Kevin Houben

Johannes Brahms can be considered to be one of the top composers of the nineteenth century chamber music. He was a giant in this field and an eminent successor of Beethoven and Haydn. A masterpiece fr...

Johannes Brahms can be considered to be one of the top composers of the nineteenth century chamber music. He was a giant in this field and an eminent successor of Beethoven and Haydn. A masterpiece fr...

Concert Pieces for Bb Clarinet and Piano and Etudes for Bb Clarinet Piano Accompagniment available on YouTube Channel HOUBEN EDITIONS

The first of his '3 Statements' for six trumpets (in Bb) is a solemn, dynamic Maestoso - Don't hold back - lasting just under 1 minute, and linked to a lyrical second movement - Be relaxed - of about...

Legend of a Giant ist eine Komposition für solo Altsaxophon und Harmonie-Orchester des belgischen Komponisten Kevin Houben. Der Komponist hat dieses herausfordernde Saxophon-concerto dem spanischen Sa...

Dieses Werk ist Kevin Houbens musikalisches Tribut an den berühmten Renaissance-Maler Pieter Brueghel (dem Älteren) aus dem 16. Jahrhundert. Es beginnt mit einer Gesamtansicht des Gemäldes Aufstieg zu...

We find ourselves initially at the court of King Nobel, where all the animals have arrived for a court hearing. Reynard the Fox has plenty to answer for but he seems determined to avoid his punishment...

Atropos is one of the three goddesses of fate. Atropos cuts the thread of life of a person whenever their time has come. She works alongside Clotho, who spins the thread, and Lachesis who determines t...

March of the Marmots describes the comical creatures that emerge from their winter slumber, at ­first soft and hesitant, then stridently march from their burrows into the sunlight. This piece is a nic...

Dogon whisks the audience off on a journey to the steep slopes of the Dogon Valley. Majestic brass sounds sketch the exotic culture of the Malian Dogon people. The Dogon see the valley as both a threa...

A Viking's Tale tells the story of Gelmel, the watchman of a Northern king. It is a suite distilled from Kevin Houben's large musical spectacle Gelmel, containing the most beautiful themes and interes...

Commissioned by Banda de Musica Municipal de Silleda (ES), Kevin Houben has written this work for the Certamen de Valencia 2018 in Spain. Where Angels Fly is a very technical, powerful and virtuoso wo...

Commissioned by Banda de Musica Municipal de Silleda (ES), Kevin Houben has written this work for the Certamen de Valencia 2018 in Spain. Where Angels Fly is a very technical, powerful and virtuoso wo...

Into Your Eyes was commissioned by the Nielse ConcertBand (Belgium) to celebrate its tenth anniversary. The band was formed through the fusion of two existing music societies by the late Michel Versav...

Lux Futura' (Light of the Future) was commissioned by the Royal Wind Orchestra Delft and is inspired by the letters 'D-E-L-F-T' using the letter notation system by Béla Bartók. In this 'Delft' cell, t...

Lux Futura (Light of the Future) was commissioned by the Royal Wind Orchestra Delft and is inspired by the letters 'D-E-L-F-T' using the letter notation system by Béla Bartók. In this 'Delft' cell, th...

Guardian Angels gives a musical expression to the legend of Reverend Louis Henri Bähler referring to the use of Psalm 34. North-west Veluwe and in particular Oldebroek (The Netherlands) has a very ri...

Legend of a Giant is a composition for solo alto saxophone and Wind Band composed by the Belgian composer Kevin Houben. The composer dedicated this challenging saxophone concerto to the Spanish saxoph...

Hidden Light - Loyalty Among Friends, was composed on the occasion of the 75 year membership of Mr Leo Knoben at the Royal Brass Band 'Eendracht Waubach'. (NL) From pride and admiration for this excep...

Fields of Deliberation was written by composer Kevin Houben for the 'Limburgs Fanfare Orkest'. The occasion was the concert cycle that appropriately commemorated the end of the Second World War (in 20...

Kevin Houben created with When the Lights Go Down, a wonderful chorale that can be a moment of reflection in any concert program. The resigned, magnificent melodies at the beginning of this compositi...

‘Proven’ wurde von Kevin Houben komponiert anlässlich des 100. Geburtstages des Königlichen Harmonie-Orchesters ‘De Volksvreugd’ Proven im Jahre 2021. Wie der Name schon sagt, musste das Orchester des...

“Man wird mit Keulen zu Boden geschlagen und dann auf Engelsfittichen zu den höchsten Höhen gehoben.” (Mahler over zijn 2de symfonie “Wederopstanding”, Juli 1894) *“You are clubbed to the ground and t...

This booklet presents a captivating collection of three enchanting musical compositions, created by three talented composers and suitable for performance with any instrumental ensemble. Each of these...