Jan van der Roost

This concert march is written in the tradition of Mercury, Arsenal, Helios, Jupiter, Apollo, Minerva and others: the rather moderate tempo lends this march by Jan Van der Roost a rather dignified and...

The Greek word 'hypernikon' roughly translates as 'More Than Conquerors', the motto of Gordon College in Wenham, Massachusetts the commissioner of this piece. The work is inspired by David Rox's very...

Every player of a wind instrument probably wishes they could play the lead part in a professional concert band. With this book this wish can be fulfilled. It contains wonderful concert works from the...

In composing Firework Jan Van der Roost has once again succeeded in creating another spectacular intro following on Flashing Winds and Signature. In just over a minute the composer shows the band off...

Every player of a wind instrument probably wishes they could play the lead part in a professional concert band. With this book this wish can be fulfilled. It contains wonderful concert works from the...

Every player of a wind instrument probably wishes they could play the lead part in a professional concert band. With this book this wish can be fulfilled. It contains wonderful concert works from the...

Every player of a wind instrument probably wishes they could play the lead part in a professional concert band. With this book this wish can be fulfilled. It contains wonderful concert works from the...

The Wooden Soldier is a short and simple piece commissioned by the Singapore Ministry of Education. It was originally intended as a compulsory piece for the 2012 Singapore Youth Festival. Because many...

Freude, Traurigkeit und Fröhlichkeit sind die drei Stimmungen, die Jan Van der Roost in diesem Werk für Bassklarinette und Klavier in ebenso vielen Sätzen vertonte. Während die Freude in einem rhythmi...

Izumi Shibata commissioned the Ballad for Bass Trombone as a unique and thoughtful birthday present for her husband, who happens to play this very instrument. Thanks to her gift, bass trombone players...

Arsenal was composed for the 50th anniversary of the ‘Harmonie van het Spoorwegarsenaal’ (railroad arsenal), based in Mechelen (Belgium). Rather a stately concert march, it has beautiful themes and a...

Diese vier Tänze sind in einer Art Neorenaissance- Stil für die Besetzung Sopran-, Alt-, Tenor- und Bassblockflöte geschrieben. Da sie in technischer Hinsicht keine sehr hohen Anforderungen stellen, s...

Dieses Doppelkonzert für zwei Klarinetten und Klavier widmete der Komponist dem Klarinettenvirtuosen Walter Boeykens und dessen Tochter. In jedem der vier Teile der anspruchsvollen Komposition entspin...

Jan Van der Roost composed the Chemical Suite for the Daniel Speer Trombone Consort. In the unusual work the general characteristics of the chemical materials Potassium, Glycerin, Chloroform and Ethan...

These four dance are written in a neo-Renaissance style. They were originally intended for teaching purposes but the four varied movements ensure lots of playing fun too. The use of percussion instrum...

Der zeitgenössische belgische Komponist Jan Van der Roost wurde vor allem durch seine sinfonischen Blasorchesterwerke bekannt und ist auf der ganzen Welt erfolgreich. Dass er auch das Metier Kammermus...

These four dance are written in a neo-Renaissance style. They were originally intended for teaching purposes but the four varied movements ensure lots of playing fun too. The use of percussion instrum...

This short work is partly based on the well-known bassoon solo from 'Peter and the Wolf', the musical fairy tale by Sergei Prokofiev. However, the original melody is presented in 'inversion': ascendin...

A book containing the first flute parts for ten works by the well respected concert band composer Jan Van der Roost. The accompanying play-along CD contains concert band recordings of each work for yo...

Cantabile e Ritmico sind zwei kurze, leicht zugängliche originale Kompositionen für Flöte solo. Wie die Titel schon andeuten, steht in Cantabile der sängerische Aspekt im Vordergrund, während in Ritmi...