Concert and Contest Collection CBHA

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...

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...

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...

This composition musically reveals the secrets of the former Duchy of Savoy. The slow, almost magical beginning describes the beautiful mountain location of the merged villages of La Motte-Servolex. T...

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...

Music touches the human soul. From this simple and yet wide-ranging idea, Jacob de Haan created his Hymnus Animae (hymn of the soul). A slow and touching work, written by the composer to move musician...

This beautiful chorale was commissioned by the Temasek Junior College Alumni Band from Singapore and is dedicated to its conductor, Mr. Lin Ah Leck, who sadly passed away in 2019. The music pays homag...

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...

Impetus represents both the character of this work and the state of mind of the Ensemble Musical de Maillé, which commissioned it. The Ensemble’s two conductors, Victorien Garreau and Grégoire Tapin,...

Impetus represents both the character of this work and the state of mind of the Ensemble Musical de Maillé, which commissioned it. The Ensemble’s two conductors, Victorien Garreau and Grégoire Tapin,...

Happy Harmony is a cheerful composition that puts wind music in the spotlight. The word ‘harmony’ can be interpreted in different ways. In countries like France, Belgium and the Netherlands, ‘harmony’...

Happy Harmony is a cheerful composition that puts wind music in the spotlight. The word ‘harmony’ can be interpreted in different ways. In countries like France, Belgium and the Netherlands, ‘harmony’...

This attractive work is about the Dutch province of Drenthe, a region where the beauty of nature flourishes. In Beauty of Nature, the composer reminisces about childhood holidays spent here with his p...

This attractive work is about the Dutch province of Drenthe, a region where the beauty of nature flourishes. In Beauty of Nature, the composer reminisces about childhood holidays spent here with his p...

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...

Tetraktys, named after a mathematical concept by Pythagoras, is a festive and varied work composed to mark the tenth anniversary of the Ghent University Wind Band. A mysterious introduction paves the...

Tetraktys, named after a mathematical concept by Pythagoras, is a festive and varied work composed to mark the tenth anniversary of the Ghent University Wind Band. A mysterious introduction paves the...

The Guild of Roslar is an impressive and multifaceted work composed on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Koninklijke Harmonie "Het Gildemuziek" Roeselare (Belgium). This work expresses the...

The instrumental music of the Yiddish-speaking Jews, especially those of Eastern Europe, is known as klezmer. This terminology was originally used in Jewish cultural life as the name of a musician who...

Sbandiamo! is a joyous-and swinging-work, taking its title from the wind music event held annually in the medieval Italian city of Gubbio, Umbria in which various bands from all over Italy participate...

The introductory theme of this composition echoes the majestic size of the mountains that are visible from the picture-postcard Cortina d'Ampezzo-the socalled 'Queen of the Dolomites'. Then we hear a...

From Ancient Times is a major work for brass band, inspired largely by the music of the Franco-Flemish School of the Renaissance. Hints of Gregorian chant and middle age dances pay tribute to music fr...