Marches for Concert Band

Along with the movement In the King's Hall, The Homage March from Act III of Sigurd Jorsalfar remains one of the most popular Scandinavian pieces of classical music. This arrangement has, once again,...

Along with the movement In the King's Hall, The Homage March from Act III of Sigurd Jorsalfar remains one of the most popular Scandinavian pieces of classical music. This arrangement has, once again,...

A spectacular dive via an extended chromatic scale immediately submerges us in a charged and somewhat archaic-feeling atmosphere. Trumpets, horns and trombones resound in rhythmic patterns, buttressed...

Minerva by Jan Van der Roost was composed on the commission of the German 'Musikverein Braunshausen' on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the orchestra. The composition, first performed on Septe...

This concert overture, which has the air of a symphonic poem, takes its inspiration from an ancient Roman bridge. A massive introduction, a threatening allegro and alternating virtuoso and chorale the...

Dieser originale Marsch orientiert sich an der Marschform, wie sie im späten 19. und frühen 20. Jahrhundert von vielen Blasorchestern gespielt wurde. Sousas Stil wird zweifellos immer populär sein, ga...

Following in the footsteps of Ceremonial March, Mercury, Arsenal and Minerva, Helios is a concert march in the tradition of grand English marches. In the first passage several connected themes are dev...

Everest is the name of a restaurant on the 40th floor of a skyscraper in Chicago. In 2003 the composer Jacob de Haan had dinner there together with his publishers and other fellow composers. The idea...

Der Komponist Itaru Skai fand die Inspiration zu diesem Stück in der wunderschönen Landschaft von Yakushima, einer Insel im Südwesten Japans. Yakushima besitzt tiefe Wälder mit mehr als 1000 Jahre alt...

The Andante from the first movement of Mendelssohn's Italian Symphony (often nicknamed Pilgrims' March) contains the most beautifully haunting melody supported by the simplest of bass lines and counte...

As the title suggest this work offers the young musician their first opportunity to take the stage as a soloist. The solo part of First Concerto can be played on a variety of brass or woodwind instrum...

This concert march is a tribute to the 'pioneers' in the world of brass music in the Lowlands of Netherlands, the original founders of the bands and the people who take the lead in organising the soci...

This piece was composed in the summer of 2000, on commission of the Whightull Wind Ensemble. Seaside Road is a march in two-four time. The work begins with a tempestuous sound, followed by a light pas...

A rip roaring grandioso concert march, full of wonderful melodic lines and striking rhythmic features. An extremely appealing composition for both performers and listeners alike.

John Blanken composed his traditional style concert march Liberty was composed in 2004. The first performance took place during a concert in which the theme was the struggle for independence and durin...

The opera Carmen, perhaps the best known work by Bizet, was first criticised in France because of the 'obscene libretto, ' but was soon considered a masterpiece, partly thanks to the appealing melodie...

The Latin title Ad Fontis means ?to the source?. This lively march in 2/4 time follows traditional forms of march composition with a cheerful opening followed by a somewhat more lyrical trio. This cer...

In Dublin Dances Jan Van der Roost has combined three well-known traditional Irish melodies to form an attractive medley. The medley contains Brian Boru's March, a melody made popular by world famous...

For Three Aspects of Kurt Weill Peter Kleine Schaars took inspiration from the three periods that characterise the life of Weill - he successively lived in Berlin, Paris and New York. One theme is use...

This programmatic piece tells the biblical story of the fall of Jericho. The music paints a vivid picture of the procession of armed men and seven priests marching around the city for seven days, befo...

This concert march does not begin with flourishing trumpets or loud tutti sounds: Jupiter opens refreshingly with percussion instruments and the 'high woodwinds'. This original introduction is followe...

The melody of Fascination was composed in 1905 by Dante Pilade 'Fermo' Marchetti. In the 1930s it was successfully performed in French and English and in 1957 it again became famous when it was used i...

Karl Millöcker zählt zu den Operettenkomponisten der Goldenen Wiener Ära. Sein Bettelstudent wurde im Jahre 1882 im Theater an der Wien uraufgeführt. Die mitreissenden, eingängigen Lieder und Melodien...