Ensemble

2011 was a disastrous year for Japan: on March 11 the northeast of the country suffered a violent earthquake, which triggered a huge tsunami and caused massive damage to people and the environment. Th...

Like the Eagle, We Soar and Rise was commissioned by Yuying Secondary School Concert Band and Yuying Alumni Association for the 2010 centenary of the school's foundation. The piece was named by a frie...

Satoshi Yagisawa has lived in Ichikawa City, Chiba Prefecture in Japan since he was in elementary school. Around Christmas time every year in Ichikawa City, seven Chiba high school bands hold a joint...

A brief introduction leads to a majestic theme in the clarinets, supported by pounding percussion beats, before the brass section takes up the theme in a quicker, heroic fashion. In Statue of Liberty...

Belvedere is a beautiful solo for trumpet or flugel horn and is partly taken from City Scapes, a concert work that was inspired by Central Park in New York City. The title Belvedere refers to 'Belvede...

Belvedere is a beautiful solo for trumpet or flugel horn and is partly taken from City Scapes, a concert work that was inspired by Central Park in New York City. The title Belvedere refers to 'Belvede...

Tarjan, Hungarian Pictures' is a work in three movements commissioned by the town of Vesoul and its concert band. This work pays tribute to Jean-Marie Goux, the band's former musical director, who had...

Composer Satoshi Yagisawa is very popular in Asia, and has a great reputation in Singapore in particular. He composed this piece in 2017 as a commission from the Yishun Primary School Concert Band. Th...

Rosa Gallica' has been written to commemorate the centenary of the First World War. The work focuses largely on France as a lot of the fighting took place there. With the title Rosa Gallica (French ro...

The myth of El Dorado ('the golden one') stems from the story of a powerful chief who used to cover himself with gold dust before bathing in a sacred lake where he threw precious objects as offerings...

With this work, composer Jacob de Haan depicts a procession of the inhabitants of the Basque town Zumarraga to the hermitage of Santa Mar a La Antigua in the mountains nearby. The music, that has care...

A wonderful new work by Satoshi Yagisawa in which flowers are the focal point. This work honours the official registration of the Dendrobium ‘Yishun Primary School' in The International Orchid Registe...

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...

This work is not only about the flow of the Doubs, Ranceuse and Roide rivers that converge at Pont-de-Roide but also about the flow of life and history of this French town. The composition begins fest...

Black Gold was commissioned by Musikverein 1891 "Harmonie" Saarwellingen e.V. (Germany) to mark its 130th anniversary. This composition pictures the history of the mining industry in the town of Saarw...

The World of Sorcery plunges the listeners into a spellbinding universe where witchcraft and black magic combine harmoniously. Commissioned by Arts Vivants 52 and the wind bands of Bourbonne-les-Bains...

With the 2024 Olympic Games taking place in Paris, the Confédération Musicale de France wanted to take part by commissioning a work that would bring musicians together around the sporting event. Compo...

This work describes the way the German river Saar holds the names of all the people who once lived in the area and of those who live there now. The introduction depicts the river flowing toward its co...

On 22 January 1963, the signing of the Élysée Treaty between France and Germany marked the beginning of a solid relationship of cooperation and friendship, embodying the reconciliation of two nations...

Knocking at Heaven's Gate brings us into brief contact with heaven through music. There are beautiful solos for euphonium and flugelhorn in the piece, and the trumpets and trombones also play an impor...

Knocking at Heaven's Gate brings us into brief contact with heaven through music. There are beautiful solos for euphonium and flugelhorn in the piece, and the trumpets and trombones also play an impor...

The work Sonoritas was commissioned by the Kaohsiung City Wind Orchestra, a professional wind orchestra from Taiwan, and premiered on September 10, 2023 at the beautiful Kaohsiung Weiwuying Concert Ha...

The work Sonoritas was commissioned by the Kaohsiung City Wind Orchestra, a professional wind orchestra from Taiwan, and premiered on September 10, 2023 at the beautiful Kaohsiung Weiwuying Concert Ha...

Already in ancient times, a wooden double-reed instrument called aulos existed on the eastern Mediterranean coast. Images of it have been discovered in various countries that are thousands of years ol...

The peace of a mountain village is shattered by a dreadful rumour: whether animal or something more disturbing, a creature is said to be prowling the area. After a quiet beginning, the music builds up...