Jan van der Roost

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...

In making this piano reduction, the arranger has attempted to retain as much of the original version (for string orchestra and harpsichord) as possible, to give the soloist a clear idea of what is goi...

Der Titel Salti (non) mortali spielt darauf an, worum es in diesem kurzen Werk für Violine und Klavier geht: Sprünge bzw. Intervalle. Das Stück erfordert speziell im Mittelteil Techniken und Effekte w...

The impact that Adolphe Sax, the inventor of the Saxophone, (Dinant, Belgium, 1814 - Paris, France, 1894) has had on musical history is undeniable. In this work, Jan Van der Roost has tried to pay a s...

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...

In composing Puszta, Jan Van der Roost wrote folk dances related to Slavonic folk music. Its character and sounds are comparable to the Hungarian and Slavonic dances by Brahms and Dvorak and to the Hu...

Balkanya ist eine fröhliche Suite aus drei Tänzen im Stil der Volksmusik vom Balkan, die jedoch keine originalen Volksmelodien enthält. In Myriam MeesÔÇÖ Arrangement für Akkordeonorchester kommen vers...

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...

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...

Adagio for Winds is similar in atmosphere to the well-known Canterbury Chorale (also by Jan Van der Roost), in that it has no exaggerated melodrama, but rather a melodically wide and expressive approa...

When composing this work the brief from the commissioning band was for the composer to base the work on a chorale-like subject matter and this he has done with aplomb. In the very first bars a chorale...

Die belgische Gemeinde Heist-op-den-Berg feierte im Jahr 2008 ihr mindestens tausendjähriges Bestehen; Grund genug, einen festlichen Marsch für diesen Ort in Auftrag zu geben, den jeder der sage und s...

Diptyque is the French word for 'diptych, ' meaning a hinged two-part image. The first section of this two-part musical painting has an Oriental feel, with characteristic pentatonic melody lines and c...

It may be surprising to see a fanfare piece commissioned by a Japanese ensemble, since fanfare orchestras are typically found in Belgium, Holland and Luxembourg, and also France and Switzerland. Senzo...

This semi-programmatic work about medieval Great Britain - of which Albion is the earliest known name - was originally composed for brass band. Due to its great success, Jan Van der Roost created a fa...