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Based on the Old Testament biblical story of the building of the Tower of Babel, a tower built to reach the heavens, composer Hayato Hirose has created this dramatic programmatic work in seven movemen...

In Japan, a traditional festival called 'Shichi-Go-San' (Seven-Five-Three) is held on November 15th every year to wish for the wholesome growth of girls aged seven, boys aged five and children aged th...

In Japan, a traditional festival called 'Shichi-Go-San' (Seven-Five-Three) is held on November 15th every year to wish for the wholesome growth of girls aged seven, boys aged five and children aged th...

In »At the Lake« erzählt Itaru Sakai in bezaubernden musikalischen Bildern ein Märchen von einer Prinzessin, die in einem Schloss am See von einem Bösewicht gefangen gehalten wird. Sie sol...

In »At the Lake« erzählt Itaru Sakai in bezaubernden musikalischen Bildern ein Märchen von einer Prinzessin, die in einem Schloss am See von einem Bösewicht gefangen gehalten wird. Sie sol...

In ihrer reinen Form ist die Quarte sehr beliebt; man denke nur an die unzähligen Volkslieder in aller Welt, die mit einer Quarte beginnen. Dazu nehme man den Tritonus - die übermässige Quarte -, die...

In ihrer reinen Form ist die Quarte sehr beliebt; man denke nur an die unzähligen Volkslieder in aller Welt, die mit einer Quarte beginnen. Dazu nehme man den Tritonus - die übermässige Quarte -, die...

The Fields is an ode to the unique countryside of Westerwolde, a region in the Northeast of the Netherlands, where Jacob de Haan lives. The composition is based on film footage of the region as the be...

The Fields is an ode to the unique countryside of Westerwolde, a region in the Northeast of the Netherlands, where Jacob de Haan lives. The composition is based on film footage of the region as the be...

Jan Van der Roost composed Dances of Innocence to commemorate a girl who passed away at the tender age of 14. In contrast to the sombre, joyless tone such a memory usually invokes, it is a rather chee...

Jan Van der Roost composed Dances of Innocence to commemorate a girl who passed away at the tender age of 14. In contrast to the sombre, joyless tone such a memory usually invokes, it is a rather chee...

With Emperor, French composer Thierry Deleruyelle wanted to create a descriptive musical work depicting the life of Napoleon Bonaparte. The first movement represents the idiosyncrasies of this famous...

With Emperor, French composer Thierry Deleruyelle wanted to create a descriptive musical work depicting the life of Napoleon Bonaparte. The first movement represents the idiosyncrasies of this famous...

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...

Jubilate's main theme comes from the Gregorian chant on the Psalm Jubliate Deo omnis terra. The work itself was inspired by the sacred history of the Waldkirch (a forest village) community, located on...

The title's meaning is two-fold: as a letter, I stands for the Japanese Iwata Band Association. As a number, I represents Satoshi Yagisawa's hope that this is only the first in a future series of work...

Das 'I' im Titel steht für den auftraggebenden Blasorchesterverband Iwata und ist, als Zahl gelesen, zugleich ein Ausdruck der Hoffnung auf einen Nachfolger dieses eindrucksvollen Werkes im selben Sti...

The Spring Sketches is a sequel to Young Pheasants in the Sky by the same composer. The entire piece was written in a chorale-like style and contains the theme of its predecessor. Thus, The Spring Ske...

The Spring Sketches is a sequel to the 2006 Fanfare - Young Pheasants in the Sky. The Spring Sketches is a wonderful work to perform on its own, but also creates an interesting set when performed in c...

The Stadtmusikkapelle Wilten-Innsbruck (Austria) invited Belgian composer Jan Van der Roost to write a work to mark the bicentenary of the Tyrolean fight for freedom, which was settled in 1809. Variou...

Freedom remains a subject of all times. This piece of music lets you take a moment to reflect on what it means to be free.

Hymn to Freedom ist ein sanftes und majestätisches Werk, dessen sinnliche und strahlende Melodie wie eine Hymne an die Menschlichkeit klingt. Diese Komposition wurde für Blasorchester oder Klavier und...

Wenn ein Mensch von uns geht, herrscht Trauer, Trost wird gesucht und Erinnerungen wachgerufen. Jacob de Haan brachte diese drei Dinge in seinem Werk In Memoriam zusammen. Zunächst erklingt ein langsa...

1834 - Machara Impressions was a commission for the 175th anniversary of the band Harmonie Municipale Grevenmacher from the town of Grevenmacher - formerly Machara - in Luxemburg. It is a work of many...

In dieser kraftvollen und spektakulären Komposition werden ' alle Register des Blasorchesters gezogen', um das Publikum gleich zum Auftakt des Konzerts mit einem fulminanten Auftritt zu überraschen. S...