Kees Vlak

Here we have a selection of Brabant folksongs in a modern arrangement. The main theme 'Duke John' is constantly present in different forms and makes the link between the different musical themes. This...

This four part suite in Spanish style is named after the second part, the most romantic of the four movements. It pictures a pastoral Spanish mountain village awakening by the sound of the church bell...

Gerade wie die Brabant Fantasie und die Fryske Fantasie ist dieses Werk eine Auslese von originalen Volksliedern, diesmal aus den Limburger Provinzen. Das bekannteste Lied, zugleich die Verbindung zwi...

Glenn Miller's influence can hardly be denied in this Dick Ravenal composition. Mind the drum break in the middle of this most popular work.

An easy work which will invite the listeners to dance. This chatterbox cha-cha has a real exotic touch. A real cha-cha that incites to dance!

This work is meant to provide both musicians and listeners with a better understanding of the musical structures. The composers deals successively with the sonata, the three-part Lied form and the ron...

Big Band Sound again! A composition in the famous Glenn Miller idiom but ... much easier to perform. Again a number of Chorusses in which the musicians can Jazz it up a little. This opportunity for im...

In the series Real Big Band Sound this is a new hit with some optional solo's for skilled instrumentalists. A fine swinging boogie-woogie with possible improvisations that will please young and less y...

This selection of Dutch hits that made it on the worldrepertoirelist was commissioned by CONAMUS,the Dutch organisation for promotion of Dutch Entertainment Music, compiled by Kees Vlak and published...

This imposing work has been commissioned by the BFO Dutch Music Center and the VARA radio. Kees Vlak has been inspired by the Liberation which put an end to the Second World War.

Anlässlich eines Musikfestes des Bundes Deutscher Blasmusikverbände in Freiburg im '86 war der Komponist im Schwarzwald zu Gast. Eine seiner Kompositionen wurde auf diesem Festival prämiiert. Er wohnt...

1) 'Jour de Fête.* A quiet sunday atmosphere on the Avenue Foch, a residental area for the well-to-do in Paris. It begins with full-soun­ding chords, with a wealth of added tones. It seems as if many...