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This work, composed in 1985, wants to shake you up and put a spell on you at the same time. Today, humanity is threatened by many dangers, many of which we are not able to banish. We need help from a...

This is a selection of several dances related to the Scottish HORNPIPE. The hornpipe is an old traditional sailor's dance which used to be very popular in the British Isles. It is music full of spirit...

A composition with a religious touch, based on the well-known hymn 'Lobet den Herrn'.The traditional introduction is followed by a section in baroque-style scored in a modern idiom which leads to the...

The original 16th century Ricercare was actually a vocal work without words.Instrumental music is in search of its independence: the content was so to say a musical invocation.The Ricercare in this ca...

Jef Penders (Hoensbroek 1928) wird oft 'der spanische Limburger' genannt. Penders dirigierte manche Blasmusikorchester und Chöre und hat einen internationalen Ruf als Bearbeiter und Blasmusikkomponist...

Solo for two baritons (euphonia) and wind orchestra

This composition is subtitled 'Rhapsodic Sketches on a two days journey through a Dutch province (county)'. Penders originally composed this music to illustrate a series of slides on the Dutch provinc...