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This programmatic piece of music is one of the best-selling works from Otto M. Schwarz. There was a very high demand for a lower grade version to enable young and small bands to perform this epic piec...

In Concerto d'Amore, a maestoso opening is followed by a quick and energetic movement that leads to a magnificent adagio. A motif from this adagio can be heard in a swinging movement, after which the...

A composition that breaks new ground was created by the Austrian composer Otto M. Schwarz with A Song for You. With this work you can use recorder students and thus familiarize them with a wind orches...

In October 1997, Jacob de Haan visited the Swiss village of St. Moritz, where he worked as a conductor with a symphonic wind band. The Mountains around St. Moritz were covered in marvelous autumn colo...

This piece was commissioned by Oyama City Symphonic Wind Orchestra to commemorate their 30th Anniversary. The composer was inspired by Oyama City's slogan, 'water, green and earth', to write this fest...

Das Stück Sahara nimmt Sie mit auf eine Reise in die weltweit größte Trockenwüste, die sich im Norden des afrikanischen Kontinents befindet. Sie umfasst 8 Millionen Quadratkilometer und erstreckt sich...

The main theme of this composition was created in the night of the 10th of August, one of those clear nights with stars falling softly in order not to wake the dreams. While writing it, the Italian co...

When you have been playing in a band for a long time, you will know that music belongs to the most beautiful moments in life, but also to the roughest times. Making music together can give you strengt...

Close is a chorale that sings the praises of a universal theme: love. The people who are dear to you are the ones you'd like to keep as close to you as possible, to make sure you can hug them from tim...

Four roads lead to Santiago', so begins the Book of the Pilgrim. Written in the 12th century, the Codex Calixtinus opened the way for pilgrimage from most cities in Europe and North Africa to Santiago...

Survivors is a concert march that is both luminous and tuneful. The brilliance of the brass, combined with the expressiveness of the woodwinds, gives this work a clear modernity. It was composed for a...

While many often underestimate the extensive colors, harmonies, and emotional ranges available to younger ensembles, this stunning lyrical work sets out to explore those very qualities. While playable...

This hauntingly aggressive work investigates the legends surrounding the exploration of Antarctica. Inspired by the recent brutal winters involving the polar vortex, the music depicts magical scenery...

Step back in time with this thrilling circus galop composed in the style of Karl L. King. Experience an evening inside the Big Top, complete with capricious clowns, amazing aerialists, enormous elepha...

In Lord Tullamore, composer Carl Wittrock shows us his vision for Irish folk music. The result is a diverse three-part composition of rousing Irish folk with a continental touch. Lord Tullamore reflec...

Carl Wittrock became inspired by huge icefields surrounding the South Pole. Colourfull and majestic sounds provide the composition a fascinating view of this '6th' continent. 'Antarctica' is a free im...

This piece was commissioned by Kunstfactor in the Netherlands, as part of the Swinds Project. (Swing for Winds). The work is contains several well-known musical styles similar to those found in well-k...

The Nanga Parbat, literally Naked Mountain, and also known as Killer Mountain is one of the largest and most dangerous mountains in the West Himalayas. At a height of 8125m it is the ninth highest mou...

The zeppelin airship 'Hindenburg', named after the German Reich President Paul von Hindenburg, was one of the largest airships ever built. The maiden voyage of the airship was in March 1936, but on Ma...

In the Berlin City Palace in 1701 a room was constructed with walls decorated with amber, at the command of the first Prussian King, Friedrich I. In 1716 Friedrich gave the room to the Russian Tsar, P...

The composition Voice of the Vikings describes the history of the Vikings, a Norse folk that was planning on conquering the world in their artfully carved ships. And of course they were also notorious...

The concert march Sempre Unita, which means Always United is a musical tribute to a united Europe. The composition is in a traditional form and is characterized by a grandiose tuba solo, a euphonium/o...

Olympic Fire was written to commemorate the 70th anniversary of Windband Tirol. Through the festive opening fanfare about sports, mountains and valleys, the music moves through the various instrument...

The Ghost Ship is based on the SS American Star transatlantic shipwreck. The ship was hit by a heavy storm and when it was being towed, the tug cut the cable for no apparent reason and the American St...