Inspiration Series

This fantastic opener opens with a soft and lyrical middle section follows on the powerful opening fanfare which, if the technical equipment is available, can be used as background music for a spoken...

Dieses ruhige Stück mit seinen breiten Tönen wurde ursprünglich für Brass Band geschrieben, im Auftrag von Robert Leveugle, dem Vorsitzenden der Brass Band, dem der Komponist angehört: die Brass Band...

Prima Luce (First Light) was commisioned by the Holy Angels Elementary School located in Aurora (USA). The name of the town (which means dawn), the town's great religious history and the fact that thi...

Adagio for Winds is similar in atmosphere to the well-known Canterbury Chorale (also by Jan Van der Roost), in that it has no exaggerated melodrama, but rather a melodically wide and expressive approa...

Jacob de Haan ist zu Gast in der Region Veluwe und vertont auf seine eigene Weise das jährliche Dorffest - ganz im Zeichen des Brauchtums in Lunteren. 'Als Thema wählte ich ein niederländisches Volksl...

This quiet piece with its broad tones was originally written for brass band on request of Robert Leveugle, chairman of the composer's own band: Brass Band Midden Brabant (Belgium). The direct cause wa...

A composition of much contrast based on a well-known psalm melody. As its title announces, it starts with a majestic introduction in which parts of the psalm melody can be heard. Next we hear the comp...

A new era dawns-heralded by solemn brass fanfares. What does the future hold? In his work Overture to a New Age , Jan de Haan expresses on the one hand anticipation, on the other also an awareness tha...

Jan van der Roost's new work Jubilus will make an ideal opening piece for any event. It is in a classical ABA form, beginning with a rising brass fanfare which is quickly replaced by a contrasting exp...

This stately opening work begins in the low register with a broad main theme from the low brass immediately setting the tone. Gradually other sections and registers enter and despite retaining a majes...

This stately opening work begins in the low register with a broad main theme from the low brass immediately setting the tone. Gradually other sections and registers enter and despite retaining a majes...

The Banquet of Light is an easily accessible piece which takes its inspiration from ?light? both in terms of it representing good news and joy together with scenes inspired by light, such as a sunset...

This fantastic, stirring fanfare was written with the composer?s wish that the young musicians performing it would fly into the bright future like pheasants. The first part of the piece is a fanfare,...

This fantastic, stirring fanfare was written with the composer?s wish that the young musicians performing it would fly into the bright future like pheasants. The first part of the piece is a fanfare,...

Rikudim (Hebrew for 'Dances') is a four-part dance suite based on Jewish music. By using eastern intervals and irregular time changes, the composer succeeds in creating a slightly melancholy but speci...

In Dublin Dances, Jan Van der Roost combines three well-known melodies into an appealing whole: Brian Borus's March, best known through the flautist James Galway, is characterized by flutes and drums;...

This suite was composed by Jan Van der Roost on the occasion of the 110th anniversary of the 'Koninklijke Sint Martinusfanfare' (Royal Saint Martinus Fanfare Band) from Halle (Belgium). The composer w...

This piece was commissioned by the 'Concert Band Vlamertinge' and is a plea for peace: the title translates as 'Peace on Earth'. This is expressed by means of the vocal contribution expected from the...

Jan de Haan took as a starting point for Music for a Solemnity an old custom from the Dutch town of Hoogeveen, by which the faithful are called to church with drums. It was also inspired by the music...

Wir schlüpfen in die Haut von Miguel und reisen mit ihm nach Australien. Einigermassen entfremdet von seiner spanischen Heimat schlendert er durch das Viertel The Rocks in Sydney. Auf einem kleinen Ma...

Lunteren, a village on the Veluwe (a wooded region in the Netherlands), sets the scene annually for a village festival dominated by folklore. Festa Paesana (Italian for village festival) is set to mus...

Jacob de Haan ist zu Gast in der Region Veluwe und vertont auf seine eigene Weise das jährliche Dorffest - ganz im Zeichen des Brauchtums in Lunteren. 'Als Thema wählte ich ein niederländisches Volksl...