Amstel Music

The work, set as the test-piece for the 2005 European Brass Band Championships was inspired by a theme from the second movement of Tchaikovsky's String Quartet No. 1 (Andante Cantabile). It consists o...

Full Score of this work is available for sale. Individual parts are for rental only, not for sale. A rental set includes all individual parts and 2 full scores. Prices and conditions are available on...

La Quintessenza is a musical approach of the quintessence, the heart of the matter. By focusing a five note motif in a number of variants, de Meij uses this approach to get through to the essence of t...

The symphonic poem 'Loch Ness' consists of five through-composed impressions of this mysterious Scottish Lake. I) The Lake At Dawn - calm, static, sonorous blocks depict the troubled opaque water surf...

Diese melodische Hymne wurde zur 24-Jahrfeier des Gemeindeverbands Margraten in der niederländischen Provinz Limburg in Auftrag gegeben. Das Werk wurde bei einem großen Galakonzert am 24. November 200...

For this exciting work Johan de Meij took his inspiration from Rembrandt's The Night Watch, Vermeer's Love Letter and Steen's Prinsjesdag. In the first movement the solo trombone keeps watch at night,...

For this exciting work Johan de Meij took his inspiration from Rembrandt's The Night Watch, Vermeer's Love Letter and Steen's Prinsjesdag. In the first movement the solo trombone keeps watch at night,...

The Suite 'Aquarium' is Johan de Meij's third composition for symphonic band and features six tropical fishes, each of them represented by a motif, and surfacing as such in several guises. The composi...

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Another award-winning composition by Johan de Meij: a spectacular orchestral adventure, exploring the endless possibilities of the note 'E' in all its different forms and appearances.

With Via Claudia, the band takes the audience with it on a tour of the Alps. The journey begins on a foggy night near Venice and leads in a solemn procession over steep mountain passes up to the summi...

The first of its kind: A delightful suite based on five enchanting African folk songs. African Harmony can be performed instrumental or with choir (SATB).

Les pêcheurs de perles (The Pearl Fishers) is an opera in three acts by French composer Georges Bizet, who particularly made his fame with his opera Carmen. The friendship duet Au fond du temple saint...

After 30 years, Johan de Meij revisits Middle-Earth, the enchanting mythological world of J. R. R. Tolkien, with his spectacular Symphony No. 5 Return to Middle Earth. Although there are thematic remi...

The fascinating life of Leonardo da Vinci and his enormous curiosity spurred Johan de Meij to experiment with musical material, by using only the ivory keys of the piano during the composition process...

The fascinating life of Leonardo da Vinci and his enormous curiosity spurred Johan de Meij to experiment with musical material, by using only the ivory keys of the piano during the composition process...

The French composer Darius Milhaud (1892-1974) was a member of the 'Groupe des Six'. This group of six composers gathering Honegger, Poulence, Auric, Durey, Tailleferre and Milhaud, imitated Erik Sati...

Das bekannteste Werk des französischen Komponisten Darius Milhaud ist wohl La Création du Monde, das bei seiner Uraufführung in Paris 1923 viel Aufsehen erregte. Trois Rag-Caprices entstand ein Jahr z...