Willy Hautvast

À la Mémoire (En mémoire de ma femme). In Memory (In memory of my wife). With this composition I wanted to express my feelings over the enormous loss of my wife, who died in 2018 after 60 years of mar...

'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.

Waltz in A-flat major, Op. 69, No. 1, is a waltz composed by Frédéric Chopin. It is also called 'The Farewell Waltz' or 'Valse de l'Adieu.' The waltz was originally written as a farewell piece to Mari...

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....

Aria from Cantata no.208 In a fine arrangement by Willy Hautvast

Wilhelm Kienzl (born Waizenkirchen, Oberösterreich, January 17, 1857; died Vienna, October 3, 1941) was an Austrian composer, pianist, and conductor. On May 4 1895, Der Evangelimann, his most famous o...

Wilhelm Kienzl (born Waizenkirchen, Oberösterreich, January 17, 1857; died Vienna, October 3, 1941) was an Austrian composer, pianist, and conductor. On May 4 1895, Der Evangelimann, his most famous o...

This Ode to Joy is the choral finale of Beethoven's 9th Symphony, composed in 1823, using a poem written in 1785 by Friedrich von Schiller. During the Olympic Games of 1956, 1960 and 1964, Ode to Joy...

Willy Hautvast arranged this splendid work from the works of Bach. The serene tranquility it breathes will leave a deep impression behind.

This symphony has a wonderful 2nd movement which lends itself excellently for performance by windband.In Holland this movement serves as a signature tune for a very popular tv-programme, 'Het Capitool...

The French composer Georges Bizet (Paris, 1838 - 1875) is not only famous because of his opera 'Carmen' and his stage music for 'L'Arlésienne'. His opera in three acts, 'Les Pêcheurs de Perles' (The P...

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...

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...

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847) was a German composer, conductor, organist and pianist of the early Romantic period. This Wedding March, extracted from the theatre music written for William Sh...