Beriato Music

Filip Ceunen's latest concert piece takes us on a journey back through time and explore the ancient Italian city of Pompeii. Through three interlocking movements, the composer creates a musical tale o...

Fanfare and Jubilation was commissioned by the Yahata Technical High School Band (Fukuoka, Japan) to celebrate the 40th edition of their annual concert, and is dedicated to its directors, Mr. Satoru Y...

Jan Moretus (1543-1610) was a book printer and publisher in his native city of Antwerp. He worked as assistant to his father-in-law, the renowned master printer and publisher Christoffel Plantijn. Aft...

Terra Fecunda was commissioned by the Provincial Government of Limburg, Belgium with the aim of fostering an increased awareness within youth orchestras of Limburg, their home - an awareness equally o...

What if famous Baroque composer Johann Sebastian Bach was born in the 20th Century or beyond? You might probably never hear J. S. Bach the same way again. Bach to the Beat! is an upbeat arrangement co...

The Legend of Ratu Kidul carries us into the world of Indonesian mythology, on the island of Java: Once upon a time, the Queen of the Southern Seas was a kind and beautiful princess. She was the daugh...

Die Sinfonie Nr. 2: The Golden Agebezieht sich - in teils ironischer Weise - auf den Zustand der Menschheit heuteim Vergleich zum vom griechischen Dichter Hesiod beschriebenen 'Goldenen Zeitalter', al...

This work is based on the famous stories of Baron Münchhausen. In these tall tales, the baron undertook all sorts of fabulous adventures. He flew, for example, on a cannonball, or rode on a horse torn...

On 25th May 2011 a huge fire broke out in the Kalmthoutse Heath nature reserve north of Antwerp. Within a very short time more than 600 hectares of heath land went up in flames. The effect on the surr...

The Celtic poem The Voyage of Bran was the inspiration for this fantasy work by Bert Appermont. The subject of this composition is Febal, who - together with his companions - travels to the 'otherworl...

Bliss is one of the most spectacular euphonium solos around. It was commissioned by the euphonium virtuoso, Steven Mead. This two-part concerto brings all the characteristics of the instrument into th...

Concerto for Horn and Band was written on commission from the horn player Miguel Martinez Megias and the symphonic concert band La Armónica from Buñol, Spain. This four-movement work is comprised of a...

The eagle has always held a high symbolic value. It stands for freedom, dignity and pride in one's own country. In Hermann Pallhuber's Golden Eagle, the music describes the flight of the eagle along t...

The magnificent concert march Aurum (lat. gold) was written on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the cunductor of the municipal band of Wolfach, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The march begins w...

Country Scenes takes us back to the early English settlements on the American east coast. The opening section, Daybreak, depicts daybreak in a small village where people go about their daily business....

New Ways was written for the dedication of the new high-speed train line in Austria. The 'New Ways' of the title is a comparison between a journey in an ultramodern train with that of a ride in an old...

Naoya Wada composed Homeward Voyage, which he wrote for a school wind band in his homeland, to express the emotions that always overwhelm him when travelling from Tokyo to his birthplace. Homeward Voy...

The Curiosity is an unmanned spacecraft that has been exploring Mars since 2011. Controlled remotely from the Earth, it sends back ever more information about the distant planet. Filip Ceunen depicts...

What's the perfect way to start the day? Stef Minnebo tries to answer this age-old question musically with his Rise and Shine. This three-movement composition for a fourpart flexible instrumentation b...

Sven Van Calster had the idea to dedicate a three-movement suite to his three favourite pets. So he created a fun, informative and original composition. The work begins with Freddy the Frog, splashing...

Cloud9 ! is the feeling that you could take on the whole world and nothing could stop you! Filip Ceunen's dynamic and uplifting composition sets this feeling to music. Cloud9 ! is an easy-to-play comp...

The Allschwil music school in Switzerland commissioned this composition to appeal to young people and awaken in them an enthusiasm for music. Sven Van Calster, who is known for his graceful melodies a...

Oriental Postcards is comprised of three variations on a theme with an Eastern character: in From Egypt, the theme is contrastingly first played in brass and then in woodwind, in From the Desert the d...

Who among us hasn't experienced the great power that lies in the tranquillity and beauty of the mountains-wide meadows, rugged cliffs, wild, romantic gorges, thundering waterfalls and idyllic mountain...

This composition was inspired by the adventure novel Treasure Island by the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson. The music does not recount the tale verbatim, but rather sketches particular events...