Jan van der Roost

This work, in two movements, was written for the 50th anniversary of 'Harmonie St. Cecilia' in Oudenburg, Belgium, and is dedicated to its conductor, Arne Wyntin. The first part is rather quiet and pa...

After the original work Stonehenge, which was published in 1992, the composer Jan Van der Roost has dedicated another work to this very special monument – in response to recent research that has shown...

With the original work, Stonehenge, released in 1992, composer Jan Van der Roost has yet again dedicated a new work to this very special monument – in response to recent research revealing that the mi...

This major concert work cosists o five movements. 1st movement: La Laguna del ShimbeSituated high up in the Andes mountains in Northern Peru are the Huaringas, a group of lagoons in isolated and myste...

Artemis is the Greek goddess of hunting and forests. In western art she is often pictured with deer, lions or bears with a bow in her hand. The tempo of this march is stately and the themes are 'conce...

This is a marvellous addition to the repertoire for advanced tuba players.

Rikudim (Hebrew for 'Dances') is a four-part dance suite based on Jewish music. By using eastern intervals and irregular time changes, the composer succeeds in creating a slightly melancholy but speci...

There are all sorts of marches: fast and slow, solemn and energetic, military and civil, procession and funeral. Orion is a so-called 'slow march'. However the moderate tempo does not make a passive o...

Choir voices matching DHP 0950645-010

Choir voices matching DHP 0950645-010

Jan Van der Roost was commissioned to write this hymn by the 'International Association for Human Rights' in Frankfurt. The commission specified that the instrumentation of this simple hymn should be...

This traditional melody is known worldwide as a song of farewell. Jan Van der Roost treated it as an anthem in this splendid arrangement. The melody is brought to us in whole or in part by various ins...

This traditional melody is known worldwide as a song of farewell. Jan Van der Roost treated it as an anthem in this splendid arrangement. The melody is brought to us in whole or in part by various ins...

This short showy piece was written to celebrate the fifteenth anniversary of the Belgian Brass Band, Midden Brabant and is used as the opening piece for most of the band's concerts. All sections of th...

This short opening music was composed on commission of the symphonic band of Jan Van der Roost's village (= Kontich near Antwerp / Belgium). In 1991, this community band celebrated its 100th anniversa...

This hymn was commissioned by 'Antwerpen 93'. And this city, on the banks of the river Schelde has been nominated 'Cultural Capital of Europe' for 1993. The work-group 'animatie' took the initiative a...