Miscellaneous

In a four-part composition Rieks van der Velde takes us to the richly varied area surrounding the university city of Cambridge. The Dutch composer was especially inspired by the atmosphere of Cambridg...

Arctic Funk might just as well have been a flashing sequel to a scene from Leonard Bernstein's West Side Story. Popular music but with a difference, as indicated by the title. The work's quiet section...

Jubilant Prelude' is an orchestration of the 'Preludium over Psalm 150' originally composed for organ by Toon Hagen. Since 1998 Toon Hagen has been organ-player of the 'Grote or Sint Michaëlskerk' in...

A sensitive arrangement of the well loved hymn 'Spirit of the Living God'.

As he did before in the often played and commonly appreciated 'Lord Tullamore', in which he poetically depicted the landscape and the cultural elements of a small Irish village, in his composition 'Th...

The young have the future. This is the statement made at the beginning of 'Like a Child' by Andreas Ludwig Schulte. The opening radiates strength and ambition, but one is also made to wonder which dir...

Rond de vorige millennium wissel zijn vele blaasorkesten ontstaan. Zo ook in het Friese dorpje Tijnje. In 1905 werd christelijke muziekvereniging 'de Bazuin' opgericht. Reden genoeg om voor dit jubile...

Gawan Roberts wrote this march in 2001 on the occasion of the play Brassed Off, which took place in the Frisian village of Jorwert. The march has been written in the virtuosic English brass band style...

Make my day means something like: it makes me happy. This term refers especially to this up-tempo composition of Ron Gilmore. Ideal as a bouncer at your concert!

Make my day means something like: it makes me happy. This term refers especially to this up-tempo composition of Ron Gilmore. Ideal as a bouncer at your concert!

In 2005 it was 400 years ago that the first volume of the world-famous novel 'El ingenioso hidalgo don Quichote de La Mancha', written by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1547-1616), was published. Don...

Trimbeka is a composition which owes its existence to the anniversary of music society 'de Vlecke' in Gorredijk. The name Gorredijk originates from 'goor' or 'gor', which means : bog. Along the marshy...

Feroaring fan Lucht' is gebaseerd op de gelijknamige roman van de Friese schrijver Rink van der Velde (1932-2001). De vele werken van Van der Velde zijn meestal gebaseerd op ervaringen die hij opdeed...

Gaudete' comes from the Finnish/Swedish 'Piae Cantiones', a collection of religious music from the 16th century. The English folk group 'Steeleye Span' featuring female lead singer Maddy Prior had a h...

Tusken bou en greiden Deze compositie van Rob Goorhuis gaat over drie mannen, wier namen nauw verbonden zijn met het Friese dorp Witmarsum. Het zijn heel verschillende figuren, hoewel er in hun karakt...

Bi-Millennial Celebration' has been composed to honour the 2000th anniversary of the founding of the city of Nijmegen. This work consists of three continuous movements. The first movement depicts the...

The Dutch composer Harrie Janssen composed 'Adventures of the Beaume' to mark the 50th anniversary of his parents wedding. The composer of the march his memories of the family home, and in particular...

Shalom Chaverim is an ancient Hebrew (farewell)song, which was originally sung at the end of a celebration or meeting. It was and is mostly sung as a round. Freely translated the words mean 'Goodbye,...

Shalom Chaverim is an ancient Hebrew (farewell)song, which was originally sung at the end of a celebration or meeting. It was and is mostly sung as a round. Freely translated the words mean 'Goodbye,...

Noel' is based on the famous English Carol 'The First Noel'. The age of this song is not clear. Some scientists argue that this song is from early thirteenth century, others say that it's from the six...