Peter's Popular Collection

In his capacity as staff arranger of the Royal Marine Band of the Dutch Navy this arrangement is one of the best loved by Peter Kleine Schaars' band. Elvis in Concert features the twelve greatest his...

Which are your favourite hits from the 1980s? There are certainly many answers to this question - but many responses are likely to contain these songs: Kool and the Gang's disco classic Celebration, C...

Ava Max, Billie Eilish and Dua Lipa: altogether, they possess a great deal of girl power. That was all Peter Kleine Schaars needed to arrange this exciting, great-sounding and playable pop medley. Wit...

The title track to the film of the same name was originally composed by Chuck Mangione. The well-known melody helped make this 1970's jazz and pop legend so famous and popular. Peter Kleine Schaars sk...

With the great revival wave of the music of the 80s, a certain Gabriele Susanne Kerner, better known as Nena, also celebrated a great comeback - with the success that now all 'old' fans and the younge...

Earth, Wind & Fire was formed by jazz drummer Maurice White, whose aim was to mix various music styles to produce a unique sound. Combined with excellent song writing and fine performances this sound...

On July 23 2011, the news of the death of Amy Winehouse shocked the entire world. What could have been one of the most impressive careers in the history of pop and modern soul, was halted by a tragic...

Ed Sheeran has been storming the charts for several years now with his infectious songs and positive vibes. This medley by the renowned Dutch arranger Peter Kleine Schaars includes 'Shape of You', 'Pe...

Somebody to Love, from rock legends Queen, is one of the most popular rock ballads of all time. Taking its inspiration from gospel choirs, the band's vocal lines were multiplied many times over to cre...

This bittersweet song from 1967 is a real classic, partly due to the rendition by two queens of soul, Dionne Warwick and later also Aretha Franklin. The theme was very topical at the time: A woman is...

Candyman was the third worldwide hit from Cristina Aguilera?s albumBack to Basics. It's jazzy 1940s feel makes this an extremely catchy melody that works well in this arrangement for concert band. Thi...

Just a year after the English rock band The Zutons had considerable success with Valerie in Great Britain, Mark Ronson and Amy Winehouse released a cover version - a version that was funkier, more upb...

Queen Greatest Hits is a veritable feast of fantastic melodies from one of the worlds largest supergroups. Includes: Bohemain Rhapsody, Another One Bites the Dust, Crazy Little Thing Called Love, We W...

Ed Sheeran has been storming the charts for several years now with his infectious songs and positive vibes. This medley by the renowned Dutch arranger Peter Kleine Schaars includes 'Shape of You', 'Pe...

In 1979, Dan Hartman's disco classic, Relight My Fire, occupied the top slot of the US dance charts for six weeks. In 1993, the song was back at No. 1 reworked and sung by British boyband, Take That....

For many years Peter Kleine Schaars' jazz quartet provided sparkle and energy for various festivities and other occasions. If required the ensemble could alternate jazz repertoire with pop and latin m...

After his successful albums x (Multiply), + (Plus) and ÷ (Divide), the English singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran is back with his new album = (Equals), which at its release, towards the end of October 2021...

Andrew Lloyd Webber was born in London, England in 1948 and has become probably the most well respected of all composers of musicals, with many of his works being household names. All I Ask of You is...

Encourage by his role model, David Bowie, British singersongwriter George Alan O'Dowd reinvented himself as a dazzling and stylishly unique artist known as Boy George. Boy George founded the group Cul...

Neil Diamond wrote his Crunchy Granola Suite when he moved to Los Angeles in the 1970s and got to know macrobiotic granola as part of a health-conscious lifestyle. The lyrics of this cheerful song eve...

All You Want for Christmas ist ein grossartiges Medley aus bekannten Weihnachts-Popsongs, die jedes Jahr zur Weihnachtszeit im Radio erklingen. Ausgewählt und zu einem peppigen Medley bearbeitet wurde...

The sisters Ruth, Anita and June Pointer from West Oakland in California learned how to sing in the sixties in church where their father was a minister. At the beginning of the 1970s they entered the...

The title track to the film of the same name was originally composed by Chuck Mangione. The well-known melody helped make this 1970's jazz and pop legend so famous and popular. Peter Kleine Schaars sk...

Queen Greatest Hits is a veritable feast of fantastic melodies from one of the worlds largest supergroups. Includes: Bohemain Rhapsody, Another One Bites the Dust, Crazy Little Thing Called Love, We W...

The sisters Ruth, Anita and June Pointer from West Oakland in California learned how to sing in the sixties in church where their father was a minister. At the beginning of the 1970s they entered the...