Concert and Contest Collection CBHA

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...

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...

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...

This suite is based on the musical In the Shadow of Napoleon which celebrated its exceptionally successful première in Worms, Germany, on 21 July 2014. The musical tells the story of Louis-Joseph Marc...

For Three Aspects of Kurt Weill Peter Kleine Schaars took inspiration from the three periods that characterise the life of Weill - he successively lived in Berlin, Paris and New York. One theme is use...

In composing Firework Jan Van der Roost has once again succeeded in creating another spectacular intro following on Flashing Winds and Signature. In just over a minute the composer shows the band off...

Five Intradas enthält fünf kurze Eröffnungsstücke aus der Feder von Jan de Haan: Intrada, Valerius-Intrada, Intrada 'Louis Bourgeois', Weihnachts-Intrada und Neujahrs-Intrada. Wie die Titel schon ande...

Fanfare for Korea was commissioned by the first Korea International Concert band Festival, which took place in 2010, on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the Korean War. In this triumphant fanfa...

The Wooden Soldier is a short and simple piece commissioned by the Singapore Ministry of Education. It was originally intended as a compulsory piece for the 2012 Singapore Youth Festival. Because many...

Perseus is the famous Greek hero who saved Princess Andromeda, as she was about to be sacrificed to the sea monster Kraken. Satoshi Yagisawa was inspired by the story of Perseus, which was made famous...

Sa Música - 'Our Music' - is the music from Mallorca, an island with a long and difficult past. The work tells of the Greeks, who once erected a temple on the island; of the Romans who occupied the is...

Satoshi Yagisawa has lived in Ichikawa City, Chiba Prefecture in Japan since he was in elementary school. Around Christmas time every year in Ichikawa City, seven Chiba high school bands hold a joint...

Wie jede Blüte welkt und jede Jugend dem Alter weicht, blüht jede - Lebensstufe, blüht jede Weisheit auch und jede Tugend zu ihrer Zeit und darf nicht ewig dauern. So beginnt ein Gedicht mit dem Titel...

Wie jede Blüte welkt und jede Jugend dem Alter weicht, blüht jede - Lebensstufe, blüht jede Weisheit auch und jede Tugend zu ihrer Zeit und darf nicht ewig dauern. So beginnt ein Gedicht mit dem Titel...