Editions Bim

One aspect when writing for brass quintet that has always interested me has been all the available color and timbre possibilities. My first brass quintet, Four Sketches (BIM ENS48 - 1990), explored a...

Fanfare of Hope was composed in 2003. It was commissioned by the Elgin, Illinois Youth Symphony Orchestra for their brass choir and premiered by that group. Community youth orchestras are an important...

These three pieces taken from Monteverdi's opera 'Orfeo' ('La favola d'Orfeo, 1607) were instrumental interludes to be played between scenes. The famous 'Toccata', which Monteverdi also used in his Ve...

Jan Koetsier writes within a given form and develops the material according to rigid structural frameworks, while his musical lines are distinguished by a rich melodic and rhythmic imagination. His wo...

Jan Koetsier writes within a given form and develops the material according to rigid structural frameworks, while his musical lines are distinguished by a rich melodic and rhythmic imagination. His wo...

Four Sketches for brass quintet (version 1989) was commissioned by Mel Jernigan and the St. Louis Brass Quintet (USA) and has undergone almost a complete metamorphosis since its premiere in St. Louis...

Brass quintet and organ (or 2 brass quintets) Fanfare for Canterbury Cathedral was written for and first performed at Canterbury Cathedral, March 11, 1979 by the Delbarton Brass Ensemble, to whom the...

The title of this work, K-1, refers to the Japanese martial art of the same name. I am not a fan of these sports, but when Steve Rosse - known for his powerful tuba playing - asked me to write somethi...

Liberation of Sisyphus was composed in the spring of 1990. The work was commissioned by Roger Bobo and written especially for him. The premiere took place in August 1990 in Sapporo, Japan, during the...

Introduzione e Allegretto giocoso by Paolo Baratto is a work full of contrasts and liveliness. It begins with an expressive Introduzione in which each motif seems to emerge from a subtle interplay of...

Introduzione e Allegretto giocoso by Paolo Baratto is a work full of contrasts and liveliness. It begins with an expressive Introduzione in which each motif seems to emerge from a subtle interplay of...

Introduzione e Allegretto giocoso by Paolo Baratto is a work full of contrasts and liveliness. It begins with an expressive Introduzione in which each motif seems to emerge from a subtle interplay of...

Introduzione e Allegretto giocoso by Paolo Baratto is a work full of contrasts and liveliness. It begins with an expressive Introduzione in which each motif seems to emerge from a subtle interplay of...

Introduzione e Allegretto giocoso by Paolo Baratto is a work full of contrasts and liveliness. It begins with an expressive Introduzione in which each motif seems to emerge from a subtle interplay of...

Introduzione e Allegretto giocoso by Paolo Baratto is a work full of contrasts and liveliness. It begins with an expressive Introduzione in which each motif seems to emerge from a subtle interplay of...

Anthony Plog has written these 3 Miniatures for Tuba and piano (or Tuba & wind ensemble) for Daniel (Dan) Perantoni the legendary tuba soloist and world famous pedagogue in 1990, and since then the pi...

Anthony Plog has written these 3 Miniatures for Tuba and piano (or Tuba & wind ensemble) for Daniel (Dan) Perantoni the legendary tuba soloist and world famous pedagogue in 1990, and since then the pi...

My Serenata in Stile Antico is strongly influenced by Italian Baroque music of the 17th century. The opening movement, Ciaconna, is based on a repeating bass line of four bars. The following Siciliana...

My Serenata in Stile Antico is strongly influenced by Italian Baroque music of the 17th century. The opening movement, Ciaconna, is based on a repeating bass line of four bars. The following Siciliana...

In a typical tango atmosphere, a melancholy, sensual melody opens the first piece. Then a simple but intense song unfolds, in a sometimes thin, sometimes passionate setting. The last piece is rhythmic...

For 'Eastwind', Jean-François Michel was cleverly inspired by the rich Balkan or Eastern European musical folklore, which was introduced by the gypsies in countless variations wherever they settled. T...

1. Si suoni la tromba One of the most difficult arias in the set, this piece employs a prominent extra-harmonic note (the e''-sharp in the cadence of measure 40 - achieved on the natural trumpet by ''...