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Funk Factory encompasses the excitement and youthful spirit from the composer's early years playing in concert bands. Nothing quite comes close to the unique energy of a spirited band performance. Fun...

This original composition by Sara van de Wijer is based on the Irish legend of Bran Mac Febail Bran is the main character of this very old myth. He makes a wonderful sea voyage on which strange island...

This original composition by Sara van de Wijer is based on the Irish legend of Bran Mac Febail Bran is the main character of this very old myth. He makes a wonderful sea voyage on which strange island...

Thematic fantasy inspired by the Western era. With its melodies and sound effects, it brings the listener to this period. The work consists of fun, bold and some surprising parts. The work places us i...

The Besana International Band Festival is a festival place every two years in Besana in Brianza, in Italy. Organized by the local band with the aim of bringing together musical groups united by the sp...

The landing of the Portuguese on Madeira Island in 1419 is widely regarded as the beginning of the Discovery Age which saw European explorers of the 15th century sail across all the globe. To commemor...

The landing of the Portuguese on Madeira Island in 1419 is widely regarded as the beginning of the Discovery Age which saw European explorers of the 15th century sail across all the globe. To commemor...

Takehiko Inoue's 'Slam Dunk' is one of the all time best-selling Japanese manga series. It tells the story of a teenage hot-head delinquent who joins the school's basketball team in an attempt to impr...

Takehiko Inoue's 'Slam Dunk' is one of the all time best-selling Japanese manga series. It tells the story of a teenage hot-head delinquent who joins the school's basketball team in an attempt to impr...

Dunkirk is a French city that served as a backdrop for the Allied military operation (Dynamo) between May and June 1940. It consisted of the evacuation of Allied troops that had been encircled by the...

Music is an art of contrasts and relationships. This is characterized by the Night-Day succession. My diptych is born from this duality. The night piece is based on a simple motive that will end up a...

Music is an art of contrasts and relationships. This is characterized by the Night-Day succession. My diptych is born from this duality. The night piece is based on a simple motive that will end up a...

Man has always ventured into the unknown. Almost five centuries ago, the Portuguese navigators started a new Era. Mare Clausum has the purpose of honoring all Portuguese navigators who, through their...

Man has always ventured into the unknown. Almost five centuries ago, the Portuguese navigators started a new Era. Mare Clausum has the purpose of honoring all Portuguese navigators who, through their...

A thrilling and joyous spectacle! That's the best way to describe A Farewell to Arms. The chorale "Mach mit mir, Gott, nach deiner Gut", BWV 377, inspired a magnificent piece of music in which all the...

At the end of 1944, Allied troops invaded the Netherlands from Belgium. Hope and longing for freedom, which now seemed so close, swept through the Netherlands: Operation Market Garden was launched. Hu...

Dr Jekyll researches the evil in man and succeeds in creating a potion that transforms him into his alter ego, Hyde. However, Jekyll loses control and fights an inner battle with Hyde. He loses this b...

Commissioned by the musicians, direction and friends of Banda de Música de Vilela - Portugal. The main objective of the work is to pay homage to the conductor and professor José Ricardo Freitas, for a...

The Tower was commisioned by the concert band of Auneau (France), for their 190th anniversary. The composer was inspired by a medieval tower standing in the city and decided to transcribe in music the...

The haunting Normandy Carol is an alternative tune for Away in a Manger. This free set of variations [on the carol] also features a recurring motif from Silent Night and contains several tributes to w...

Solemnity was composed when the composer came back from his first Midwest Clinic in Chicago. Inspired by all the concert bands performing there, and all the fellow composers met at this occasion, he d...

THE LEGEND OF CARTHAGE is a Symphonic Poem inspired by the ancient city of Carthage, located in modern-day Tunisia. Through his melodies and sound effects, the composer tries to transport musicians, D...

Symphonic concert work, dedicated to the Bauernkapelle St. Georgen, conductor Johannes Biegler. The concert work "La Cittá", which translates as "The City", is a tribute to the district of St. Georgen...

On August 14th 2020, the composer Noah Wada saw the Perseids meteor shower from a hill. He could clearly see many bright stars streaming across the sky, as if they were falling down on the earth. The...

Combining art and sport, "the muscle with the spirit" as Pierre de Coubertin said, is one of the foundations of Olympism. For the Paris 2024 Games, art and sport will interact and enrich each other. T...