately brass fanfare, which leads to a tuneful hymn. After gradual development, both melodies sound together in a grand tutti.Fanfare & Hymn was commissioned by the Roy...

This composition begins with a stately brass fanfare, which leads to a tuneful hymn. After gradual development, both melodies sound together in a grand tutti.Fanfare & Hymn was commissioned by the Roy...

Komponisten wie Bach und Händel unterzeichneten ihre Werke oft mit den Worten 'Soli deo gloria', was soviel wie 'Allein Gott zur Ehre' bedeutet. Aus diesem spirituellen Blickwinkel heraus entstand übe...

The terroristic attacks in Brussels, Paris, Nice and Berlin shocked many people and lead to fear, distrust and disbelief. To express these emotions, Bert Appermont composed the beautiful and sensitive...

The magnificent concert march Aurum (lat. gold) was written on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the cunductor of the municipal band of Wolfach, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The march begins w...

Bert Appermont is mostly known for his original works for band. With 'Coldplay in Symphony' he has combined his cinematic, orchestral style of writing with the melodic genius of some of Coldplay's gre...

You Raise me Up' has topped the charts all around the world. Its memorable Irish-style melody sticks with you like a real earworm! Here it is beautifully arranged by Bert Appermont.