Willy Hautvast

This part from Mendelssohn's 'Midsummer Night's Dream' is a nice piece full of atmosphere allowing a wind band to excel. Above all, the French horn section comes to the fore. The work is well suited f...

For Bedrich Smetana, the polka was the source of typical Czech music par excellence. We do not only find it in his operas, symphonic works and chamber music, but he also wrote single or separate polka...

Danse des Sauvages' (Dance of the Savages) is an excerpt from the ballet opera 'Les Indes Galantes' (The Courtly Indies). Rameau was one of the most important French composers (1683 - 1764). He wrote...

An impromptu is a 'musical improvisation.' Franz Schubert (January 31, 1797 - November 19, 1828) was one of the first composers to use this form. The Austrian born Schubert composed two series of four...

Following Chopin's example, Claude Debussy (August 22, 1862 - March 25, 1918) composed a series of piano pieces called 'préludes.' Debussy, a pupil of Émile Durand and César Franck, gave a title to ea...

'Ases Tod' aus der Schauspielmusik zu Henrik Ibsens 'Peer Gynt' von Edvard Grieg.

'Where'er You Walk' ist eine wunderschöne Arie aus dem dramatischen Oratorium 'Semele' (HWV 58) von Georg Friedrich Händel.

Schlummert Ein' is an aria, the third section from the cantata Ich Habe Genug (BWV 82) ('I Have Enough'). Bach wrote this piece for the Purification of Mary on February 2, 1727. He composed it origina...

Praeludium no. 4, BWV 556, is from '8 Short Preludes and Fugues' formerly attributed to Johann Sebastian Bach, but probably composed by one of his students. It is originally a short prelude for organ....

flex series 4 parts

Der in Polen geborene Komponist Frederic Chopin (1810-1849) wird als der größte Komponist der polnischen Geschichte betrachtet. Sein Werk, oft für eine Musterkarte der Romantischen Kunst gehalten, ent...

Unter den zahlreichen Canzonas für Bläser ist die 'Canzona Quarta' von Gabrieli ein wahres Meisterwerk.

Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848) war ein italienischer Opernkomponist. Besonders bezeichnend als Komponist war für ihn, dass er ständig zwischen Italien, Frankreich und Österreich auf Reisen war. Don Pas...

brass quartet / Trp 1 - Flug. 1 / Trp 2 - Flug. 2 / Horn F or Eb / Trb C or Bb BC/TC - Baritone C or Bb BC/TC

This part from Mendelssohn's 'Midsummer Night's Dream' is a nice piece full of atmosphere allowing a wind band to excel. Above all, the French horn section comes to the fore. The work is well suited f...

clarinet quartet / 3 Bb-Sib clarinets + Bb-Sib bass clarinet (recording with saxophones)